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By: 8th December 2009 at 18:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Split fleet to replace 767-300s and 747-400s - 25 plastic pigs and 25 A350s, with an additional 50 of each optioned:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/United-Invests-in-Future-prnews-2547784775.html?x=0&.v=1
Good news to see them expanding. I did not see this split order coming.
By: 8th December 2009 at 18:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I think it's known as 'hedging one's bets'.
Expect to see one order or the other cancelled in the fullness of time.
By: 8th December 2009 at 18:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-No matter how many times you go into Bankrupcy and run out of money someone will give an airline more money so they can buy fancy new jets.
By: 8th December 2009 at 19:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Split fleet to replace 767-300s and 747-400s - 25 plastic pigs and 25 A350s, with an additional 50 of each optioned:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/United-Invests-in-Future-prnews-2547784775.html?x=0&.v=1
Thats interesting. Do you think they genuinly intend to replace the 744 with much smaller aircraft? Or might there be another order of larger aircraft imminent?
By: 8th December 2009 at 20:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I think it's known as 'hedging one's bets'.Expect to see one order or the other cancelled in the fullness of time.
Indeed ! :rolleyes:
By: 8th December 2009 at 21:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The A350 will surely be delayed, and United might have an option to cancel without penalty. Additionally, they surely got sweet discounts on the A350. And the B787-9 is too small for some markets.
By: 8th December 2009 at 22:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-How shall the size of A350-1000 compare against B777-300?
By: 9th December 2009 at 05:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The A350 will surely be delayed
It might not.
I think Airbus is learning plenty from Boeing's problems with the B787 and will be hence be able to bring the A350 on stream when it says it will. It would certainly be a huge marketing coup for Airbus if it can , and one it will be trying very hard to pull off.
By: 9th December 2009 at 09:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Well, Airbus quotes the outside length of A350-1000 as 73,9 m. Which is the exact length of B777-300, too. Airbus notably omits cabin inside length, but IIRC so does Boeing. Regarding the fuselage and cabin width, A350XWB is narrower than B777, but both will take 10 abreast coach with some squeezing. The promised range is similar, too.
B777-300ER is flying for years, while A350-1000 is very much a paper plane. Is A350-1000 able to match the whole payload-range capacity of B777-300ER?
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By: Skymonster - 8th December 2009 at 14:02
Split fleet to replace 767-300s and 747-400s - 25 plastic pigs and 25 A350s, with an additional 50 of each optioned:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/United-Invests-in-Future-prnews-2547784775.html?x=0&.v=1