AEROSPACE

摘要

The miseries that air travelers suffered over the recent holidays could lead to a lift for aircraft makers in 2001. With passengers griping about crowded-to-capacity flights, airlines may have to spring for more planes, boosting thernfortunes of both Boeing Co. and Airbus Industrie. Washington, meanwhile, is flush with a federal surplus and is expected to pony up more cash to modernize an aging Pentagon arsenal of weapons and planes. "There is stronger public support for national security and defense spending than I have witnessed in the last decade—and a greater ability to pay," notes General Dynamics Corp. Chairman Nicholas D. Chabraja.