Max10 seems a shoo in. Commonality, and some seat growth. As long as it offers the range they want, it would seem to be the logical choice. That said, the extra range provided by the XLR would naturally open up more route options for the airline. I personally could see a split fleet. -10 for common...
Jump to postLooking at Delta's fleet, which flies the A220-100, the A220-300, the Boeing 717, the A319, the A320, and the 737-800, we can infer where an A220-300 would fit against other single-aisle aircraft. For Delta, the A220-100 carries 109 passengers (12F, 97Y). The B717 carries 110 pax (12F, 98Y). The A2...
Jump to postMainly Commonality with the a321neo , airlines love switching pilots around easily. Maybe also the fact that the 320neo accommodates containers but I guess only few airlines care about that. More range as well. Apart from that, an a220-500 could be an overall better craft more especially if the eng...
Jump to postA220-500 with enough meat and MTOW to do transcons will be too heavy and expensive to do what it’s needed to do. The majority by far of 225 type flying is not Coast to coast, but shorter haul stuff. You start trying to overbuild it and you’ll end up with an A340-600. I’m not sure how much more you ...
Jump to postThen Dec, " the airline is studying whether it would make more sense to operate an all-Airbus A220-300 fleet in the future " https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airlines-lessors/cyprus-airways-studies-move-all-a220-fleet Won't know decision til this spring or summer. If they do switch ...
Jump to postIt is so important to get production up to 10+ a month, at least passing 100 frames per year. At least the fixed costs get spread over twice the frames from current and the man hours per frame should be less. It gets the parts count up reducing costs as Lightsaber often notes. At 50 per year it wou...
Jump to postI posted this link in the A220 sales campaign thread: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/airbus-canada-can-still-meet-its-objectives-at-mirabel-says-boss-1.6249480 "We've proven that we're capable of reaching the six-aircraft rate and we have activities to accelerate beyond six in 2023," he said....
Jump to postI still am surprised at the Boeing order. There are so many low-time Airbus 320’s now available. For instance, just this week Alaska flew 10 to VCV for storage. Cannot believe that the economics of the new Boeings would pencil out ahead of used 320’s. I wish Allegiant would acquire/ lease these Ala...
Jump to postAllegiant placed a firm order for 50 737 MAXs: 30 173-seat MAX 7s and 20 200-seat MAX 8-200s. There's also the option for a further 50. Deliveries start this year. https://ir.allegiantair.com/news-releases/news-release-details/allegiant-announces-purchase-50-boeing-737-aircraft Do we know when the ...
Jump to postIn my opinion, sales were constrained by production in 2022: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/airbus-canada-can-still-meet-its-objectives-at-mirabel-says-boss-1.6249480 "We've proven that we're capable of reaching the six-aircraft rate and we have activities to accelerate beyond six in 2023," h...
Jump to postBreeze has arranged lease financing for 5 more A220 with Vanguard:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/vah-deli ... 00280.html
Hi all, T-100 for October time for MX link is here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ioU0PNQDzzhO-6YancdGisXGByDOsb5Y?usp=sharing source data is the DOT published data through October 22 Summary of data: First few tabs are summary of the entire performance across all stations, then it works ...
Jump to postDiscussion is no longer on the subject, a MTOW increase of the 787. Thread to be locked.
Jump to postWhen it comes to the A350 and 787, I think there’s been a bit of a role reversal between Airbus and Boeing. The 787-10 is to the A359 what the A333 was to the 772ER. The 772ER had better range-payload capabilities than the A333, but over its lifespan, the A333 improved so much that it was able to f...
Jump to postI think this thread can be summed up by a remark from Fred earlier. If you need the lift, buy the lift. It really is that simple. Now the additional lift of the A359 comes with a premium. From most reports it is more costly to operate than the 787-10 and more expensive to purchase. But if you need ...
