B707Stu From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 918 posts, RR: 4 Posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 876 times:
I started to think about global alliances, One World, Star, Sky Team, etc., and wondered, in the world of globization if strategic discussions take place between close partners (i.e. DL/AF/KE/CO) as it relates to upcoming purchases. Obviously different airlines within the same alliance purchase A & B aircraft. But I've started to wonder, like in the case of AF/KL where 2 majors merge if other carriers will consider partners or potential partner fleet designs and plans, incorporating politics, etc.
Can anyone offer any insight here?
For starters:
KL: 744, 330, 777, 737, 767 (going away, right?), etc
AF: 744, 330, 777, 737, 320, etc. and AF is buying 380, right?
DL: 777, 767, 757, 737
KE: 744, 777, 330, ?
Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 21 Reply 1, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 854 times:
There was already talk of a major order for regional jets by I think OneWorld sometime last year.
It would have been a combined order for possibly hundreds of aircraft made officially by the alliance, giving them massive negotiating power with manufacturers.
B707Stu From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 918 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 839 times:
That makes a lot of sense, financially and operationally. Did the order actually happen?
Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 21 Reply 3, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 767 times:
Don't know if it happened. Heard there was a lot of grumbling from manufacturers who felt they were being extorted by the extremely low price the alliance offered them (which was I believe little if any over production cost).
B707Stu From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 918 posts, RR: 4 Reply 4, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 729 times:
It completely makes sense to purchase in bulk. It'll be interesting to see how A and B respond if this becomes a purchasing strategy.
OH-LGA From Denmark, joined Oct 1999, 1431 posts, RR: 21 Reply 5, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 696 times:
oneworld in fact did with with purchasing of headphones for use in in-flight entertainment a few years back. They were able to realize significant cost savings by using the purchasing power of several airlines together.
Head in the clouds... yet feet planted firmly on the ground.
B707Stu From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 918 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (7 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 667 times:
If the alliances strategically purchase whatever it will be just a matter of time before Airbus and Boeing will have to strategically sell together! Now that would be interesting, I can hear the A-nutters from both sides going crazy if that happens... viva capitalism, huh?
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