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Your profits improve . . .
Despite the delays, Smisek called the wide-body jetliner "a spectacular and game-changing aircraft.''
The new jet is the first commercial airliner built using carbon fiber--a strong, lightweight, high-tech plastic--rather than the typical aluminum skin. It is quieter and uses about 20 percent less fuel than a comparably sized aluminum aircraft.
"That's staggering,'' Smisek said about the fuel savings. "
If you substitute them for an existing aircraft
,
your profits will improve like that.
It will also permit us to fly routes we couldn't otherwise profitably fly. So it's really a homerun.''
Smisek said 787s will
mostly replace existing aircraft
instead of adding capacity because, "I don't see us growing our mainline fleet in any significant way under these current conditions.''
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...w/10180587.cms
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