100-125 (+100 options) B787's for AA?

[EMBpilot]

Speculation, but hey, that's where it starts..


UNCONFIRMED BY OFFICIAL SOURCES
Reliable sources inside the aviation industry have told Flightblogger that American Airlines intends to place a "massive" narrow and wide-body order at the Paris Air Show that includes:

- Boeing 787s - 100-125 firm, plus another 100 options
- Additional Boeing 777s - firm number unknown
- Boeing 737s - 100 firm, options unknown


http://flightblogger.blogspot.com/

 

[On Your Six]

Speculation, but hey, that's where it starts..


UNCONFIRMED BY OFFICIAL SOURCES
Reliable sources inside the aviation industry have told Flightblogger that American Airlines intends to place a "massive" narrow and wide-body order at the Paris Air Show that includes:

- Boeing 787s - 100-125 firm, plus another 100 options
- Additional Boeing 777s - firm number unknown
- Boeing 737s - 100 firm, options unknown


http://flightblogger.blogspot.com/

Well, that would be a great start. The 737s are needed to replace a portion of those super-junky MD80s. The 787s would be a logical replacement for many of those 767-200s and 300s.

I would expect a massive order from Delta also announced in Paris.

 

[Pilot1625]

Isn't AA spending significant money on reupholstering the interiors on the 767s and 757s? Everything I've read states AA is keeping capacity down...I can't see AA spending so much money to redo all the interiors of those airplanes if they are just going to replace them.

 

[CJCCapt]

Isn't AA spending significant money on reupholstering the interiors on the 767s and 757s? Everything I've read states AA is keeping capacity down...I can't see AA spending so much money to redo all the interiors of those airplanes if they are just going to replace them.

If you placed an order today for a 787 you wouldn't see it on the line until 2013ish or later. Boeing's 787 line is sold out years in advance, as is the 737 line. They will have plenty of time to recoup any refurbishment costs.

 

[The Victors]

funny how big a/c orders always come out after pissing of the pilots

 

[CitationLover]

funny how big a/c orders always come out after pissing of the pilots

the pilots pissed in unison? oh you mean pissing off the pilots......

 

[The Victors]

"pissing off" the pilots. I need more coffee. Thanks

 

[Thebadcat1313]

Drink lots of coffee and you will be pissing yourself.

 

[AA717driver]

"All rise for the pissing of the pilots!" TC

 

[General Lee]

Not necessarily true

If you placed an order today for a 787 you wouldn't see it on the line until 2013ish or later. Boeing's 787 line is sold out years in advance, as is the 737 line. They will have plenty of time to recoup any refurbishment costs.

Read this article. It looks like making a big order could get you some slots sooner......?


Delta likely to order 787s this year, says CEO

By Dominic Gates
Seattle Times aerospace reporter


Delta Air Lines will likely be the first of the big three U.S. legacy airlines to order Boeing's 787, chief executive Gerald Grinstein said Friday in Seattle.
The 74-year-old Grinstein, set to leave Delta this summer after guiding it through Chapter 11, said his successor will make any order decision — but he'd be surprised if the carrier doesn't buy its first Dreamliners by the end of the year.
In the last year Delta added more than 60 new international routes, which typically require long-range widebody jets.
Delta flies more than 100 mid-size 767 jets. Grinstein, in town for the Microsoft CEO summit, said in a brief interview that those planes need to be replaced starting as early as 2011.
"Of course, you could wait for the (Airbus) A350," he said, "But why?"
The new Boeing jet is "perfect" for the needs of the U.S. carriers, with the right size and the necessary range, he said. The bigger A350 rival that Airbus is proposing could be too big for many of the routes Delta wants to fly, Grinstein said.
"Boeing has got it right," he said..
Grinstein said he is not worried about the availability of delivery slots for the 787, because Boeing can always "miraculously" find slots when it needs them for a big order. The company does that either through keeping some delivery slots available for significant customers or by arranging for other airlines to defer their orders until later.




Bye Bye--General Lee