Originally Posted by
chucknorris
I think its too early to say. We have 6 focus cities right now, we don't have 6 crew bases. (No base in SJU)
Agree about SJU. The rumor I heard about the Bay Area base was to have crew and planes based there 'to support Mint flying and expansion'.
Maybe. We have 60 NEOs on order (*maybe more to come) which are all getting Pratt pure power motors. Virgin elected to get their NEOS with Leap 1A motors.
I was referencing Hawaiian, and they will have the PW motor on their 321neos. They have 16+9 orders, and I believe they are relatively early in the delivery slots. Still a long shot, but who knows. If JB wants to operate different airline brands then HA would be a good one to do that with.
This has potential. That said, even these delivery slots are drying up quickly. Pratt has limited ability to mass produce the motors and Delta scooped up many orders already. If another big order comes in they are potentially sold out into the 20's.
I agree with the drying up of slots, but if they get a bunch of orders do you think there is room for a production increase?
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bombar...151949045.html
Interviewed at a meeting of global airlines in Dublin, Alain Bellemare declined to say when the Canadian company might repeat Delta's pivotal order for 75 jets but said he was confident it would be embraced by all airline types, including low-cost carriers.