Delta to order 100+ Airbus A321neo Aircraft
Dec 13, 2017, 5:58 pm
#46
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So in a few years the fleet will look something like this:
Airbus CS-100/300 (replace MD-88/90/717, A319, 737-700)
Airbus A321 (replace A320,737-800/900,757)
Airbus A332/3/9
Airbus A350-900 (replace 747 and 777)
There will be no 767 replacement. Have fun connecting in AMS and CDG for any secondary TATL markets.
Airbus CS-100/300 (replace MD-88/90/717, A319, 737-700)
Airbus A321 (replace A320,737-800/900,757)
Airbus A332/3/9
Airbus A350-900 (replace 747 and 777)
There will be no 767 replacement. Have fun connecting in AMS and CDG for any secondary TATL markets.
Dec 13, 2017, 5:59 pm
#47
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also an older order ( for the 35 ) but completely unnecessary as it now requires training, new crew base and new maintenance bases for asks that could be easily be accomplished with
Boeing equipment, available right now and in the future. So why does AB catch all these orders?
Dec 13, 2017, 6:02 pm
#48
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Dec 13, 2017, 6:06 pm
#49
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I understand they only converted an existing order to 737 MAX, so not really new orders. On the other hand they placed an order for 45 A350, increasing the original order of 35. That was
also an older order ( for the 35 ) but completely unnecessary as it now requires training, new crew base and new maintenance bases for asks that could be easily be accomplished with
Boeing equipment, available right now and in the future. So why does AB catch all these orders?
also an older order ( for the 35 ) but completely unnecessary as it now requires training, new crew base and new maintenance bases for asks that could be easily be accomplished with
Boeing equipment, available right now and in the future. So why does AB catch all these orders?
Dec 13, 2017, 6:07 pm
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Dec 13, 2017, 6:08 pm
#51
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So in a few years the fleet will look something like this:
Airbus CS-100/300 (replace MD-88/90/717, A319, 737-700)
Airbus A321 (replace A320,737-800/900,757)
Airbus A332/3/9
Airbus A350-900 (replace 747 and 777)
There will be no 767 replacement. Have fun connecting in AMS and CDG for any secondary TATL markets.
Airbus CS-100/300 (replace MD-88/90/717, A319, 737-700)
Airbus A321 (replace A320,737-800/900,757)
Airbus A332/3/9
Airbus A350-900 (replace 747 and 777)
There will be no 767 replacement. Have fun connecting in AMS and CDG for any secondary TATL markets.
Will used 772, 332's, etc...open up?
Dec 13, 2017, 6:50 pm
#55
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US Carrier = sad loss of revenue to USA, Boeing, and USA jobs and commerce.
Could Delta not have forced Boeing to raise their bar, and could Boeing not have obliged?
A shameful loss of USA jobs, thanks Delta!
Maybe that @#$%^&* in the White House will attempt to salvage this.
Could Delta not have forced Boeing to raise their bar, and could Boeing not have obliged?
A shameful loss of USA jobs, thanks Delta!
Maybe that @#$%^&* in the White House will attempt to salvage this.
Dec 13, 2017, 6:54 pm
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Dec 13, 2017, 7:01 pm
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Dec 13, 2017, 7:20 pm
#58
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US Carrier = sad loss of revenue to USA, Boeing, and USA jobs and commerce.
Could Delta not have forced Boeing to raise their bar, and could Boeing not have obliged?
A shameful loss of USA jobs, thanks Delta!
Maybe that @#$%^&* in the White House will attempt to salvage this.
Could Delta not have forced Boeing to raise their bar, and could Boeing not have obliged?
A shameful loss of USA jobs, thanks Delta!
Maybe that @#$%^&* in the White House will attempt to salvage this.
Dec 13, 2017, 7:55 pm
#59
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I think it's pretty obvious they'll have wider seats just like virtually every other carrier that has A320's and 737's... and just like their current A321's. Assuming otherwise is silly.
Dec 13, 2017, 8:01 pm
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NWA and DL had the smaller seats until just recently when the Airbus fleet was refurbished. Some people here looked really foolish after they had claimed for years the seats were so much better. It's all in your head.