Neeleman quotes on EMB-190

[FM2436]

The June 16th issue of aviationtoday.com''s Airline Financial News includes the following quotes from Mr. Neeleman:

While Embraer may consider the 190 a regional jet, Neeleman does not. It is not a regional jet in the original sence of the word. This has a wider aisle and seats than the A320. The plane will have a range of 2,100 nautical miles. It''s not a transcontinental, but is also not constrained.

On the Embraer we will need 60 people to breakeven, but we would need 120 on the Airbus.

 

[AAG2000]

Here's an amusing one (also Neeleman) from Aviation Week, on whether the 190 is a "regional jet:"

"If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is a duck...but I don't think the Embraer 190 quacks like a duck."