If they select the A321neo for KLM, the gap with KLC's E2s is indeed quite substantial. Is this where the A220 comes along? The E2s are leased for ten years if I recall, so that might work to replace them then with new A220-100s. Oh dear, the first E2's have arrived only this year, and the next one...
Jump to postToo many superficial 'analyses' posted on this thread confuses what really matters: facts and objective conclusions, rather than misleading 'categorical statements'. - Embraer's E195-E2 only competes with the A220-100; the A220-300 serves different, mainline markets requiring greater capacity - E2 o...
Jump to postAV may very well have LIM as its hub serving MVD, but BOG is its headquarters-hub, with much greater connectivity, including European markets like LHR and even MUC! I imagine developing BOG, enhancing connections throughout S. America, including smaller, yet important, business, tourist, and O&D...
Jump to postRegardless of if a mega city as Mexico City is better served with one or multiple airports, this about face is in the best Latin American tradition of zero respect for legal continuity and security. And paves the way for all sorts of speculation about what really is behind this decision. Reducing s...
Jump to postThis sounds like absolutely dreadful news: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-airport/in-blow-to-business-mexicans-spurn-new-mexico-city-airport-idUSKCN1N30EE What in the world has this president-elect done in Mexico? What will happen to the new airport project in Mexico City. If this is any ...
Jump to postIt's always unbelievable to read how people here advise to just throw away a cash cow and simply leave the market segment. The reality is the A330neo was a half cocked program Airbus appears to have not gotten right. I think they learned some wrong lessons from the A320neo and thought it would appl...
Jump to postThe Bloomberg article says KE isn’t keen on the A330NEO. I’d like to hear what it is that doesn’t interest them. Poor market traction, difficult to find financing for, cost of introducing yet another widebody with abysmal delivery rate, residual values, outperformed by the 789s they already have/fa...
Jump to postBased on Airbus published range for the A321NEO LR, EZE is within reach of FLL & MIA, and so are COR, ROS, MDZ or SCL. Watch this space with Norwegian Argentina - before they bring 787s to Argentina. https://i.postimg.cc/jSHyMkkd/Airbus.jpg Fascinating! Do you know whether Norwegian is already ...
Jump to postGreat responses here, fascinating topic! Should have caveated DEEP S. America, beyond just northern markets like Colombia, Ecuador, and Northeast Brazil, referring to 'mega-markets' in the South Atlantic region, GRU, GIG, EZE, plus other large metro areas in Southeast Brazil, CNF, POA, CWB, as well ...
Jump to postLots of posters have noted B6's potential TATL service launch with the A321neoLR. jetBlue has a whopping 85 A321neo's ordered and its most recent 2016 Airbus top-off announcement included the following interesting tidbit: Beginning in 2019, JetBlue has the flexibility to configure the New Engine Opt...
Jump to postWill CM install J class flat beds on its MAX 10 fleet? They just received their first MAX 9, do they have plans for J class on the 9?
Jump to postHello all, please excuse the title but I can not think in a better way to ask this. Maybe dcajet and other members here with a deep knowledge about the aviation sector in Argentina can suggest a better way to discuss this. Bottom line, after years of growing and many new actors going to the country...
Jump to postHello all, please excuse the title but I can not think in a better way to ask this. Maybe dcajet and other members here with a deep knowledge about the aviation sector in Argentina can suggest a better way to discuss this. Bottom line, after years of growing and many new actors going to the country...
Jump to postAccording to thedesignnair the new interiors are also for the A350s. Plus the promotional pictures show an A350 cabin. https://thedesignair.net/2018/08/23/latam-impresses-with-new-cabin-interiors-as-part-of-us400m-investment/ Nope, the existing and to-be-delivered A350-900 fleet not listed to have ...
Jump to postAlso announced they are introducing 1-2-1 J class to all 9 77W and 10 (only) of their 767-300ER. All newly delivered A350s and 787s will have the new layout, but no mention of upgrades for their existing fleet.
Jump to postI would like to know why a logical investor should give a damn about Boeings past investments when finance 101 states that any financial valuations should be based on its projected FUTURE cash flows and earnings, and they've been way better at the former than Airbus over the last couple of years, t...
Jump to postEven IF Boeing's FALs in Washington and Carolina pump out 14 Dreamliners per month with a lower direct marginal cost (meaning just the cash labor and component costs), there is still the matter of $20+ billion in capitalized costs Boeing needs to make up for. Investors know these were indeed paid o...
