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**** Saving fuel and cutting celebrates emissions swap with sells planes Israelis Efficiency becomes 5 militants go home a matter of survival in exchange for for airline industry bodies of 2 soldiers

By Micheline Maynard From news reports

FARNBOROUGH, England: Every BEIRUT: Five Lebanese militants afternoon this week at the Farnborough freed from prisons in Israel in exchange International Airshow, jet fighters have forthe bodies of twocapturedIsraeli lined up behindcommercial jets, like soldiersstrode downared carpet be- the enormous Airbus A380,and the hind a Hezbollah honor guard Wednes- latest in helicoptersand sleek private dayduringaboisterous welcome from planes, waiting to hurtle into the sky hundreds of cheering spectators. under the gaze of the aviation indus- Israel released and try’s elite. four others afterHezbollahhanded But beyond the runway, the industry over twoblack coffinswith the bodies claims to have adifferent priority. In- of the Israeli soldiers, closing apainful side Boeing’s exhibit, the star attrac- chapter from the 2006 war in . tion is avivid green 75 gallon, or 284 Kuntar, who hadbeen serving mul- liter, tank of algae, the potential feed- tiple life terms in Israel forone of the ing ground for a jet-fuel substitute. most shocking killings in the country’s Nearby sit recycling bins, sponsored history, wiped away tears as he stood be- by Bombardier, declaring, ‘‘A new Ramzi Haidar/Agence France-Presse fore hundreds in the coastalborder town planet, anew plane’’ — meaning its Wearing fatigues, two prisoners freed by Israel, Samir Kuntar, left, and Hussein Suleiman, flanked Sheik Nabil Qawuq, Hezbollah’s military chief, in Lebanon on Wednesday. of Naqoura in southern Lebanon. An new CSeries jet. honor guardescorted the men to a stage Even the tail of the A380 promises, ‘‘a as a brass band played martial music and betterenvironment, inside andout,’’ in rows of uniformed fighters saluted. various shades of green lettering, in ‘‘Weknewthat you were waiting for case anyone might miss the point. the resistance and it reached you,’’ said With record high jet fuel prices U.S. sends ‘strong signal’ by talking to Iran Ibrahim Amin al-Sayed, headof threatening to change everyaspect of Hezbollah’s political bureau. ‘‘You aviation, sustainability is the buzzword came back free and heroes.’’ at Farnborough this year, and it is echo- By Elaine Sciolino Solana, the European Union foreign decision to send Burns, the State De- Two Lebanese Army helicopters ingasloudas the planes screaming by White House shifts policy chief who leads the talks, have partment’s third-ranking official, then flew the men to Beirut, where overhead. PARIS: The decision by the Bush ad- been pressing Washington for some ‘‘courageous,’’ adding that it reflected a President Michel Suleiman, Prime ‘‘It’s amatter forsurvival,’’ Giovanni ministration to send a senior American in nuclear impasse time to joinin. They contend thatthe ‘‘big change’’ in American policy. Minister Fouad Sinioraand the Parlia- Bisignani, director general of the Inter- official to participate in international Iranians will take any proposal seri- Thepresence of an Americanwill ment speaker, , greeted nationalAir TransportAssociation, an talkswith Iran this weekend reflects a Thepresence of William Burns, the ously only if the United States is afull help still the mounting rhetoric of them at the airport. industrytrade group, said at an envi- double policy shift in the struggle to re- under secretary of state for political af- partner. those in both the United States and Is- ‘‘Your return is a new victory,’’ Sulei- ronmental conference on Wednesday. solve the impasseover the country’s fairs, at the meeting with Saeed Jalili, Europeanofficials hailed the de- rael calling formilitary strikes against man said. Ye t, the dual mission strikes an un- nuclear program. the Iranian nuclear negotiator, in cision as an important shift signaling Iran because of both the recent expan- Winning freedom for Kuntar was easy balance. First, the Bush administration has Geneva on Saturday, ‘‘sends a strong thatthe Bush administration, in its fi- sion of its uranium enrichment pro- one of the reasons Hezbollah’s leader, On one hand, aircraft and military decided to abandon its longstanding signal to the Iranian government that nal months in office,is not moving to- gram and its unwillingness to cooper- Hassan Nasrallah, cited at the time for companies are eager to perpetuate position that it will only the United States is committed to di- ward military action against Iran. atefully with the InternationalAtomic going to war with Israel in 2006. their reputation for producing powerful News meet face-to-facewith Iran plomacy,’’ a StateDepartment spokes- ‘‘Weare very pleased by the admin- Energy Agency on explainingsuspi- Hezbollah’s capture of the two sol- machines thatare able to zoom aloft in Analysis after the country suspends man, SeanMcCormack, said on Wed- istration’s decision,’’ said Cristina Gal- cious past nuclear activities. diers, EhudGoldwasser andEldad a few seconds’ time and perform heart- its uranium enrichment ac- nesday. lach, Solana’s spokesman, in an inter- In Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Regev,inacross-border raid triggered stopping aerobatics. On the other,all tivities as demanded by the United Na- He insisted repeatedly that there had view by telephone. ‘‘It is aclearsignal Iran's supreme leader andthe coun- the 34-daywar. The campaign to bring their customers, whether airlines, cor- tions Security Council. been no changein American policy, to the Iranians of the engagement of try’s ultimate authority, said Wednes- the twohome became anationalcru- porate titansor the military, areclam- Second, an Americanpartner at the andthat the gesture wouldnot set a the United States and its commitment day thathis country would not bow to sade. oring for help in battling fuel prices. tableinfuses with newimportancethe precedent. to anegotiated solution. At the same any threat made during negotiations. With air traffic forecast to swell, reg- negotiating track between Iran on the ‘‘Joiningthe talks is aone-time-only time,it is a clearmessage to the Irani- ‘‘Iran has decided to take part in ne- EXCHANGE,Continued on Page 4 ulators including the European Com- one side and the six globalpowers — deal,’’ he said, adding that Burns would ans of the seriousnessof this exer- gotiations, but it will not accept any mission are applyingpressure to make France,Britain, Germany,, be there ‘‘to listen.’’ cise.’’ threat,” the ayatollahsaidon statetele- planes quieter, cleaner and moreeffi- Chinaand the United States —on the But all of the Bush administration’s Asenior Europeanofficialdirectly cient, threateningpenalties if they fall other. diplomatic partners, as well as Javier involved in the diplomacy called the IRAN,Continued on Page 4 short. ‘‘Our customers are under hellish pressures to come up with improve- CURRENCIES New York ments,’’ said Tom Williams, an Airbus Wednesday,2p.m. Previous executive vice president, who runs its Land of foie gras adopts the 3-star burger airplane programs. ¤1= $1.5833 $1.5897 There are no inexpensive or easy £1= $1.9984 $2.0033 solutions. or maybe even improve it, strongly sug- $1= ¥104.805 ¥104.815 Thelighter-weight materials, new But cutlery still used gest that it is here to stay. fuels and engineering work thatprom- ‘‘It’s not just afad,’’ said Frédérick $1= SF1.0164 SF1.0114 ise to make planes more environment- for ‘subversive’food Grasser-Hermé, who, as consulting chef Full currencyrates Page 16 ally friendly mean moreexpense and at Black Calvados nearthe Champs- time spent on development. That in- By Jane Sigal Élysées, developed aburger made with OIL New York, Wednesday,2p.m. cludes the billions of dollars that engine wagyu beef and seasoned with what she makers arespending to develop new PARIS: Even if you couldn’t be on the calls a black ketchup of blackberries Light sweet crude $134.98 P $3.87 products, whose costs will have to be Champs-Élysées for Bastille Day on and black currants. ‘‘It’s more than that. factored into the price of new planes. Monday to watch sevenparachutists The burger has become gastronomic.’’ STOCK INDEXES Wednesday All that could make it hard for the float down in front of President Nicolas Some of the most celebrated chefsin manufacturers to offer the discounts Sarkozy, you canstill celebrate the the city have takenup the challenge. The Dow2p.m. 11,104.61 H 1.30% Uriel Sinai/Getty Images-AFP that theirbig customershave come to greatnessof France with a newlocal Ya nnick Alléno, who earned a third Karnit Goldwasser being formally expect, andpotentially wiping out the tradition. Michelin star in 2007 forhis precise, FTSE 100close 5,150.60 P 0.41% notified of her husband’s death by savings that such planes might offer. Eat a hamburger. rarefied cuisine at Le Meurice, serves a Nikkei 225 close 12,760.80 H 0.05% General Elazar Shteren, right. ‘‘It’s a bitter split,’’ Williams said. Beginningafew yearsago but pick- thick, succulent hamburger at his casu- Despite that, the need to be seen as ing up momentum in the past nine al restaurant, Le Dali.Alléno’s baker, environmentally aware has overshad- months, hamburgersand cheesebur- Frédéric Lalos, awinner of one of the ADVERTISEMENT owed the billion-dollar aircraft orders gers have invaded the city. Anywhere country’s fiercest cooking competi- that usually take center stage here. tourists are likely to go this summer — tions, makes the buns. With smoked ba- Bisignani said the industry was late in cafés in SaintGermain des Prés, in con, lettuce, dill pickles, mustard, may- to realizeitneeded to do moretoem- fashion-world hangouts, even in restau- onnaise andfries, the burger at Le Dali phasize its environmental credentials, rants runby three-star chefs—they costs 35 euros, about $56. leaving it open forattacks from envi- are likely to find ajuicy beef patty, al- Romain Corbière, the chef at Alain ronmental groups andthreats of new most invariably on a sesame seed bun. Ducasse’s restaurant Le Relais du Parc, taxes from Europe and elsewhere. ‘‘Ithas the tasteofthe forbidden, the in a Norman-style manor near the Tro- The situation has left some carriers illicit —the subversive,even,’’ said Ed Alcock for The NYT cadéro, cooks a seasonalburger a la resentful. ‘‘Aviation should not be Hélène Samuel, a restaurant consultant The formerly humble hamburger, this plancha. This summer Corbière, a vet- treated as a pariah,’’ Tony Tyler,the in Paris. ‘‘Eating with your hands, it’s one at the Café Salle Pleyel in Paris. eran of Ducasse’s Louis XV in , pure regression. Naturally, everyone is substituting a shrimp and squid patty PLANES, Continued on Page 14 wants it.’’ mal, messy, fast and foreign. for the beef burger he servedin cooler It is a startling turnaround in a coun- But as French chefshave embraced weather. µ Oil prices slip again but their next try where a chef once sued McDonald’s the quintessentially American food, L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon offers Le move remainsamystery. Page 12 for $2.7 million in damages over a they have also made it their own, incor- Burger, actually twosmall burgers poster thatsuggested he was dreaming poratingGallic flourishes like cor- topped with slabs of foie gras of almost µ Hit by fuel rising fuel costs, Delta and of aBig Mac. Hamburgers were every- nichons, fleurde sel andfresh thyme. Americanreportlosses. Page 15 thingthatFrench diningisnot: infor- These attempts to translate the burger, HAMBURGERS,Continued on Page 4

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