keesje
It's nice to see the same old analyses I saw when I was a kid 30 years ago.
Don't join the party if you can't satisfy the family market. Niche market demand is no way to build a business case. It will always let you down.
Anyone who buys a plane optimised for short haul immediately starts demanding the same efficiencies but on longer ranges.
Unless you want to lose your customers your engineers will spend the next ten years tweaking and re-tweaking to extend the range.
It's very tiring, and costly.
Plus Airbus and Boeing will match you on operating cost any time you go head-to-head with them.
I know. Get out now...
Last edited by oldchina; 14th Jun 2011 at 20:57.