Originally Posted by
MinimumEffort
That wouldn't surprise me; it would be par for the course to tell Airbus we don't want A350s at 2005 version 1 pricing, financed during bankruptcy with the Airbus creditor discount. We want to pay full price for the A350 version 2 at 2025 prices.
The odds of seeing a widebody Airbus at AA are virtually zero. At best, they might begrudgingly order a few more 787s when the time comes to retire the 772s. The rest will likely be outsourced to Oneworld "partners". We have, in essence, no real scope protection.