Read my post carefully Rachetring. The previous owners didn't spend a penny from 1999 onwards. They wanted to be rid of the airline and its pension fund. If we had been able to negotiate for new aircraft we may have been able to negotiate some Neo slots but as an established customer and with a relatively small fleet the discounts were not there.
Nothing happened apart from the cancellation of the B787 order. There must have been some value in the deposit paid for the widebodies and Boeing saw an opportunity aided by Seabury to gain an order. This is now why four hundred pilots are going to be converted to Boeing.
I fully believe that the relationship between Mael amd Boeing will continue to become further entwined, but I doubt it will be full ownership.