you know what, these new planes have the potential to fly TATL. I would bet that's where some of them will wind up.

If there was ever a company that shot itself in the foot, Boeing would be it!

jumbojet wrote:

you know what, these new planes have the potential to fly TATL. I would bet that's where some of them will wind up.

Especially as the ETOPS 757-200s get retired in the coming years. Maybe even some transcontinental stuff too. Would be cool to see lie-flats on these new planes.

StTim wrote:

But spirit in the US had been supplying sections for European built A320’s.

Just small parts, the fuselage sections are assembled in Europe and shipped to Mobile per boat.

727LOVER wrote:

This is replacing 757s, correct?

LPSHobby wrote:

wich planes will the CSeries replace and wich plane will these |A321 replace?

airbazar wrote:

The A321NEO will never be a 757 replacement.

Might be time to stop thinking about one airplane directly replacing another. The MD-80s, MD-90s, and most 757s will be retired. There are still roughly 130 Boeing 737-900s and Airbus 321s on order. Add 100 A321neos and you pretty much have that covered.

LAXintl wrote:

Congrats to Airbus, but yes I think the potential negative political optics about this need to be considered now that "America first" mantra is a priority in D.C.

Airbus will find some more literate people in Alabama to assemble the airframes. And the engines are U.S. origin.

It would lead to a large A321 fleet. Delta has 120 A321CEO’s on order already. Similar choice as AA, Spirit, Jetblue, Frontier, Hawaiian, Virgin America.

MO11 wrote:

727LOVER wrote:

This is replacing 757s, correct?

LPSHobby wrote:

wich planes will the CSeries replace and wich plane will these |A321 replace?

airbazar wrote:

The A321NEO will never be a 757 replacement.

Might be time to stop thinking about one airplane directly replacing another. The MD-80s, MD-90s, and most 757s will be retired. There are still roughly 130 Boeing 737-900s and Airbus 321s on order. Add 100 A321neos and you pretty much have that covered.

What I see happening is that the all the narrowbody planes on order will allow a shuffle to first replace the MD-80s, then the MD-90s, and then the 757s and as well possibly 767s on some missions. They invested lots of money on 757 cabin retrofits, I would they will be retired after the MD-80 and MD-90 which haven’t had nearly as expensive cabin mods done.

OA412 wrote:

As I said in the other thread, I don't understand all the America first comments, current political climate or otherwise. DL isn't going to take a worse deal just so they can fly American products. At the end of the day, there are three global US carriers, so passengers don't really have a ton of choice. Want to fly within the Southeast, you're best options are DL and AA, and both have sizable Airbus fleets.

Most of those commentators and conspiracy theory pushers were using America First, MAGA, and all the other Trump crap as a means for tamping down Airbus expectations. Fortunately, Delta chose the best airplane and terms for shocker, Delta's needs. It won't stop the theme from coming back again and again, but hopefully you mods will delete the sillier stuff.

etoile wrote:

LAXintl wrote:

Congrats to Airbus, but yes I think the potential negative political optics about this need to be considered now that "America first" mantra is a priority in D.C.

Airbus will find some more literate people in Alabama to assemble the airframes. And the engines are U.S. origin.

Well Alabama did just vote in a Democrat to the US Senate after all.

I'd wait for the official announcement.

airbazar wrote:

The A321NEO will never be a 757 replacement.
The A321NEO will never be a 757 replacement.
The A321NEO will never be a 757 replacement.
The A321NEO will never be a 757 replacement.

Did your PC or maybe even yourself got some Problems?

Congrats to DL. I would have loved for AM to do the same.

etoile wrote:

LAXintl wrote:

Congrats to Airbus, but yes I think the potential negative political optics about this need to be considered now that "America first" mantra is a priority in D.C.

Airbus will find some more literate people in Alabama to assemble the airframes. And the engines are U.S. origin.

Is this supposed to be some sort of shot to the people of Alabama? Pretty classless comment.

airbazar wrote:

The A321NEO will never be a 757 replacement.
The A321NEO will never be a 757 replacement.
The A321NEO will never be a 757 replacement.
The A321NEO will never be a 757 replacement.

