Originally Posted by
David Puddy
Since Boeing and Airbus have hundreds and hundreds of widebody orders (including recently from the ME and India), SWA may have missed the boat in terms of timing for new orders if the hedge fund board members are thinking about international expansion beyond the 737s.
You think that if the operator of the world's largest fleet of Boeing aircraft and also an Boeing exclusive customer since 1971 calls up and says "hey, we're interested getting a some of those 787s" and Boeing would tell them sorry but the order book is full?
Originally Posted by
hoover
or they already have the planes and they are waitinf till they get approval to fly the routes....
There were some undisclosed 787 orders but that customer has been named. Not sure if you're looking at a different aircraft.
I think we will be in for a 3-5 years of partnerships/codeshares and a fight between the company and SWAPA about PDEWs long before a widebody order.
But if they do decide to, you know both Boeing and Airbus would make some delivery positions appear.