A350-1000 and other Fleet News
09-01-2023, 04:00 PM
#882
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2009
Position: Middle Seat
Posts: 1,228
09-01-2023, 04:24 PM
#883
Has a furrowed brow
Joined APC: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,201
I wouldn’t count on it, the 4th floor’s hubris knows no bounds.
09-02-2023, 06:33 AM
#885
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2010
Position: Representing the REAL Delta
Posts: 857
Boeing will just tell us to pound sand, which is what they did leading up to the eventual order. We said uncle, not Boeing.
09-02-2023, 07:25 AM
#886
Can’t find crew pickup
Joined APC: Jun 2021
Posts: 2,235
We may not have gotten a 220 style deal, but Boeing was also pretty motivated for us to have SOMETHING ordered.
09-02-2023, 07:36 AM
#887
Line Holder
Joined APC: Apr 2021
Posts: 52
That’s not happening, even if said scenario was probable, DL would be interested in maybe 10-20 (even 20 is pushing it) airframes for an aircraft with that capacity. I would *think* it would be much cheaper and desirable from management to get A35K’s to add to our existing Airbus fleet or to get a larger order of 787’s to add range/replace the 767s, but ordering a small fleet of a new aircraft type is unlikely. I’ve been wrong before though…
09-02-2023, 07:43 AM
#888
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2010
Position: Representing the REAL Delta
Posts: 857
We tried to get the white tails in the desert for a song. Boeing told us pound sand.
We ordered 30 used 900’s as a punishment(future leverage) for Boeing not making us a deal.
It took us forever to make the eventual Max order.
We negotiated in public as a way to bypass marketing, which was telling us to pound sand.
We didn’t get a deal, we got the going rate. Boeing wasn’t taking our crap…that’s why we had a 10 year gap in Boeing orders.
Boeing was not desperate for an order.
Last edited by cornbeef007; 09-02-2023 at 08:00 AM.
09-02-2023, 08:23 AM
#889
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: 350A
Posts: 426
09-02-2023, 08:56 AM
#890
Can’t find crew pickup
Joined APC: Jun 2021
Posts: 2,235
That’s why….
We tried to get the white tails in the desert for a song. Boeing told us pound sand.
We ordered 30 used 900’s as a punishment(future leverage) for Boeing not making us a deal.
It took us forever to make the eventual Max order.
We negotiated in public as a way to bypass marketing, which was telling us to pound sand.
We didn’t get a deal, we got the going rate. Boeing wasn’t taking our crap…that’s why we had a 10 year gap in Boeing orders.
Boeing was not desperate for an order.
We tried to get the white tails in the desert for a song. Boeing told us pound sand.
We ordered 30 used 900’s as a punishment(future leverage) for Boeing not making us a deal.
It took us forever to make the eventual Max order.
We negotiated in public as a way to bypass marketing, which was telling us to pound sand.
We didn’t get a deal, we got the going rate. Boeing wasn’t taking our crap…that’s why we had a 10 year gap in Boeing orders.
Boeing was not desperate for an order.
All about the engine maintenance contract.
