MD-90 going bye-bye?
06-28-2017 | 08:21 AM
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Plus no bleed air. Using electrical air compression *might* be less harmful to one's health.
06-28-2017 | 06:44 PM
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Aren't you guys getting the 350? It looks nicer than the 787..doubt it will be doing much if any domestic? Just curious why Delta bought a bunch of those if their business plan is to retract (give away to JV) international flying?
06-29-2017 | 03:45 AM
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They bought the aircraft because the JV they hoped to set up with China was planned to end up with 15 to 16 flights a day on Delta metal to China modeled after the AMS hub. That JV has so far not worked out so the forcus has shifted to Korea. The A330-900 is 50 million cheaper than the A350. A350 orders are being cutback to only 15. The A330-900 will be the big fleet.
06-29-2017 | 05:22 AM
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They bought the aircraft because the JV they hoped to set up with China was planned to end up with 15 to 16 flights a day on Delta metal to China modeled after the AMS hub. That JV has so far not worked out so the forcus has shifted to Korea. The A330-900 is 50 million cheaper than the A350. A350 orders are being cutback to only 15. The A330-900 will be the big fleet.
When do they start arriving? Looks like 2019.
Any idea if they will be moved up in light of the deferred 350s?
06-29-2017 | 09:17 AM
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At the flight ops road show they said deliveries will start when the 350 orders are complete and the 10 deferred A350 deliveries would start when the 25 A330-900 deliveries are done. I got the impression however that unless there is a range specific need those orders might change to more A330's. They emphasized they are 50 million less per copy.
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