The banker plans to bring about said failure by destroying the company's prototype airliner. The S570's first flight was expected to be a non-stop flight from Sydney to London and was planned for the beginning of the next year.ĭuring the film, the terrorist financier Le Chiffre uses a Ugandan warlord's money to short-sell stock in Skyfleet, thus betting the money on the company's failure. The article notes that 20 companies had placed orders for the aircraft at a cost of $300 million dollars per unit. The aircraft was expected to be carry 850 passengers in a three-class configuration. The S570 was powered by twin-mounted CE856i engines designed in collaboration with NASA and a consortium of European engineers, which were designed to use 25% less fuel than conventional single-mounted engines.

Prominently featured in Casino Royale, the Skyfleet S570 was described as the world's largest passenger airliner and (according to an in-film news article) represented ten years of research and development.

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