Originally Posted by
HotPot
100 firm orders and 50 OPTIONS.... I had to look at that again.
Airplane orders are in no way an indication of growth. The
annual fleet plan, the annual report, and the quarterly reports are a much better indication. At the moment there is no growth planned for 2014. Any thoughts of what might be beyond 2015 are pure speculation. However, the annual report does talk about plans for growth on the order of 1 to 2% but that's ASM (available seat miles) and that doesn't necessarily translate to a growing fleet. If the 787 is used to replace some 767-300 flying that would be an increase in ASMs but not aircraft.