As he attempts to blow up the prototype with the truck he is intercepted by 007 and a fight ensues on-board. The bomb-maker infiltrates Miami International Airport and steals a fuel tanker attaching a keyring-sized bomb to the vehicle. After his original bomb-maker is killed by James Bond in Madagascar, another is hired to complete the job. 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.
