Commavia From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 10226 posts, RR: 62 Reply 6, posted (7 years 10 months 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 2000 times:
Quoting N908AW (Reply 3): Next one.... I'm gonna have to go with AA, just because: who else is there?
No way in h*ll -- AA's livery is timeless, classic, and cheap to maintain. AA is in the business of reducing expenditures and getting into the black right now, not wasting more cash on repainting 700+ airplanes with a new paintscheme.
Kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11998 posts, RR: 36 Reply 9, posted (7 years 10 months 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 1873 times:
With oil approaching $65 a barrel and likely to exceed that, I think airlines have a little more on their minds than colours. If anything, we're likely to see some colours disappearing.
An article in the WSJ speaks of severe losses for airlines if oil does in fact reach $65, with airlines like NW and DL likely to see losses of $750m and $1623m respectively. That kind of squeezes the budget for projects like new colour schemes ...
Commavia From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 10226 posts, RR: 62 Reply 10, posted (7 years 10 months 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 1850 times:
Quoting N908AW (Reply 8): Ok, you got me there, but I think it's more likely they will than B6 or F9.
I don't, and by the way, I think that the chance of B6 or F9 introducing a new livery is 0%. Thus, I think the chance of AA changing their livery is sub-zero. It is not going to happen. I feel quite confident in saying that the chance of AA changing their livery any time in the near future (or the far not-so-near, for that matter) is less than 0%.
StevenUhl777 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (7 years 10 months 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1787 times:
Quoting Kaitak (Reply 9): With oil approaching $65 a barrel and likely to exceed that, I think airlines have a little more on their minds than colours. If anything, we're likely to see some colours disappearing.
KarlB737 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2944 posts, RR: 9 Reply 12, posted (7 years 10 months 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1762 times:
This could be interpreted in many ways. On the face of it one could suggest that Northwest has held back the actual amount of cancellations. But who knows. Without access to this report we don't know. Do you have access to clear up this matter? Thanks in advance.
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