But JetBlue was well capitalized and had no need to start up quickly with a used fleet. Also going against Airbus is the fact that they came onto the scene quite late with their smaller aircraft. The A300 was a wide body, and thus not suitable for scheduled carriers, just for charters. It was designed to compete with the DC10, MD11 and 767. The smaller A319 and A320 only came onto the scene ten years ago. The Boeings used in low cost start-ups tend to be 737-200 series. Airbuses are not scapped, they're quickly picked up and leased to charter carriers who need widebodies.