Jump to postMakes my wonder if it will replace the A319. I keep seeing the A220 will replace... So let's do an investigation. The FAA records cycles and hours, you find out at maintenance checks: https://sdrs.faa.gov/Query.aspx Put in the registration number minus the N and a date range. For example N104DU put...
Jump to postMakes my wonder if it will replace the A319. I keep seeing the A220 will replace... So let's do an investigation. The FAA records cycles and hours, you find out at maintenance checks: https://sdrs.faa.gov/Query.aspx Put in the registration number minus the N and a date range. For example N104DU put...
Jump to postWhat do you think of another possibility, lightsaber? These may be, in part, compensation by Airbus for orders that will not be delivered on time. Yes, this is speculation on my part. But no real ramp-up of deliveries occurred in 2022. 48 deliveries in 2019 38 in 2020 50 in 2021 53 in 2022 (see Wik...
Jump to postBummer on the Jet order. The A220 slowly acquires new customers, so it will happen. I'm not updating my list as I feel so many went "stale." 12x A220-300 for Delta. https://news.delta.com/delta-continues-expansion-fuel-efficient-airbus-a220-fleet From that link: Slated for delivery in 2026...
Jump to postBreeze performed its airport noise qualification demonstrations at SNA on Friday. Video from airport https://twitter.com/i/status/1614080074348728325 As noted, the noise qualification test was a Breeze with the A220. Here is the odd part, I flew my first GTF last week (DL A321NEO) and I was pleasan...
Jump to postMy perception of Russia is like theirs: it is appears much weaker to me now than it appeared to be before the invasion. It will be ironical if Russia loses its status of being a major power thanks to its ambition to become an even more major power by conquering Ukraine. Yes, that is clearly the pat...
Jump to postNo, that's not it, and least not a major part of it. 3Q2022 Net Interest Expense, per respective carrier 10-Q SEC filings DL, $248 million UA, $455 Million AA, $499 million And AA ought to be seeing significant fuel and maintenance savings with its newer fleet, particularly relative to UA. Back to ...
Jump to postWhy is Delta and United making so much while AA may have a potentially yearly Loss...can some explain...thank you in advance! (What is Delta and UA doing right and what is AA doing wrong) AA’s $33 Billion, to $39 Billion in debt? (Varies by source) No, that's not it, and least not a major part of i...
Jump to postRussian propaganda is working on preempting that. There is an "organization" (astroturfing, by all signs) "Soldiers' widows of Russia", who's going public: "Dear Leader, please press on to victory! Our husbands sacrificed their lives for THE CAUSE, and everyone else should ...
Jump to post... Film of outright press-gangs in St. Petersburg. when I look at the men being conscripted, I do not see front line soldier material in that video. It is my opinion that in a year Russia will be short enough of young men that the women do something about this . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAB...
Jump to postApparently this was not an isolated incident. Ukraine have been hitting the staging area of the newly mobilized troop. How long will it take for the Russian to set up a decentralized troop distribution system? Can the old dog learn a new trick? bt To distribute, one needs a strong NCO corps. That i...
Jump to postApparently this was not an isolated incident. Ukraine have been hitting the staging area of the newly mobilized troop. How long will it take for the Russian to set up a decentralized troop distribution system? Can the old dog learn a new trick? bt To distribute, one needs a strong NCO corps. That i...
Jump to postProduction rate was supposed to be 6 per month in 2022. Now, because of the ramp and time delays, that means we should have expected deliveries of 65. Instead, the already noted 50. https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-05-airbus-provides-suppliers-with-an-update-on-production-plans...
Jump to postLooks like your prediction is wrong. Southwest plans of flying 4000+ flights today - pretty much a normal schedule. That's what it said it would do yesterday, and it looks like that is what it will do. I'm personally impressed to see WN has performed today (so far). I personally was very skeptical ...
Jump to postI predict southwest has another huge day of cancellations or long delays Friday. g. Looks like your prediction is wrong. Southwest plans of flying 4000+ flights today - pretty much a normal schedule. That's what it said it would do yesterday, and it looks like that is what it will do. I'm personall...
