Originally Posted by
johnso29
Gotcha. Thanks. That actually makes sense since we don't have ETOPS 737's and a 737 Guam based was already considered.
I believe a big part of the reason we got a "super-special" deal on the 737-900's, in addition to fending off Airbus, was liquidated damages from the -787 non-performance. I believe Delta also got max-gross upgrades on all the rest of the Boeing fleet - frames and engines - as part of the deal. Perhaps ETOPs was thrown in with that, too.
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