Newly orphaned Airbuses
10-02-2017, 02:58 PM
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Newly orphaned Airbuses
With today’s shutdown of Monarch over in the UK, there are 35 A320 types now with out a home. I believe they’re powered by the V2500s. Anyone have any insight as to whether we might be able to get our hands on those?
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10-02-2017, 04:45 PM
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10-02-2017, 08:12 PM
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True, but there has been a hell of a bidding war for their assets. Apparently lots of valuable slots in Germany. I truly don't know what assets Monarch has besides those aircraft. I've been seeing them a lot over the last 4 years while doing quite a bit of UK flying. This is why I was interested when I read about their shutdown.
10-02-2017, 09:07 PM
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One of the many issues with a bidding war for assets, is if we by planes, in the past, pilots have come with them, or at least an interview. Could get interesting since probably not many US citizens, or green cards.
10-03-2017, 03:09 AM
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The possible scenarios here are quite different than when UAL bought Pam Am’s entire pacific division down to the last spare wheel chock, for example.
If in doubt, I suppose we could ask one of the Chinese pilots that came with the used A319s.
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10-03-2017, 07:46 AM
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Used Airbus are not in line with Kirby’s RJ expansion goals to increase domestic route profitability. Unless he sees a way to fit them into the system in a manner that’ll be worth something long term (how many more RJs can he get if he increases the # or mainline aircraft with such a purchase?) I wouldn’t bet on United moving to swoop in to buy them.
10-03-2017, 07:53 AM
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Used Airbus are not in line with Kirby’s RJ expansion goals to increase domestic route profitability. Unless he sees a way to fit them into the system in a manner that’ll be worth something long term (how many more RJs can he get if he increases the # or mainline aircraft with such a purchase?) I wouldn’t bet on United moving to swoop in to buy them.
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