Rollingthunder wrote:
Yemenia is owned 49% by Saudi Arabia, who have money dripping out their ears. Mainteneance should have been to the highest calibre, not a cause for an aircraft to be banned from French airspace.
Anything less than 50% is still a minority interest though...
Coincidentally,
this BBC report "Page last updated at 11:56 GMT, Thursday, 2 July 2009 12:56 UK" announces the award of a $2.27 billion contract by the Saudis to EADS, who I believe have more than a passing interest in Airbus.
According to
Wikipedia, Yemenia also have code sharing agreements with the following:
EgyptAir
Felix Airways
Etihad Airways
Kuwait Airways
Middle East Airlines
Qatar Airways
Royal Jordanian Airlines
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Syrian Air
PS. The lone survivor (the 14 year old) was apparently flown back to France to rejoin her father. Indeed, if the picture in the
BBC report is anything to go by, they didn't use an Airbus, rather a Dassault Falcon trijet as I surmised in a previous post since deleted by our peers...