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Letter to the Editor: New aircraft

Fri, Apr 17 2009 10:00 CET byHuib van den Doel 796 Views
As far as I know, April Fools Day was two weeks ago. Should I really believe that the Bulgarian Government is buying two mainline jets just for transporting its mandarins?
The government of the Netherlands, with twice the population and probably 10 times the GNP has just one Fokker 100 for this purpose. Even the queen uses commercial flights for long-distance journeys.

Has anyone ever calculated what these planes will cost per passenger?
Nobody seems to study anything useful in Bulgaria these days, but there should be enough MBAs who can handle a pocket calculator.



Huib van den Doel
The Netherlands

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