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What is the current delivery schedule for the A320 series aircraft for 2009?
“The current 2009 plan, which is subject to change, has US Airways taking delivery of two
A320s, 18 A321s and five A330-200s that will be based around the system,” reports Tom Doxey,
manager, Fleet Analysis. “These deliveries will serve as replacement aircraft for older tails that
are leaving the fleet next year. In all, the fleet will see 25 new aircraft and 29 returned. The A330
fleet will be growing over the next couple of years from nine to 24, but because we will be
returning aircraft, the overall fleet count will be down slightly.”
Far as I can tell, this is the only big news in the hub is the number of projected aircraft. What does this mean to Airways? Little to no projected growth at mainline, and if it sticks, the recalls will be very slow and only through attrition.
Edit: Here is what he was saying, quoted from the hub FAQ's for Nov. 30th:
What is the current outlook on our wholly owned regional carriers: Will we see more or
less flying going to them? Any planned changes in fleet, if there is a shift in express
flying? Does the company give any priority to wholly owned versus contracted flying?
There are no changes planned at the moment with the only exception being that we have some
leases set to end at Piedmont in 2009/2010. We are currently in negotiations and are hopeful that
we can economically retain the aircraft. We have inducted the last of the aircraft in service with
Republic and the overall Express fleet will shrink marginally from here as we return Mesa aircraft
(two per year). Of course, we would welcome the opportunity to leverage our wholly-owned
carriers’ efficiency by adding aircraft and flying to them, but we will not be growing in this current
domestic environment.
If you are swimming in any airways express pool, you may want to jump on the next airline that starts hiring, because this isn't good.