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04-27-2018 | 02:11 PM

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True - but that was expected as a launch customer. The operating economics were too compelling to ignore - and with fuel prices rising again we’ll see if others notice.

I wonder if they are done until 2021 and beyond. We only wanted 5-6% extra growth per previous investor presentations and they just increased the fleet plan by 10%.

04-27-2018 | 03:14 PM

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I wonder if they are done until 2021 and beyond. We only wanted 5-6% extra growth per previous investor presentations and they just increased the fleet plan by 10%.

What happened between when this interview happened and the investor call this week?

https://airlinerwatch.com/spirit-airlines-to-buy-regional-jets-to-fill-the-gap-in-barely-served-routes/

Obviously the need to serve secondary routes still exists. There are plenty of underserved markets with decent populations not served by Spirit. Clearly Spirit does not rely on regional feed - so, an alternative would be to use efficient 100-120 seat jets to serve those markets (eg Des Moines, Spokane, Tucson, Baton Rouge, Syracuse, Burlington, Grand Rapids, Little Rock, Colorado Springs, Harrisburg, Greenville/Spartanburg, Billings, Fresno, etc.) profitably...

04-27-2018 | 04:07 PM

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I suspect another poster may be right. Spirit waited too long to grab a large number of bus slots and is stretching out its fleet plan and snagging the odd 320 here and there until they can place a proper order.

04-27-2018 | 04:22 PM

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The Farnborough Airshow in the UK takes place in June, and the Airbus/Bombardier JV should be finalized by then. Perhaps we’ll hear something then with the typical Airshow dealmaking.... Who knows, if the price is right, maybe a combo Airbus/CSeries deal? You never know...

04-27-2018 | 04:26 PM

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Just stop.

04-27-2018 | 04:33 PM

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Just stop.

No thanks. Last time I checked this was an open forum. Quit being a closed-minded, uninformed cyber bully.

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04-27-2018 | 05:00 PM

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You sure are selling the C series hard today lol. The primary motivator for Delta was that they got them for more than half off sticker price lolz.

They paid under $20m sticker is $80m. It was such a "good deal" Bombardier was sued for dumping.

04-27-2018 | 08:45 PM

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They paid under $20m sticker is $80m. It was such a "good deal" Bombardier was sued for dumping.

But it’s a game changer! Delta should have paid $160m easy! Lol I didn’t realize they got that good of deal.

04-28-2018 | 06:57 AM

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What about a 737 and e190 deal since Boeing and Embraer are in merger talks.

05-03-2018 | 05:13 AM

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I wonder what will happen with the Virgin/Alaska merger? Will they convert to an all Boeing fleet? What will become of Virgins Airbuses? Will those be Airbuses be ripe for the snagging? Just a thought.