<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">How do the planes compare is price... or in this world of FREE finance terms is that an issue?</font>
That was the one issue that was explicity
not discussed. As well, given that UA and LH are involved, and the total number of a/c has not been determined, I imagine that the price is still in flux as well.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">How do they differ, in terms of cost per mile to run?</font>
All four model were the cheapest to run. Honest. Each of the manufacturers told us, and the each had charts to prove it.