Originally Posted by
Tranquility
The 2 new potential fleet types (737Max or A220).
The 737Max would suck regardless, I’m totally biased. Possibly an entire fleet swap.
The A220 I could see happening (especially the -300) as its operating cost is less than a A319 NEO and it seats more (tied in with the cost structure).
Either way, dual fleets dilute relative seniority for those in the upper echelons of both seats...
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I think NK missed the boat on the A220. Bombardier appears to have hit a home run with this as current operators report better than expected efficiency and dispatch reliability. I can't see why Airbus would be willing to sell their new gem at a highly discounted rate.
Conversely, Boeing has 450 airframes sitting that need to be returned to service and foreign regulators are balking at their anticipated return to service dates. I suspect there's a hell of a Groupon deal to be had on these. You know Spirit; we'll buy a fresh turd if it's on sale.
There's been considerable discussion about Spirit's inability to recover from IROP's and how they couldn't possibly handle a dual fleet recovery. Well, we can't but Sabre can. And we're about to be the launch customer for their new software package.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...300896394.html
This is all conjecture but reading the tea leaves I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't already order a garage sale ton of antique airplanes at a highly discounted rate.