Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
Did you not realize I asked if other airlines are taking a similar ***PERCENTAGE*** of delivery delays?
That is VERY different than what you responded with.
Any additional wisdom you'd like to give me?
Sure, I’ll do the math for you. According to that article AA will take 12 deliveries this year. If five are being delayed, that would mean 29.4% of their 2019 NEO deliveries are pushed to next year.
The fundamental problem I have with your question is that the answer is in no way relevant to the discussion. These delays are due to ENGINE AND AIRFRAME PRODUCTION DELAYS BY THE MANUFACTURERS. Please explain how this is indicative of the financial or operation health of the customer airlines? The planes just aren’t there. Everyone wants them...just gotta wait.
Aer Lingus had to cancel routes due to production delays.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/delayed-delivery-of-aer-lingus-aircraft-to-impact-thousands-of-passengers-37876736.html
Hawaiian had to cut routes due to NEO delays.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fool.com/amp/investing/2018/02/26/airbus-a321neo-engine-delays-hawaiian-airlines.aspx
There are plenty of reasons to be critical of the operation but this just isn’t one of them.