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I've heard there's not much profit in building those little airplanes.
BBB
The operational savings of the 787 by fuel alone offsets the cost of adding another fleet type to the SWA model; something to think about. Although 2012 is a little soon, this airplane's order slots are being eaten up. I expect NWA to exercise its options on the rest of the 50 airplanes, and lease a significant number of those to other airlines.The 787 is the narrowbody of the future. It's lighter, faster, farther with more payload.
I'm not predicting or flame baiting but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see the 787 take Southwest overseas/Hawaii by about 2012. I think our options/orders expire then.
Gup
Southwest's buying power squeezed Boeing's profit on each airframe to around $1 million per airframe. Compare that to the $16 million for a BBJ, or the $100 million for a 747-400F. In other words, Boeing made more money in 6 widebody freighters than in all of the airplanes they made for SWA.