Originally Posted by
The Lev
Slots are obviously an issue, but AC seems to have been able to work around that in the past and is likely to continue to be able to do so in the future - somehow they got Airbus to give them A321XLR slots even though they are supposedly pretty much sold out until 2030.
Or they're a big enough customer to get pretty decent access, but not necessarily the front-of-the-line Emirates gets for buying widebodies fifty at a time.
Originally Posted by
The Lev
PS: Boeing is only producing about five 787's per month right now (but want to try to ramp up to IIRC 12 or 14, though that will likely take a few years. They do have about 150 finished 787's that have not been delivered because they are being re-worked due to quality issues. Those will fill some of the production gap.
...if we go down the rabbit hole of Boeing's production issues, this is going to be a very long, very sidetracked thread!