"“We have lent a huge amount of money to the U.S. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I am definitely a little worried.” "


Chinese premier Wen Jiabao 12th March 2009


""We have a financial system that is run by private shareholders, managed by private institutions, and we'd like to do our best to preserve that system."


Timothy Geithner US Secretary of the Treasury, previously President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.1/3/2009

Friday, February 01, 2008

Airbus A380 arrives in Heathrow in 46 days time.... the Boeing 787 will take a little longer


The first Airbus 380 0n commercial services arriving in London Heathrow at 1505 on March 18th will be the Singapore Airlines daily Changi / London service.

The huge plane is configured with 12 suites (32" LCD screen) , plus 60 business-class seats (15.4" LCD screen) and 399(10.6" LCD screen) in economy for a total of 471 passengers and everyone gets a USB port and power point.

Economy class seats because of the 1-2-1 configuration are all aisle seats, and are made by Weber of America who supplied foldable crew couches and escape systems for the Gemini and Apollo space missions in the 1960s and 1970s.

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