Originally Posted by
pilotpayne
Yes correct.
I think we see it the same way. Start with “close” Europe and the LRs and move into the xlr for other Europe.
Just like we converted the 320s to 321s to 321lrs soon 321xlrs
I don’t think it will change the airframe count just the type of 321
The XLR launch date is sometime in 2023 which really means 2024. I also saw in an article it saying that they wanted these airplanes to be new orders not rollover or exchange orders because of the funding for the R&D for the program. So my guess is we will place an order for these as the launch customer, how it was tied into the a220 deal. I think they have known about this for a while, and why we are doing europe in a 3 step process. LR for London/Ireland to start seeing how successful it is, XLR for Germany, France, Italy and if all is successful an eventual wide body 330 order to go into deep Europe to places like Greece, Sweeden, Finland, Maybe Israel and also using these planes to go into deep south america and maybe even Hawaii.