Ken777 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 7525 posts, RR: 5 Posted (7 years 6 months 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1356 times:
OK, I'm a simple pax, but after reading a threads on the 787 beating the 350 in the area of new sales I'm curious to know the potential impact the 787 might have on existing 330 options.
As I understand it, airlines may have bought x number of planes with options for an addition Y number. As they are options I would assume that they are "optional" purchases for the airlines.
Do these options basically open up an opportunity for Boeing to sell the 787 in place of the optional 330 purchases? If so, what is the potential market? Are there a lot of 330 options that are at risk for Airbus?
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26922 posts, RR: 83 Reply 1, posted (7 years 6 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1265 times:
It depends on three things:
How many A330s your currently operate
How well the A330 works for you, currently
How quickly do you need the capacity
If you have just a few A330s and your traffic patterns don't call for needing more A330s until the end of this decades, then the 787 may very well be an option.
Or if you have just a few A330s, and you fly them less then 3000nm, the 787-3 might offer you better economics, so if you don't need more before the end of the decade...
All in all, however, I expect the impact on options would be pretty minimal.
Manni From South Korea, joined Nov 2001, 4221 posts, RR: 23 Reply 2, posted (7 years 6 months 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1177 times:
Airlines do not only need capacity in the future but also now. Any airline that needs an aircraft capacitywise similar to the 787/A350 now, has the option of either getting second hand aircraft or ordering new A330's (I dont consider the 767-400 a realistic option ).
The more 787/A350's are getting ordered the later, for airlines that haven't ordered them yet, will they be available, once ordered.
More than 50 A330's have been ordered this year and even options have been taken aswell, a good few of them by airlines that have ordered also the A350 or 787, or that did not operate the A330 yet. Amongst them are...
Northwest
Kingfisher
TAP
China Eastern
Jet Airways
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