Neil Williams wrote:
On 2017-01-21 17:21:42 +0000, said:

On what basis, that they ordered a bunch of them from the manufacturer?

On the same basis, presumably, that nobody pays list price for a car either.

The dscounts for airliners are much steeper than even car hire companies
get. For most Airbus and Boeing models, the *discount* on list price is in
the 50-60% range:

https://airinsight.com/2016/05/16/ai...ist-vs-market/

So that A319 will most likely have cost under $40m, rather than $90m.