Originally Posted by
Excargodog
which they will either go further into debt to take delivery of or defer until they can pay for, or buy then sell them to lease back incurring leasing obligations.
The POINT if you read the post that mine was responding to was about fuel economy. The pister had indicated the fuel economy of the NEO and I wholeheartedly agree that the NEO and MAX will improve fuel economy. But AS OF YET (ie., currently) those more highly efficient versions are a relatively small percentage of the CURRENT AA NB fleet.
You’re taking a snapshot in a moment in time and using that data to declare that AA has a relatively low percentage of fuel efficient aircraft. That’s irrelevant. They’re constantly taking delivery of said fuel efficient aircraft and soon they’ll be a very large portion of AA NB fleet. Even the numbers you referenced are already outdated and wrong. AA has 45 Neos, not 39. That’s what happens when you take delivery of 2 per month. Last one just showed up on 1/18.