in march 1995, longtime mcdonnell douglas customer scandinavian airlines system (sas) chose the boeing 737-600 for its 100-seater over the md-95. in october 1995, u.s. new entrant and low-cost carrier valujet signed an order for 50 md-95s, plus 50 options. mcdonnell douglas president harry stonecipher felt that launching md-95 production on the basis of this single order held little risk, stating that further orders would "take a while longer". the valujet order was the only order received for some two years.