If push comes to shove, I'm sure B6 can renegotiate with both Airbus and Embraer to extend delivery schedules. B6 is too valuable a customer for them not to listen. -- Niraj Agarwalla -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bahadir Acuner Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:29 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Loss shifts JetBlue's focus to climbing back into black B6 can offer some of the 190s as lease aircraft. I am sure there will be other airlines in Europe or Asia to lease them.=20 With the "bulk price" they got, i think the can make money on aircraft leasing too..=20 =20 BAHA ----- Original Message ---- From: David MR <damiross3@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:18:03 AM Subject: Re: Loss shifts JetBlue's focus to climbing back into black The number one difference between WN and B6 when it comes to growth is the rate of growth. WN adds no more than 3 cities a year while B6 is adding twice as many. =20 A high rate of growth is dangerous to an airline. Look at the original Braniff. They expanded rapidly after deregulation in 1978. They are no longer with us. B6 made a major blunder when it ordered so many aircraft for delivery in a relativley short period of time. Also made a bad decision in order the 190. David R -------------- Original message --------------=20 From: Alireza Alivandivafa <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx>=20 > Growth, per se, isn't their problem. Their problem is the fact that they=20 > have over 100 planes coming on over the near term and must find somewhere to put=20 > them. It doesn't help that they can't manage a yield to save their lives. I=20 > mean, WN gets the highest average economy yield in the domestic market and=20 > doesn't even really try. This really appears to be a major weakness of the Open=20 > Skies booking system and jetBlue's own ego=20 >=20 >=20 > In a message dated 2/22/2006 12:46:54 PM Central Standard Time,=20 > damiross3@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:=20 > JetBlue is not going to make it if they don't scale back their aggressive=20 > growth as you can see by the following article.