With this order, JetBlue demonstrates that with the right people, the right product and the right cost structure, airlines can grow, even in this current, challenging environment.
An aircraft manufacturer does not sell weight -- they sell performance. The performance is a combination of the weight, fuel consumption and aerodynamics.
Certainly I will not tell you it's a small project. I am very much involved so I can tell you frankly that I'll carry the fame or the blame.
The A380 burns a lot less fuel than any other airplane on the seat per mile cost, so it is very favorable.
We have segmented the project in what we called aircraft components, manufacturing and development teams.
(This possibility) is not due to additional orders, ... It is due to the view we have about next year, which we see now probably stronger than we Expected.
There won't be a delay. We will have a total of 200 firm orders for the A350 before the end of the year. On a comparable progress basis, our programme is more advanced than that of the rival plane, Boeing 787, which took two years to achieve this level.
It's a very big project, it's true.
The retiring of the Concorde has opened up a new market.
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