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Old Jan 14, 2024, 9:49 am
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Originally Posted by edgewood49
Maybe it's time for Alaska to reconsider dropping remaining BA orders and purchasing AB, seriously.
While I would agree with the general diversification idea (and recognize that I am not an airline expert), the problem is that ordering Airbus narrow bodies now gets them new planes in X years (with X being a fairly large number) due to the backlog of orders Airbus already has on the books.
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