1.   Airlines that rush to become launch customers get fantastic discounts from manufacturers.

2.   Boeing is already working on longer-range model for launch customer Qantas.

3.   But that launch customer has still not come forward.

4.   Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin is pitching exclusivity to commercial launch customers.

5.   Most launch customers are determined to pack in as many seats as possible, to maximise revenues.

6.   Singapore Airlines could be the key launch customer for the Boeing plane.

7.   The Italian government recently decided to become the launch customer for the program.

8.   The launch customer was Condor.

9.   The model, for which Alaska Airlines is the launch customer, has not yet entered production.

10.   Launch customers for the giant plane are given a significant discount.