with bated breath. Eagerly or anxiously, as in We waited for the announcement of the winner with bated breath. This expression literally means holding one's breath ( bate means restrain). Today it is also used somewhat ironically, indicating one is not all that eager or anxious. [Late 1500s] Also see hold one's breath, def.
1 The cost of a Boeing 737 varies widely depending on which model or the features included. 2  The company lists the price of a 737 between $78 to $155 million depending on the model, customer options, cabin fittings and size. One of the biggest buyers of these Boeing 737 planes is American, who rarely places orders with any other company, gets these planes for approximately $47 million apiece. 2  Refurbished and used Boeings can be up to 50 percent less than the retail price. 3  Older models can cost less than $5 million.
âIn the case of SpiceJet, the maintenance cost per flight hour is about $1,300, which is over 50 per cent higher than any other aircraft of its type and the same as its Boeing 737 aircraft. Maintenance cost of any aircraft of Q400âs size should be about $800 per flight hour,â said the source.The Gurgaon-based low-cost airline operates a fleet of 15 Bombardier Q400 aircraft, to connect cities that are in the one-and-a-half hour flying range of larger airport cities like Hyderabad and Chennai.n official source in the know, said that the maintenance cost per flight hour for a 70-seater Q400 type aircraft should be about $800.