Jump to postThe assumption has been the A330neo would be cheaper because it is based on an established design, but as has been noted, Boeing has significantly reduced the production cost of the 787 and it has generally been a more capable airframe for most of their respective RFPs. So even if it costs Boeing m...
Jump to postThanks both FlyHappy and sabby for your input. I agree it's an ironic story, the A330 neo is basically what the original A350 was supposed to be, and when clients made it clear they weren't interested and wanted an all-new design, Airbus dragged their feet for a couple of years before finally doing...
Jump to postIdentifying those 'critical areas', developing strengthened engineering solutions, testing those solutions and having everything certified by relevant aviation authorities is no small feat! The variant development work is certainly impressive and speaks to this airframer's engineering prowess. The ...
Jump to postIdentifying those 'critical areas', developing strengthened engineering solutions, testing those solutions and having everything certified by relevant aviation authorities is no small feat! The variant development work is certainly impressive and speaks to this airframer's engineering prowess. The i...
Jump to postThey have 'formally' listed the variants to their airport planning documentation, illustrating the higher-weight versions will be found on tarmacs soon: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-formally-lists-251t-a330neo-as-new-weight-var-450991/ The 251t A330-900 can do 7,200 nautical mil...
Jump to postNow would also be the time to determine when/how O6 and Avianca Brasil will finally merger with AV Holdings and inform about its longer term plan for A0 in Argentina. They ALSO need to finalize the UA joint-venture negotiations and announce how they intend to work together.
Jump to postA 5 year delay is drastic, but not deadly for the project. I suspect the New administration will want LOTS of ‘benefits’ from the commercial aviation and engineering/infrastructure sectors in exchange for the president’s acquiescence. We shall see. This project is the most important infrastructure i...
Jump to postVery interesting indeed. From the Brazilians perspective, I am surprised about Boeing getting 80%. A 50/50 joint venture makes sense, but 80% seems very high, considering that commercial airplanes is Embraer's bred and butter, so to speak. Nevertheless, I wish both parties all the best. I believe 8...
Jump to postReally good to hear. I've been trying to add Argentina as the last country to visit in SA but it's just too damn expensive to travel domestically. Hopefully this will make my trip to Ushuia possible. Even w/o this deregulation, I find that airfares in Argentina are quite affordable actually, You ca...
Jump to postThe latest presidential election polls place AMLO as Mexico's next president; the elections are a scant 2.5 weeks away. This apparently delusional man will rule the nation, representing Mexico's almost 125 million people, North America's second-largest after the U.S. (!) and attempt to slow-down, d...
Jump to postThe latest presidential election polls place AMLO as Mexico's next president; the elections are a scant 2.5 weeks away. This apparently delusional man will rule the nation, representing Mexico's almost 125 million people, North America's second-largest after the U.S. (!) and attempt to slow-down, de...
Jump to postThe difference with Finnair is that while the livery is terribly basic, it somehow works very, very well. It comes to life in the snowy landscapes of Finland and in winter sunlight but looks clean and sharp in almost any environment, they've also done a wonderful job in coupling the livery with the...
Jump to postWhy doesn’t EK focus on hiring local Emeraties, rather than depending on foreign pilots and scouring the planet for flying talent? How difficult would it be for EK to set up a massive local training center capable of training hundreds of pilots on an annual basis?
Jump to postWhy is 251t necessary ..... A332 has range rating 6850 nmi while A339 (242t) has range 6550 nmi and A338 (242t) has 7500 nmi. While the distance between EZE and JFK is only 5300 nmi for GC distance. I don't see any reason to buy higher MTOW as it increases landing fee ...... even the longest route ...
Jump to postThe A330-900 looks great in TP livery. Hoping the entire A330neo program sells well, offering real competition to the Dreamliner and providing passengers great travel experiences!
Jump to postThe A330-900 251t MTOW variant can do whopping 7,200 nm, or c. 13,300 km, while the A330-800 higher-weight variant offers the longest range of ANY wide body in the sub-300 seat market, with 8,150 nm, or almost 15,100 km. AR should 'take the plunge' and order the A330neo, offering easy transition fro...
