I do think that they have no other option but to raise CEO production again. When we look at what currently is outstanding an we deduct the doubtfulls from the orderbook, Airbus is left with a backlog of approximately 140-145 frames. On the other hand we know about the still to be firmed like the Ch...
Jump to postWell, I can still vividly remember the impact of that order as I was employed at the spare parts department. The order comprised 75 firm and 75 options but at that time it was the general thinking that even that would not be enough for this carrier. Apart from them Fokker opened negotiations with De...
Jump to postnot strictly necessary as the <acronym title="Madison - Dane County Regional / Truax Field (MSN / KMSN), USA - Wisconsin">MSN</acronym>'s for Air AsiaX have to be assigned for others. These are - as far as I know - <acronym title="Madison - Dane County Regional / Truax Field (MSN / KMSN), USA - Wisc...
Jump to postNot that long ago Airbus Military extended their offer for 6 + 6 MRTT till the end of June. That date has pased without anything happening so may we assume that this intention to order is dead right now?
Jump to postThe two options, which I haven't seen are the A330R for the Chinese. I can vividly remember a remark from <acronym title="Japan Airlines">JL</acronym> several months ago that he would not be surprised if a massive 100+ would be landed by the time during the PAS. What I also expect is a SAA conversio...
Jump to postWith just about 5 weeks to go in this year Airbus is showing a negative order input sofar with just 41 net sales for the 330 and a net loss of 62 for the 350 series. On the other hand we have seen public statements for the MRTT (France, India, Algeria, Spain, Qatar, Australia and 8 to 10 for the EDA...
Jump to postI do think that the options to get a large number of the currently produced A 330's are underilluminated in this thread. I do still see no other short term option for the Chinese than to accept the offer / proposal from Airbus to set up a China-line to outfit the A330 in return for a 100-150 unit or...
Jump to postDid I miss something that might have happened earlier but the order list for the 358 now shows only 46 orders which indicates that ILFC and Libyan apparently changed their orders to (partly) the 359 If this is correct than it goes without saying that the 358 is effectively dead by now.
Jump to postI wonder if this would be a feasable target and I tend to think it is. This apart from the necessity in order to make the backlog healthier than it is now. The last few weeks there were rumours about the regional A330 and a number of between 72 and 75 for China were whispered during the annual prese...
Jump to postIt looks like I missed something. I know that earlier <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> firmed 130 A321NEO's but that the CEO's didn't still hit the order books. If so how is it then possible to deliver the A319 or is it imaginable that the order has been firmed but not yet offic...
Jump to postjust be a little disappointed that only 6 A333 have been ordered. Where are the remaining 27 Chinese orders, the 15-24 for the big Middle East customer and the Delta which was talked about very recently. Why no firming up of the 18 for another Chinese customer? I noticed a remark that the production...
Jump to postIndiatimes.com and others just reported that China has signed a MoU for 60 aircraft on the occasion of the visit of the French president and that a major part will be constructed/ assembled in China. I am aware of the Tanjin facilities but could this be the long expected 330 order ?
Jump to postThe backlog for the A 330 is now below the 300 mark and that includes at least quite a few which will never be delivered. Meanwhile the last sizeable order for that plane dates back to the beginning of October last year. Since then only 4 more orders were booked for altogether 8 frames and this coun...
Jump to postI am not sure why the long expected Air Asia commitment for an additional 100 a/c would be booked as "undisclosed"? What about the possibility that Turkish Airlines, Lion Air or perhaps Easy Jet may have committed in order to get delivery positions within a decade as from now.
Jump to postWe could say that they are not lucky with their F-27 operations but please remember that they ordered 8 of these as far back as Spring 1975 and that I saw them built during 1977/1978 so on average they are now 35 years of age. We also know that their cardex system wasn't kept up-to-date from the ver...
Jump to postI have been very positive about the A 330 (as so many others) but I started to wonder about the outlook for a successful continuation of this program. We are already 100 days into this new year and Airbus booked 2 nett orders altogether and the latest significant order was booked sometime in Septemb...
Jump to postBreakdown for AviancaTaca Holding is 27 x A319, 20 x A320 and 4 x A321 of which 33 are Neo and the remaining the currently produced versions. Who knows which ones are Neo?
Jump to postJust read in the Jakarta Post of to-day - source: <a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com" target="_blank">www.thejakartapost.com</a> - that Garuda received shareholders approval to obtain 21 more A332's (as well 777 and 738). It would be - if through - a major boost for an already strong line. Ha so...
Jump to postthanks for the opinions sofar. Sorry I was not more clear about the 330 and the numbers that could eventually be reached by the end of this year. I meant to say that a target of approx 200 sales would of course include the current versions of the 332/333 as well the 332F and that a possible go-ahead...
Jump to postWe all know that Airbus officially expects to book ± 600-650 orders for this year. But when we look at what has already been firmed so far and what has to be added (Norwegian, <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>) as well what may be expected from carriers like Easyjet and so may ot...
Jump to postthe backlog looks like 4483 for all types as per the end of November. But what would be a more realistic number if we take into consideration firm orders for for instance Grupo Marsans, Kingfisher, Kingfisher Red, America West, <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> and UAL, Mandala ...
Jump to postMSN numbers 871 and 925 (KC-45D version) are apparently in long-time storage for several years. My question is whether there will be any future use for these frames? Can they be rebuilt/ modified or adapted to specific customer demand? What can be the reason for a very popular type of aircraft like ...
Jump to postBe kind as this is my first one: The latest Airbus O&D showes 828 deliveries against an orderlist of 1184 leaving 366 aircraft to be delivered. However that list shows quite a number of doubtful names like Grupo Marsans, Kingfisher as well as several leasing companies, which ordered two years ag...
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