I wouldn't think they'd come from TACA, since these are new orders. BBB has told recurrent classes that the a/c he's in the market for right now are used leases, to be returned once our own new orders come from Airbus.

My 2 cents: Something's in the works. I only have rumors to back up this assumption, but it's all we get around here. Two years ago, the rumors all had a positive spin to them, and positive things eventually happened (although not always exactly as the original rumor stated...). Then, 8-9 months ago, the rumor mill turned negative, and eventually negative things occurred (again, not always exactly...you get the picture). Now it's turned positive again, with our company officials (CEO, DO, etc.) hinting at positive things to come. So, taking a lesson from our recent past, one could reason that we're headed for some good news.

All of these different company names and quantity of a/c are popping up most likely as a result of ongoing negotiations, leaked out by folks in Miramar. In other words, say last week BBB spoke with LanChile about 10 a/c, so that was the news/rumor of the week. Next week, maybe it's Virgin/JB/USA 3000 for a different number of a/c. This will continue until we finalize a deal, IF that happens...credit is still tough to come by.

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