AMEN!

So glad that Pratt's big risk on the GTF is translating into sales. I agree with other posters that this is as much a GTF story as it is a Boeing or Airbus story. I really hope this means that Delta is willing to fight for the C-Series even if the February ruling is negative and they have to wait for Mobile-produced CS1s and CS3s.

F9Animal wrote:

Boeing execs really did this to themselves, and have nobody else to blame. Boeing should stick to building planes, and not get into the political side of things.

Absolutely. I don't see it happening however. Boeing has adopted the Shareholder First at all costs Business Plan. IMO, the Commercial Aircraft Division plays a distant fiddle to Boeing's Defense Divisions these days. All political, and all the makings for a perfect storm of being behind the 8 Ball down the road.

Bit of a blow to the NMA/MOM business case. The first objective was to slow sales of the A321neo.

Geoff

I can't say that this decision is a surprise. I fly Delta exclusively and, after flying the 757-300 and A321-200 last week, and the 737-900 the week before, I have to say that nothing will ever replace the 757 but I prefer the A321 over the 737 any day. The comfort level of the A321 over the 737 is noticeable, at least to me.

Bricktop wrote:

etoile wrote:

LAXintl wrote:

Congrats to Airbus, but yes I think the potential negative political optics about this need to be considered now that "America first" mantra is a priority in D.C.

Airbus will find some more literate people in Alabama to assemble the airframes. And the engines are U.S. origin.

Well Alabama did just vote in a Democrat to the US Senate after all.

Timing is perfect. Only yesterday news anchors were suggesting that Airbus moving out of AL if they voted a certain way.

Congratulations to DL and Airbus. Boeing should show some respect to US carriers and stop depending on imaginary large orders of very large planes.

Quite happy with that outcome. From my amateur-ish perspective Boeing ruthlessly tried to extinguish BBD with their heavy-handed assault on the CSeries, screwing over DL in the process - and even though DL's decision now may have been made purely due to being offered a better deal by Airbus, it still feels like a victory over a bully.

KarelXWB wrote:

According to the article, the P&W powerplant has been selected. I suppose DL will share maintenance with the CSeries order?

Delta must have a lot of faith in P&W.

NOOOOOO!!! Please don't go with the GTF!!!

As much as I wanted a Boeing order, I think DL made the right choice with the A321. The 757's are getting old, and while many will say that the A321 isn't a 757 replacement (and I don't disagree), it's the closest plane being produced right now. Boeing should have focused on a MOM much earlier instead of the MAX program. It would be interesting to see some DL One configured A321neos though!

Continental767 wrote:

Well that's another slap to Boeing. [...]

Why is that? Boeing sold more of their inferior -900/900ER/MAX9/MAX10 than one could ever have expected. And they really can be proud of turning a regional jet that almost nobody wanted to buy at launch into a great succuess story. They just should accept that the top-size derivates are just good for a certain niche.

Is there anyone on here that is truly surprised by the choice of aircraft?

Orders for the A321neo were at 1512 end of November. With presumably 100 for Delta, 156 for indigo partners and the firmed 50 for Qatar Airways from last week it is now at 1818.
It just overtook the A321ceo with 1793 orders.

Bonkers.


Edit: QR already had 16 A321neo on order. Only 34 are new/conversions from the A320neo. So we are at 1802.
I'm pretty sure I missed some other small orders, though.

mikegigs wrote:

As much as I wanted a Boeing order, I think DL made the right choice with the A321. The 757's are getting old, and while many will say that the A321 isn't a 757 replacement (and I don't disagree), it's the closest plane being produced right now. Boeing should have focused on a MOM much earlier instead of the MAX program. It would be interesting to see some DL One configured A321neos though!

Agreed. Boeing is out there squeezing that last drop of toothpaste out of the tube knowing they should have for the last 3 days stopped at the store to get a new tube. To me they are wasting time and losing market share all while trying to hold onto the glory of the program. You can throw numbers at all of us all day long but the longer this continues the more behind the 8 ball Boeing will be and it pains me being a fan of them.

william wrote:

F9Animal wrote:

Boeing execs really did this to themselves, and have nobody else to blame. Boeing should stick to building planes, and not get into the political side of things.

