Not exact matches
The market for narrow - body
aircraft such as the CSeries is fairly robust; the
order backlog for such planes is much larger than for
bigger aircraft, according to a recent Bloomberg report.
Can you imagine how much we could cut the military budget if we didn't have to
order thousands of armored vehicles,
big jets and other types of «snooping»
aircraft??
It's worth noting that airlines rarely (if ever) actually pay the full list price for an
aircraft (they usually pay between 50 % and 70 % of list price depending on how
big their
order is and how much clout they have) but these numbers still give a nice insight into the world of
aircraft sales.
Gogo has
orders for the new 2Ku from carriers with hundreds of
aircraft, including Delta — its
biggest customer — and partner Virgin Atlantic.