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The 787/A350 without PW engines probably doesn't appeal to UA too much. I'd suspect the first to get PW on board will be in the drivers seat.
Aircraft Order to be announced
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No UA orders. Their combined 777/767/747 fleet is around 118. They have some time to push out their orders if/when they decide to start replacing.
NW has 18 on order to begin deliveries in 2008, with options for 50 more.
CO has 25 to begin in 2009, 17 of those being the -9 variant for which they are the North American launch customer.
Reading around lately and there are rumors that US has ditched A350 and has gone for the 787, i would expect a order announced friday for the 787, CNBC reports up to 20-30 787 orders.
no news on 737 replacements
GO BOEING !
btw i like airbus too...so GO AIRBUS AS WELL !
no news on 737 replacements
GO BOEING !
btw i like airbus too...so GO AIRBUS AS WELL !
Well this is GOOD News! However given the level of trustworthyness of this regime I'll be a whole lot more excited when a brand spaking new Dreamliner rolls up to the B/C councourse in PHL with US livery
It'll look really good in PHX too. 😉
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Yeah,what can you say about a management team that was stupid enough to buy you guys for dimes on the dollar out of BK court. <_<
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HA HA HA
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Another item to keep in mind, is if we selected the A350 will be the only NA operator of that aircraft, impacting operations during AOG situations, as there will be no spares pool with any other operators to draw on. I also believe that we do not want to put ourself in one OEM basket,.....I think the end result will be an order for A320 family (Narrow Body) and B787 family (Wide Body).....this will provide us with a balance between Airbus and Boeing.
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Don't we still have a firm order for the A330? I think ten new A/C are still in the firm delivery que regardless of the A350. That would mean that the 787 isn't entirely a replacement order. Ten 787's would probably replace the 767's and 10-20 would be growth A/C.
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Geez. You guys all got the story wrong.
It seems Doug was just ordering "Seven and Sevens" at his favorite watering hole and somehow you guys think its an airplane order. Go figure.
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Yeah they are 200's. 2009-2010.
That's what I thought. So it looks like we at least doubling our widebody fleet size and it will be:
9 A330-300
10 A330-200
4 A340
20-30 B787
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What is the lease term on the four A340s? Are any of the leases on the A330s already in service due to expire in the next five years?
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