In the commercial aircraft boom, some of the largest airplane orders have been placed by companies whose names never graced a fuselage.

Company officials say they have a backlog of airplane orders to take it into the next century.

His entreaties to China resulted in airplane orders, but imprisonment of dissidents has continued.

They want the Government to forgive overdue taxes and place big new airplane orders for the Polish Army.

But the bulk of the decline came in the volatile transportation sector, which reflected a drop in airplane orders.

Riding a record wave of commercial airplane orders, the avionics industry has grown about 20 percent annually for the past three years.

During the 1980's, the airline industry borrowed billions to pay for huge new airplane orders.

He said that the cut by American brought it closer to the level of United's airplane orders, which total about $15.6 billion over the next five years.

Boeing has been struggling to right itself since last fall, when a surge in commercial airplane orders overwhelmed its assembly lines.

When he gets 10 airplane orders, the factory will begin production.