Originally Posted by
Ben Lipsey
Our assumption is we will continue to grow and fill the added capacity
If you look at the Investors Day presentation, you will see our forecasted fleet until 2018. While we didn't publish specific forecasted capacity numbers, analysts make their forecasts and assumptions based on hard stats such as this fleet, our aircraft utilisation, etc. In addition to the 'hard factors,' the goal of Investors Day was to hopefully sell them on our business plan and our vision.
Also this is where the concept of swing capacity comes into play. When the next cyclic downturn inevitably hits, we have a fleet of paid off and/or cheap aircraft we can park to reduce capacity (e.g. 767s), without having to park our most expensive assets (e.g. 777s). We've never been in such a position before, and we believe this is a major benefit.
Good point. IIRC, you guys have parked your A345's for this reason right? If you can't reply due to confidentiality, just ignore me

But very good insight, I hadn't thought about that (derp). So thank you