When they sold them side by side, the 757 was twice the price. Few airlines ever used the jet to its fullest. Most were used on 2-6 hour flights. A 900 Guppy does most of those flights for half the purchase price, and 20% less gas.
Airbus got the market covered better. The 321 is better than a 900.

The 757 is still my favorite airline. A new 321 might be second. In theory they should fly the same as a 320, but i liked it a lot more.

 

Please invite me to the initial 900 operation out of SNA. I'll bring the popcorn.

 

Hey ALG has built a whole business model around the adage that cheap over rules dependable schedule. Sucker born every minute and you only need enough to fill up a 737.

 

Which cockpit would you rather be in facing a line of weather, or a short and slick runway, or single engine? Hot rod? Spoken like a bean counter trying to justify a viewpoint.

 

The 737-900ER has better range payload then the A321 and a lower fuel burn. Delta is using the 900's for transcons. They will use the A321's mostly North/South for those reasons.

 

Weren't those videos produced before the.announcement that they are keeping the 757's?

 

If I recall the video, the exec said the -900 saves the company 20 million per year, vs the 757 same routes etc.

There are other differences for the passenger. the 57 goes higher sooner, better ride. As I pointed out, the F/C lav is larger, every overhead in F/C will accomodate a rollaboard.

It boards/ unloads faster.

With more modern engines the 57 would be close to the -900 fuel burn.

The reason Boeing pushed the 737 so hard is that is cheaper to build the fuselage with the new bonding method. If the line were not shut down, the 57 could be built the same way.
The BIG difference is the cost of acquisition due to lower interest rates when the -900 was rolled out.

As I pointed out, Delta bought 13 of them on the secondary market.

Ironically, the exec in the video said something about " if we are going to compete with Delta"..... blah blah blah

Remember, that 757 put us in a very competitive position over the Atlantic. The -900 could never do it. So, what will we use when the57 is gone?

Boeing has said they are willing to re-open the 757 line if the customers wanted it.

We should be at the front of the line.

 

The 737-900ER has been stretched beyond its usefulness. The 75 is not only a "hot rod", but it out performs the Guppy in just about all categories. It goes higher, flies faster (albeit not much), lands shorter, and has much better short field characteristics. The systems are also more automatic and better. The only statistic that the Guppy is better than the 75 (on paper) is operating cost. But what is not figured into those metrics because it's largely not quantifiable is the bad faith that we gain when we have to stop for fuel because we can't provide what we've advertised. Non stop flight to a destination, because Delta and American can do it (from the passenger standpoint). It looks like "amateur hour" from a passenger/customer standpoint.

 

That particular video is a year old.

 

Beancounters: The (sub)human species that can tell you the cost of anything, and the value of nothing.