That may be so, but it will take time and in the meantime Boeing will have to absorb inventory costs of storing the planes at their facility for what could be months. Plus, most small newer airlines acquire second hand a/c and not brand new ones.

Hence, there is a dilemma. Boeing can let the a/c sit in Everett and incur those costs, plus the cost of not getting paid for the a/c in the first place OR EL AL management could offer to take these planes immediately for a 10-15% discount off the price LY was paying for their 739's plus the cost of retrofit. EL AL could then bring the planes to Israel and retrofit them at their facility for added revenue paid for by Boeing.