Originally Posted by
Arty13
I'm risking stating the obvious. 2 year upgrades have always been a myth. But they've also put out the aircraft delivery schedule, and net new aircraft didn't even begin on paper until now. The problem is, those net new aircraft aren't materializing due to Airbus having problems getting the NEOs out of the factory. There are probably many explanations for this, and I don't know them. But the reality is that we are way behind schedule for additional aircraft. We're so behind, in fact, that mgmt has wet leased our routes on other airlines' 737's. Until deliveries begin en masse, upgrade rates will not change, and "huge growth" will remain elusive.
It's not airbus' fault... they flew a whole team to pick up the first neo and Airbus wouldn't release it because there was nothing in our maintenance manuals regarding the neo....