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IAH-OIL-TRASH
Delta is taking delivery of Airbus a/c overseas (example Japan) and using them for 1st flight into U.S., where they arrive as “used” a/c and avoid tariffs. Can UA do same w/321s? Maybe use them HND-GUM? Can they work in proving flights from NRT? Or HKG?
The issue here is once they do make it to the US like Delta plans on doing, they are stuck operating US-INTL flights (which I dont think there's any NEO flight that does that right now), back during the previous tariffs, Delta had a few newly delivered A321s just doing constant turns to Canada and back. I don't get how the logistics of this works, but I'm sure United has something in mind already, especially Scott's comments on the tariffs