Randy Baseler Quotations

The A340 is on its last legs. Airbus has a huge gap between 300 seats and the A380. They will have to do something.

You have to absorb that excess lift and then it should take off again.

We are not offering it or marketing it, but we are having discussions with airlines about it to see whether it's a marketable airplane.

The only thing you can do is look historically. The next year tends not to be as high. Every cycle is different. The tendency is that orders will be somewhat lower than this year.

What this says to me is, the recovery is in full swing.

This market is going to continue to develop with more frequency and non-stops, not bigger airplanes.

It's going to be a bigger hurdle to get over, so the engine is going to be very critical moving forward with the 737s and A320s.

Because there's a hundred-seat difference, so they aren't addressing exactly the same market.

Air travel is growing in leaps and bounds, and airlines and nations are investing in new aircraft to accommodate that growth. Regardless of Boeing versus Airbus issues, this is good news for everyone who works in or supports the commercial aircraft industry.