Originally Posted by
songsc
Not sure about whether AC needs more capacity or not. If the coronavirus triggers a global economy downturn, reducing capacity may be the best choice. With the suspension of Chinese and now potentially East Asia flights, AC should no longer have capacity issue in the next 3 months and potentially the entire summer.
Originally Posted by
Stranger
Not to mention what may happen in Europe now that there is a bit of a problem in Italy, already spreading to a bunch of places such as the Canary islands by tourists. With a huge hotel under quarantine there, mainly tour people.
Fleet planning decisions are made with a time horizon of many years. If AC wants to acquire additional 330s to replace rouge 763s, grow capacity, or any other reason, the next 3-6 months aren't that important. Even if they pulled the trigger on some of these aircraft, they're almost certainly months away from delivery anyway.