.......... or knowing that Delta was looking at a GTF product and was never really in the game, had nothing to loose causing a little pain for BBD.

They did have something to lose though: They lost Canada's F18 order, and they haven't gained anything - tariffs on the CSeries aren't going to convince anyone to buy the 737-7.

william wrote:

F9Animal wrote:

Boeing execs really did this to themselves, and have nobody else to blame. Boeing should stick to building planes, and not get into the political side of things.

.......... or knowing that Delta was looking at a GTF product and was never really in the game, had nothing to loose causing a little pain for BBD.

If they "knew" then why would they bid?

This goes farther than DL, with them owning 49% of AM, they can very well kick Boeing to the curb there as well.

DL can operate any engine be it the Leap or the GTF and make money on the MRO work done on those engines.

LAXintl wrote:

Congrats to Airbus, but yes I think the potential negative political optics about this need to be considered now that "America first" mantra is a priority in D.C.

Lot of workers in Mobile going to have a good Holiday season!

I was disappointed when DL dropped it's 787 order but the same can't be said about choosing the A320 over the 737. Airbus makes more comfortable aircraft than Boeing. Anyone who sees this as a political attack on american manufacturing falls into the same consortium of people who are too lazy to improve it in the first place. Congratulations Airbus and Delta.

LPSHobby wrote:

wich planes will the CSeries replace and wich plane will these |A321 replace?

The CS100 will replace the MD-88 and the MD-90. The A321 will replace the B757...

holzmann wrote:

It is a win for European jobs. If that disappoints you, vote with your wallet: avoid flying Delta or not.

Outside of some being built in Mobile. A lot of components of these planes are from US manufacturers.


Plus outside of final assembly, look at the 787, most of it is manufactured none other than outside of the US.

Bricktop wrote:

etoile wrote:

LAXintl wrote:

Congrats to Airbus, but yes I think the potential negative political optics about this need to be considered now that "America first" mantra is a priority in D.C.

Airbus will find some more literate people in Alabama to assemble the airframes. And the engines are U.S. origin.

Well Alabama did just vote in a Democrat to the US Senate after all.

That election will be reversed in 2 years. It had more to do with the person running than anything. But, again the spat between Delta and Boeing had little to do with Trump, plenty of Dems wanted the EX/I'M to live on as well.

Dear Boeing,

That’s what you get for trying to screw us over our cs-100 order. Have a nice day

Delta

WaywardMemphian wrote:

Bricktop wrote:

etoile wrote:

Airbus will find some more literate people in Alabama to assemble the airframes. And the engines are U.S. origin.

Well Alabama did just vote in a Democrat to the US Senate after all.

That election will be reversed in 2 years. It had more to do with the person running than anything. But, again the spat between Delta and Boeing had little to do with Trump, plenty of Dems wanted the EX/I'M to live on as well.

Not sure how ExIm is relevant. Regardless, it was almost entirely, if not entirely, GOP legislators that wanted ExIm gone; that is, Democrats wanted ExIm, not just "plenty" of Democrats.

Good.
Good.
GOOOD!!!

Boeing got what it deserved: a shovel in the face, courtesy of John "The Mouth" Leahy.

Congratulations to Delta and Airbus Industrie.

Did DL ask their FAs for equipment preference? If the majority of the applicable FAs prefer working on the A321 then it is a major factor, everything else being equal.

Airbus continues to roll on into 2018, The 321NEO is an exceptional aircraft and seems to fit DLs needs very well. Boeing is no doubt very disappointed but they had to have seen this as a strong possibility given the politics surrounding the C Series debacle and how DL fit into that with tits sizable order.

Not surprised, but very disappointed. I thought the 737 MAX would have a place in Delta's fleet.

And I'm sorry, but nothing anyone can say on here can convince me that politics did not play a role in this decision. Sure, I'm positive Airbus has given Delta more competitive bids at times, but the fact that Delta is not going to fly either the 737 MAX or the 787 Dreamliner leads me to believe something is fishy.

