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From: Pete Mellor <pm@cs.city.ac.uk>
Subject: Northwest cancels Airbus
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Date: 08 Dec 92 15:51:19 PST

BBC Radio 4 news, 0700 GMT today:- 

Northwest Airlines has cancelled orders for 50 A320s and 14 A340s in 
a cost-cutting exercise. This was described as a serious blow to the 
European aircraft industry. 

Peter Mellor, Centre for Software Reliability, City University, Northampton 
Sq., London EC1V 0HB, Tel: +44(0)71-477-8422, JANET: p.mellor@city.ac.uk 
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