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06-21-2019 | 09:38 AM

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David Puddy

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I wonder if Boeing will significantly delay the 797 for the time being. They have to fix and prove once again that the MAX is a good aircraft, they are also trying to finish the 777X and they had a few issues with the Air Force tanker. I don´t know if their BOD would be wanting to sink so much capital on a brand new clean sheet aircraft.

Every day the 797 decision is delayed, more Airbus 321XLRs will be ordered... Boeing is late to the game AGAIN. The MAX is a pig with lipstick and it was slapped together to compete with the Airbus NEO - again, Airbus was eating Boeing's lunch and Boeing was forced to act. Boeing should have been designing a clean-sheet 737 replacement YEARS AGO. Who knows if/when the 797 will ever fly. Boeing has been complacent for years.

06-21-2019 | 04:27 PM

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American just ordered 50 A321 XLR, Jetblue just ordered some. I read an article that said Delta was looking at the A321 XLR.

Boeing may have to concede the 757 replacement market to Airbus while they try to fix the MAX.

The 797 might be a pipe dream at this point. Hope not but Airbus is taking the orders so far.

06-21-2019 | 05:18 PM

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Everyone keeps putting in orders except us. Just don’t see how we get Airbuses in 2022 now.

06-21-2019 | 05:22 PM

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Everyone keeps putting in orders except us. Just don’t see how we get Airbuses in 2022 now.

The simple answer is we don't.

06-21-2019 | 05:43 PM

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The simple answer is we don't.

Or we merge with someone who has the orders that operates in a ULCC model with only Airbuses.... Wonder who that could be...

06-21-2019 | 05:46 PM

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Or we merge with someone who has the orders that operates in a ULCC model with only Airbuses.... Wonder who that could be...

Ding ding ding , we have a winner

06-21-2019 | 07:14 PM

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Or they order mostly A220’s

06-21-2019 | 08:50 PM

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Or perhaps we're just the ALK of the 2020s that doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up.

06-22-2019 | 04:02 AM

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Or we merge with someone who has the orders that operates in a ULCC model with only Airbuses.... Wonder who that could be...

That is fine as long as we aren’t merging with an ATR or C402 operator. I like the Airbus just fine.

06-22-2019 | 05:30 AM

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Or perhaps we're just the ALK of the 2020s that doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up.

I think we know exactly what they want to be. Just working on getting the best deal possible. It’ll come, we knew an announcement at Paris was a long shot.