LVZXV From Gabon, joined Mar 2004, 2041 posts, RR: 44 Posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 2760 times:
During the next decade I believe the A320 family will achieve strong sales in the region as replacements for the 732s, 727s and DC-9s. LAN, Mexicana, TAM and TACA are already testament to this. But I do notice the widebody market is still dominated by Boeing, and has been for the last 20 years. A300 and A310 sales have been low, while the A330 and A340 (just TAM, LAN and AR so far) seems to be losing to the smaller 767. Will Airbus ever catch on?
Roberta From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2654 times:
i was just thanking that maybe the 340 330 is the wrong size for the
s american market. do they focus on only a few long haul services which require 747's. where do TAM, LAN AR and varig typically serve l haul. are there many 777 md-11 in s america. i gather varig has both now.
LHcapt2007 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 235 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2652 times:
Airbus forecasts a demand of a little over 1,300 planes from Latin America and the Caribbean in the coming 20 years. It is almost half of what its US rival Boeing foresees. Airbus says that even though it has had tremendous growth since opening in 1990 in Argentina, the third largest Latin American air market is suffering from a deep recession that keeps the airlines from renovating their fleets, for example.
Hopes up for A380 up since 18 of 1300 projected planes may be a380s.
LHcapt2007 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 235 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2621 times:
It seems that with a little research one notices the hype about airbus in latin american peaked back in the late 90s. Recent talks don't seem as promising as they did a few years ago. Even the a380 ventures in Latin America have been speculated. Given latin america's financial picture, it seems more likely that some airlines would stick to boeing for now. How about the competitors to the a320 family anyway? The 737-7,8,9 seem quite appealing.
great discussion of close competitors: http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/1446506/#top
LHcapt2007
BestWestern From Ireland, joined Sep 2000, 6439 posts, RR: 58 Reply 6, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2474 times:
Latin American carriers, with some notable exceptions (Lan) cannot afford new aircraft - Varig's 777's were largely impounded due to failure to pay leases. Argentinian carriers cannot afford new fleet, alongside those in Venezuela, and Colombia.
Expect Latin America to become a home to more DC-10's and MD-11's and older 767's for a long time to come. Short-haul replacements will probably be along the lines of the 733/4/5 replacing the DC9/732 fleets.
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2427 times:
I don't think Airbus products themselves are necessarily at fault. Latin America is kind of a jet airliner graveyard, with many older airframes ending up there being operated towards the end of their useful lives. Airbus widebodies have been operated in the past by many Latin airlines, for varying lengths of time, eg
CPDC10-30 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2000, 4759 posts, RR: 26 Reply 9, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 2259 times:
I don't think it is really a matter of a sales failure, but more of a strategic mistake. Airbus has decided not to offer either a shortened A330 or updated A300/A310, meaning that the 767 is pretty much the only game in town in the 200 seat medium-long range market. It is just more a matter that many of the carriers in the region don't have as much need for an aircraft over 200 seats.
LHcapt2007 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 235 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 2203 times:
seems like an across the board verdict for airbus in latin america.
does anyone out there have any hopes for airbus?
DesertJets From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7673 posts, RR: 18 Reply 11, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2147 times:
I think as has already been stated the market in Latin America is just not very big. There is probably a reasonable demand for small aircraft for local and regional services, but the long haul market will likely continue to be dominated by foreign carriers. Until Latin American countries can generate more wealth and be more economically and politically stable their airlines will have a hard time sustaining their own longhaul services.
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LVZXV From Gabon, joined Mar 2004, 2041 posts, RR: 44 Reply 12, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2063 times:
BestWestern:
You're right that more DC-10s, MD-11s, 767s, and 737-3/4/500s will end up in South America, and AR is a prime example of an airline rennovating with used aircraft. But if VARIG, for example, continues its current trend of returning 767s and MD-11s, do you think it will opt for Airbus? 777s in larger numbers sound a little expensive...
Wimpycol From Netherlands, joined Aug 2001, 484 posts, RR: 6 Reply 15, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1935 times:
Aerocondor was the first Latin carrier with the A300.
BestWestern;
When Aces Colombia was in good condition they bought 4 new A320's with 2 more new options as one arrived their fleet later on..... but wasn't it that because of bad management they finally went dead.
I think when they would have fly today, they still used their A320's.
Colombia... can't wait to be there again!!!!!!!!!!
