Aircraft Order announcement Oct.27?
10-18-2016, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Swedish Blender
I say there is no room to park anymore airplanes right now. Unless something changes, I don't see any airplanes as being growth vs replacement even if the many rumors are true.
10-22-2016, 10:06 AM
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One thing that gives this rumor a little support is that Boeing needs to sell a LOT more widebodies by the end of the year to meet their (already downward revised) 2016 widebody sales projections.
Even after the Qatar order for 10 773s, Boeing still needs to sell 777s to prevent another production rate cut prior to the 777X...a rate cut that will cause job losses and punish both Boeing's stock price and financial performance.
Those two realities, along with the fact the 747-8 orders have all but ceased, might cause Boeing to "sharpen the pencil" enough for ATL's liking.
If an order does happen though, and I think most everybody can see we need more lift than we currently have...it won't do pilots any good if such an order simply recapitalizes the fleet with newer, larger airframes.
Even after the Qatar order for 10 773s, Boeing still needs to sell 777s to prevent another production rate cut prior to the 777X...a rate cut that will cause job losses and punish both Boeing's stock price and financial performance.
Those two realities, along with the fact the 747-8 orders have all but ceased, might cause Boeing to "sharpen the pencil" enough for ATL's liking.
If an order does happen though, and I think most everybody can see we need more lift than we currently have...it won't do pilots any good if such an order simply recapitalizes the fleet with newer, larger airframes.
10-23-2016, 11:51 PM
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10-24-2016, 01:33 AM
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We will know for sure about any new aircraft here at UPS after we read it in the WSJ or some other news outlet.....Any info here on APC is purely a guessing game until then. The air group will be the last to know.....NURPS included.
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