CX has ordered -1000. 26 of them in fact. First delivery sometime in 2018.

The 'dealers' didn't create the market ...! People want to fly and most want to pay as little as possible. Airlines respond, give them what they want in terms of prices and compensate by squeezing more in (or charging for bags, food etc etc).

seriously? Fares are lower than at any time since commercial flying started in any form of scale, and I doubt very much that the airlines are happy about this. We as passengers benefit from this and in order for them to make any money, airlines need to squeeze more people in. That is why, as you ...