Originally Posted by
Tinpusher007
Well those last few pages were exhausting! But it sure will be nice when the maxes finally show up for those who will fly it and the growth it will provide for us. Slightly off topic; any new intel on whether the company still wants to hold out for a 220-500 or put in a 738 MAX or 320 NEO order?
the only reason the company would order the a320 NEO or 738 is for performance limited airports.
DL cares above all else about CASM. The CASM for the longer variants of an aircraft are lower than shorter variants because the smaller variants carry around a lot of the same structural weight of the larger ones without the extra space.
if you are going to fly 150 people from BOS to AUS, Flying them in a max 10 would have a minimally higher cost than in a max 8. but the next day when 180 people want to go, the -10 can generate a much higher revenue.
if AB offers the 225 I could see us buying it, but if not I doubt we will see an order larger than a few dozen for smaller 320/737 family aircraft.
i could see an small order, less than 50, for the 738s for places where a -10 or 321 can’t get in/out.