Jump to postWhat do we know about Norwegian and its plans to start operations in Argentina this EU summer? I read they have flown back the only 737 which had AR registration. However, I wonder what impact could have the IAG bid for Norwegian when it comes to its plans for Argentina? Norwegian has/had really bi...
Jump to postLet us now see, cutting A330 production to 50 a year in 2019 is catastrophic, a sure sign of the soon to be demise of the A330. Cutting the production of the 777 to about 40 frames this year is acceptable, normal ..? 777 production is slowing down because the 777X is being phased into the productio...
Jump to postThe next question relates to aircraft layouts. AR only offers 'premium economy/domestic F-type' seating, rather than a full-flat J-class seating on their new MAX 8. NO carrier in Latin America, not even CM, has launched J-class-type seating on single-aisle aircraft. All these players would need to ...
Jump to postBTW, one more observation: AV also has the A321neo on order. Should its affiliate, Avianca Brasil decide to launch a route like this, it could lease examples directly from Avianca. Both carriers have swapped aircraft in the past, I believe. Finally, MAX operators, like AR, AM and CM also have lots o...
Jump to postAnything more than 5 hours on a narrow body drives me crazy, this would be torture for me haha. Better get used to it. This is the future. Indeed. Daily MAX 8 service on this route replaces a 4x w A332. AR and its amazing MAX 8 are starting something important in South America! I believe this is ju...
Jump to postHow can the stake in Azul have an influence in the Avianca - United relationship in the future? Neither Azul nor AV are sufficient for be the partner that *A needs in Brazil. AV does not get in a lot of cities that are necessary to connect to the *A connecting point (GRU). AD is very weak in GRU an...
Jump to postDefending market share, for a market that has been clearly unprofitable for all the incumbents involved for over a decade....is many things, but it very much doesn't fit the mould of economic rationality. At this current juncture, the A380 is the only pax VLA that's being seriously marketed and it'...
Jump to postdefending the market share ..... is EGO. Nope - it is being a competitive player in the market. You cannot give up potential orders without trying to fight for them. That would be lazy! By your logic, Boeing would also be having a massive EGO too - trying to compete with Airbus so that it can kill ...
Jump to postActually 2-3 years ago was an ideal time for the A330ceo to have some order momentum, and it actually did. It’s possible that that momentum, while having short term gain for the ceo, did long term hard to the Neo program. In this low fuel price environment it set very low price expectations for the...
Jump to postIt’s all part of the cycle really, IMHO. Boeing had its struggles a few years ago where so much seemed to be heading off course for them, and Airbus is currently experiencing some pain. The product range is strong and orders are still significant, so once it has ironed out its issues (mainly with e...
Jump to postAerolineas Argentinas has made Argentina 10-20 years behind the rest of Latin America in the aviation sector (just see airport numbers in Latin America...), extremely unprofitable, inneficient and badly managed by politics. IS there really anyone in a.net that believes it is beneficial for Argentin...
Jump to postFrom what is has been said at WTTC. GIG Is no longer on Air Europa's plans. Routing for the flight would be MAD-IGR-MVD-IGR-MAD, 2x week. The hotels that Globalia is planning to build in Iguazu are 2 all inclusive resorts (plus 1 - not a resort - in Buenos Aires) http://www.pulso.cl/fueradeserie/ai...
Jump to postPosters here appear to be discounting the a330neo as a viable option for AR. The 330-800 251t variant available 2020 has a whopping 8,150nm, or circa 15,000km, range easily capable of doing EZE-AKL, or even EZE-SYD. All here should remember AR already operates an all-Airbus wide body fleet, making t...
Jump to postThe costs of keeping a program for a decade just praying someone will come in and revive it temporarily aren't justified to get a few freighters and tankers. The cost of keeping the -800 on offer is zero. It is the same airplane as the -900, minus a couple fuselage frames, produced on the same line...
Jump to postDon´t think there is much to worry about at the moment. The A330-300 was out in the market much earlier than the -200 was, thus the replacement cycle has started much earlier, which is reflected in the orders. And: even if the -800neo is not (commercially) not taking off: taking risks is part of ev...
Jump to postI don’t know how large this ac actually is, but does Avianca Brasil operate GIG/NYC non-stop at all ever? If not, does anyone think that would even happen? If so would they do JFK or EWR for UA connections? No, O6 does not operate GIG-JFK. GRU-JKF is a completely different story, as it has joined D...
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