Originally Posted by
xDarkwingx
Help me out here. Is this order in addition to the ones already announced this year, which is what it seems, or are they just adding a couple to those already ordered? Either way the growth is good.
This is a new order. It's in addition to the order for 321s that start coming this fall. The article says that in order to be the lowest cost airline in the US, they need the larger seating capacity aircraft to do it. I think we'll see the older 319s go away in the next few years.
I think it's interesting that they publicly admit their intention to be even lower cost than Spirit. Ambitious goal for sure