EddieDude From Mexico, joined Nov 2003, 7178 posts, RR: 45 Reply 17, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1846 times:
MX is supposedly negotiating the lease or acquisition of widebodies. While AM is clearly an all-Boeing carrier (the MD-8x's will be replaced with 73W's), MX could go with Airbus. Since MX is a big operator of A32x's, it is very possible that it will end up getting A330's (although reportedly the 772 is also under consideration). We should find out soon.
AM772 From Mexico, joined Mar 2004, 135 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1734 times:
I also think that Latin America is an all Boeing paradise, because of the populaity of the 732, many latam carriers have them and are slowly replacing them mainly with A32X because of the price that is lower than getting a B73NG, and in the long-range market, B76X's are commonly used in latams main airlines' fleets, so theres already a Boeing predom in LatinAmerica, the A34X is slowly getting all the market.
MXA346!!
Usatoeze From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 358 posts, RR: 2 Reply 19, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1665 times:
The busiest widebody routes on Lat Am carriers are mostly to/from the USA, and these routes are in most cases(Not ALL) dominated by American carriers(AA especially), thereby reducing the need for so many widebodies for flag carriers of Latin American nations. If this was to change and Lat Am airlines became more known and more competitive on these busy US-LatAm routes, then I am sure that the 332 and 333 would find a few more homes. Until then, expect it to be a mixed bag.
EddieDude From Mexico, joined Nov 2003, 7178 posts, RR: 45 Reply 20, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1636 times:
I find it very interesting that the only route between Mexico and the U.S. in which a Mexican carrier uses a widebody is LAX-MEx (MX's 763ER), whereas many flights of U.S. carriers to CUN are on A300-600's and 767's, and a couple of AA MIA-MEx flights are also on A300-600's. The volume of air travel between the two countries is so large that using widebodies to LAX, IAH, ORD, MIA and JFK from MX), Mexico">MEX sounds very logical. Well, of course, AM and MX have a shortage of planes and their 767's have more or less the same number of seats of a typical two-class 752, so it does not make much sense.
Juanr From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1619 times:
Well, Avianca flies to US with a mix of Wide and Narrow bodies; you can see at MIA AV757s 767s and MD83 but the BOG-JFK route is operated with a AV763 while the CLO-MDE-JFK route is operated with a AV757.
TR763 From Brazil, joined Mar 2001, 769 posts, RR: 16 Reply 22, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1617 times:
LVZXV:
I really don´t think Varig should be getting airbuses. She´s been loyal to Boeing for some years, and with the addition of more 777 and the current 737-700 that flies in Rio-Sul (Varig subsidiary) the purchase of the european jets would not be worth. The only aircrafts in their fleet that are not Boeing, are the ERJ-145 of Rio-Sul and Nordeste.
It´s good to see this variety of types that we can choose here in S. America!
I hope this continues like this because if you have airlines that fly only Airbus, or only Boeing, one day that would become pretty boring don´t you think so?!
Marcopolo747 From Brazil, joined Mar 2001, 460 posts, RR: 2 Reply 23, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1565 times:
LVZXV,
LR flew 320s and LAPSA operated one of SAETA's 320 when that airline had a financial interest in LAPSA, after TAM bought PZ the 320 was returned, the LR 320 is probably with TACA now.
RG is up to the neck in overdue leasing payments to Boeing and GE, even if they wanted, I don't think they can afford to go to Airbus right now. And it is not returning M11s, on the contrary, it is adding as well as 772s. All second hand from LX (M11) and BA (772). It returned all the 762s.
AA apparently is very optimistic about South America, from June 1st it will have 1 767, 2 777s and 2 332 (codeshare with JJ) daily on the GRU-MIA run alone !
LVZXV From Gabon, joined Mar 2004, 2041 posts, RR: 44 Reply 24, posted (9 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1481 times:
TR763:
I totally agree. In Latin America you have a lot a choice, from old to new and west to east. But Brazil is so huge (and, unlike Argentina, decentralised), that I was just curious as to how the 737 (all series) could be enjoying such a success, but then again TAM offers something else: Airbuses and Fokkers.
Marcopolo747:
Thanks for clarifying the situation over RG's widebodies. It's good to see that at least one carrier wants more MD-11s! I think it's a good strategy to operate the 763, 772 and M11 together; it's the best way round the 747!!!
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25 Ghost77: About Mexico... Airbus operators.. Latur A300/ had A320 orders but were NTU. Taesa A300/ AeroCancun A300/310 Mexicana De Carga A300/ unfortunately nev
26 SoAmSky: Given the current exchange rate Euro/Dollar, Boeing products are more appealing to Latin America, mostly dolarized economies, than Airbus products. Eu
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