Reuters: Boeing Offers Delta 40 737 MAX White Tails
Oct 1, 2020, 11:48 am
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Reuters: Boeing Offers Delta 40 737 MAX White Tails
Boeing is reportedly offering Delta a great deal on 40 737 MAX that were ordered, produced and never delivered to other customers. Delta does not currently have any outstanding orders with The Boeing Company.
https://www.reuters.com/article/boei...-idUSKBN26M5JK
https://www.reuters.com/article/boei...-idUSKBN26M5JK
Oct 1, 2020, 12:21 pm
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What does Boeing get out of that deal? Delta would need to pay to terminate the 717 leases early, not the other way around. Unless you mean that the 737MAX essentially inherit the 717 lease terms and Delta gets them instead of the 717s? Such a deal sounds too good to be true.
Oct 1, 2020, 12:21 pm
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As an aside, I'm not sure I even understand why Boeing is shopping these around. I realize that there are a lot of various configuration options that make each airline's 737s unique, but given that Boeing has stopped the production for two years their backlog must be behind - even with the COVID order cancellations. I'd assume it'd be easier to re-allocate these to future delivery slots rather than shop them to new customers.
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What does Boeing get out of that deal? Delta would need to pay to terminate the 717 leases early, not the other way around. Unless you mean that the 737MAX essentially inherit the 717 lease terms and Delta gets them instead of the 717s? Such a deal sounds too good to be true.
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What does Boeing get out of that deal? Delta would need to pay to terminate the 717 leases early, not the other way around. Unless you mean that the 737MAX essentially inherit the 717 lease terms and Delta gets them instead of the 717s? Such a deal sounds too good to be true.
DL also now has a nice bargaining chip with Airbus in discussing delays to A220, A321, A339, and A359 deliveries. I doubt DL actually takes these 737Max, too much headache IMO, but they could certainly leverage it into more palatable delivery timeframe from Airbus for what they've already got on order.
Oct 1, 2020, 2:25 pm
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There's no way Delta buys them. Delta is transitioning to an all Airbus fleet. They have only retired Boeing aircraft and they announced even more retirements to 2025. The only fleet left will likely be the 739.
Oct 1, 2020, 2:31 pm
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How easily could they reconfigure the 739’s? Putting in a midcabin lavatory and expanding C+ would be a very positive start. I’m not sure how they can work on the air flow system, but UA doesn’t seem to have as bad of issues with theirs.
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They’d certainly have to configure a MAX 9 better. Maybe lie flats for the transcon markets?
How easily could they reconfigure the 739’s? Putting in a midcabin lavatory and expanding C+ would be a very positive start. I’m not sure how they can work on the air flow system, but UA doesn’t seem to have as bad of issues with theirs.
How easily could they reconfigure the 739’s? Putting in a midcabin lavatory and expanding C+ would be a very positive start. I’m not sure how they can work on the air flow system, but UA doesn’t seem to have as bad of issues with theirs.
It can of course be done (see: the 757) but most lieflats on narrowbodies today are designed for the A320 frame which is a bit wider than the 737.