Originally Posted by
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Is there a published Airbus delivery schedule anywhere for Frontier? Also, is Indigo taking the Bombardier CS300 orders from Republic as well? When the Bombardier order was made I read they were supposed to be A319 replacements for Frontier.
There is no published delivery schedule as the Frontier NEOs are the first to be fitted with the GE GTF (LEAP X) vs the Pratt GTF (GECAS gave concessions to RAH in the 2011 restructuring and their quid was the GE engine contract). The LEAP X is about a year behind the PW engine.
All of the news about "doubling the fleet" is BS. Most if not all of the F9 319 leases are near term and the original NEO order was touted as a replacement order. F9 will not replace every airframe on property with a NEO but it will be mostly a replacement order.
With that being said we have 80 orders and 54 aircraft to replace. I would be amazed if we didn't merge with another LCC by the time we take deliver of a quarter of the order.
We also have A LOT of FO's leaving. New hires today have a pretty good opportunity along with a sizable risk.