Individual aircraft companies had already envisaged such a requirement ; in 1959 Hawker Siddeley had advertised an `` Airbus '' version of the Armstrong Whitworth AW .660 Argosy , which would `` be able to lift as many as 126 passengers on ultra short routes at a direct operating cost of 2d .
This version would `` be able to lift as many as 126 passengers on ultra short routes at a direct operating cost of 2d .