|
|
Article: United States: Airbus in Discussion With DoD To Provide An A380 To Fly As New Pelosi One.
- Article from:
- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- April 2, 2009
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: kusumv03
Recent Freedom of Information Act requests by the Aero-News network, in concert with the Reporters Committee For A Free Press, seem to indicate that Airbus Industries has been involved in high-level discussion with the Department of Defense for several months over the possible lease of an A380 Airbus.
The process began when House Speaker Pelosi, in her weekly trips to the West Coast found that her progression form various USAF VIP Gulfstreams to various USAF VIP Boeings, was being tightly constrained as her entourage grew over the course of the last few months. "Since Obama was elected, the upwardly-mobile Speaker has been carting ...