Sure, perhaps the C-Series debacle (which I agree Boeing should not have pursued that) played a role, but Delta was trending Airbus before that. Most of their JV/Skyteam partners (KLM, Air France, Korean Air, etc) fly the Dreamliner and/or the MAX, Delta's competitors in the US are flying the Dreamliner and MAX, why isn't Delta? And before you say there is no need for it, there are plenty of routes where the order of 787-8's they cancelled last year would have been useful, particularly on a lot of these non-hub TATL flights they are launching (such as RDU-CDG, IND-CDG, MCO-AMS, etc). They will have to replace the 767's and 757's they use on those routes at some point, and the A350 and A321 can't replace them all.

I'm sure the A321's will be fine planes for Delta, but it really is a shame they can't find a place for the MAX or the Dreamliner. Perhaps Delta will wait for the 797/MOM.

I'm the last fan of the Trump administration, but I think it a bit naive to posit that the Boeing tariff spat mattered here (or mattered the most). Publicly traded companies have a clear fiduciary duty to maximize shareholder value (i.e. Pick the best plane), which generally does not include "proving" things to their suppliers.

That said, as someone who frequents a DL route with a dozen daily A321s, I say bring it on. Great plane.

KarelXWB wrote:

According to the article, the P&W powerplant has been selected. I suppose DL will share maintenance with the CSeries order?

I think this is as much a PW order as Airbus order. With the incoming CS frames Delta will likely be the largest PW engine operator in the world. This tells me DL believes in PW technology despite the early problems. Big win for both Airbus and PW. Congratulations to both.

FlyRow wrote:

Wonder when we will see a Twitter-Rant from a certain person if this comes out..

Great for Delta though!

"SAD!"

What about the cs300 in Delta titles currently parked in Atlanta? Should we expect order news there too tomorrow?

FA9295 wrote:

LPSHobby wrote:

wich planes will the CSeries replace and wich plane will these |A321 replace?

The CS100 will replace the MD-88 and the MD-90. The A321 will replace the B757...

If you are talking missions, I think the 737-800 will replace the MD-80/90. The new A321s and -900ERs will backfill the -800s and replace some 757s.. And there's always the possibility of DL acquiring some used airplanes to fill the gaps.

micstatic wrote:

What about the cs300 in Delta titles currently parked in Atlanta? Should we expect order news there too tomorrow?

There are no less than 3 posts above addressing this. It’s for investors day. Further the CS300 logo is covered with a C Series logo, probably to emphasize no order.

many321 wrote:

Let's see if Boeing learns a lesson on not messing around with one of your customers.

At this point I’d hardly call Delta a Boeing customer. Since the merger they’ve purchased only the 739, at end of line pricing and canceled 40 of them, along with the 787 debacle. Whether or not the CSeries complaints and subsequent tariffs happened, this was going to be an Airbus order. Delta is as much a Boeing customer as AC is an Airbus customer. They’ve bought a few cheap airframes from one side, but all of the high profile RFPs have gone only one way in recent years. For AC the 777, 787 and MAX. For DL, the A330N, A350, A321 and A321NEO.
Looks like the future for the US3 will be a mostly Boeing UA, a half and half AA and a mostly Airbus DL. This order is mostly a victory for PW. Airbus was going to win this order, I’m more curious as to how much Boeing actually invested in it. Boeing does not like working with DL and it started long before the CSeries. In terms of pilots and FAs over heard plenty who favor both, it really is up to personal preference and configuration especially for FAs.

Fascinating to see the A321 has all of a sudden gone from having a somewhat minimal prescence in America with just US to becoming a hot commodity for the fleet networks off AA, DL, B6, NK, F9, HA, and VX -> AS.

Glad to see this airplane selling very well in North America.

This Canadian is VERY happy with Delta's decision, the C-Factor fallout is just beginning, time to immediately end the 300% proposed tariffs. Huge congrats to Delta for being such a class-act and making a decision based on best-product for the needs of their business and customers.