Jump to postAs this link notes, People have short memories of issues: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/southwest-s-silver-lining-memories-of-airline-gaffes-fade-fast/ar-AA15Mbwq Southwest vows this will "Never Again" happen: https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/news/hot-topics/2022-12-28/unali...
Jump to postSo what is WN's path out of this mess? Incremental recovery over a week? Better crisis management? That is the amazing thing, what is the recovery plan? It seems to be a manana approach. This is starting to "snowball" to other industries as cruise lines are not receiving passengers and pa...
Jump to postI am asking because there are a decent number of WN refugees that are buying-up tickets on other airlines and some stations every flight is literally sold out for days. That also have implications for other airlines that need space to reaccomodate IRROPs on their own passengers. Flights to DEN on U...
Jump to postI would expect Airbus would be pushing the A220 to Scoot hard. The type does not have much success in East Asia except for the 10 ordered by Korean. Korean did not follow up with additional order too. Airbus can use some new orders in this market. While one would expect Airbus to bid the A220, I co...
Jump to postThe next 727, err..DC-9 err... MD-80 retirement thread. Seriously, the 757 has a limit of validity of 75,000 flight cycles or 150,000 flight hors: https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/2012_q4/pdfs/AERO_2012q4_article2.pdf Look up the oldest DL 757 https://www.airfleets.net/flottec...
Jump to postRevelation wrote:More careless smoking, this time at an oil refinery in Siberia:
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-mystery- ... 77818.html
I have tried to decipher the strategies Without Safran there wouldn't be a CFM56 engine. This is not a "GE engine". Look up the history, and you will find that this engine is developed from engines from both manufacturers, a true joining of technology and knowledge. CFM turned out to be a...
Jump to postMy ex wife did not take my last name. She often gets asked, as is supposed to be required, to show a birth certificate when signing certain documents. I never get asked as my kids have my last name, but also obviously inherited my hair color. It might also be the teenage sarcasm, the always address ...
Jump to postI'm the boss and it is hell getting people to go home this year. I just (this morning) came down with a cold and am working from home. People are asking me to come in anyway... No. I cannot have my whole team sick. We've gone back to the "hero" working through illness. Ugh. Lightsaber I a...
Jump to postI believe the lack of a new PowerPoint is of huge importance. I'm guessing autocorrect doesn't know "powerplant," but it's funny to think some management team cancels a program because the engineering team didn't do a good enough job updating their PPT. I missed that autocorrect. But yes,...
Jump to postThese bosses would do well to think that a single person, showing up with a flu, can knock out their entire operation with contagion. Sometimes it's not only about individual productivity, right? They would do well to think... but they don't. I'm the boss and it is hell getting people to go home th...
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Jump to posthttps://www.airdatanews.com/embraer-to-postpone-launch-of-its-new-passenger-turboprop-report/ Here is a brief summary from another article. "However, economic, market and technical conditions would not be right at the moment, according to Aviation & Week." I think the lack of a new po...
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Jump to postMovement stats for European airports through December 6th per Eurocontrol. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjpenkmXwAMZ4De?format=jpg&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjpenkmXwAMZ4De?format=jpg&name=medium I think we knew IST would eventually top the list, I honestly was mistaken and thou...
Jump to postCan the XLR profitably fly LAX-PPT, with ETOPS considerations in mind? Everyone talks about the Atlantic but are there any other pacific destinations from North America that could benefit from an XLR? One would assume Asia is too far (unless being flown from ANC). Maybe secondary Japan cities? SEA/...
Jump to postI do see from some quick digging that the C919 has a higher OEW and lower MTOW versus the A320neo. It also has much less fuel capacity versus the A320neo (24,917L vs 26,725L) so I think you can start to see where the range is lost. If you see my edit on my post above, the range on wiki is there. It...
Jump to postI too am pleasantly surprised the A380s are returning. I wonder how much China being closes down has reduced long haul demand and thus the business case for A380s.
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