I wonder if this is yet another cheap stunt? Will this 'order' be like so many of Singapore Airlines. So often thay make a big splash about ordering a dozen of this, a gross of that and so on but when the game gets serious, many of the 'orders' are quietly cancelled. A study of SQ's announcemnets that compares what was actually delivered would be intersting reading. Has DJ taken a leaf from their book?
What'll happen to DJ's cost base when thay have to start paying for expensive equipment and having them on their balance sheet? Intersting too that Godrey reckons he cut a good deal with Boeing because of United's discomfort. They took a long time to learn didn't they? GD from the Red Rat was onto AA's discomfort in next to no time more than 12 months ago, much to Qantas' enormous benefit.