Originally Posted by
RemoveB4flght
Well despite your outlook, skipper I just flew with had Ted on board a week or so ago, chatted with him and said they were waiting on a “request for proposal” from an undisclosed manufacturer, and it normally takes a bit of time for legal and beam counters to dissect this, so any potential order announcement wouldn’t be “until later this year”.
Straight laced ex-military guy who didn’t seem like one to embellish or invent rumors. Take it for what it’s worth
Of course pure speculation, but my bet is a big Paris Airshow order. Would be interesting if Boeing offered a combo deal for 737MAX, Embraer E2s and maybe some new 797 positions since the rumor is that the 797 would be launched at the Paris Air Show. Delta will be the official launch customer for the 797, but a large, mixed Spirit order would be BIG airshow news.
Still would love to see a combo Airbus order with CSeries/A220s and A321NEOs (maybe sourced from Norwegian’s previous large order). I guess time will tell...