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It is interesting to note that just 5 companies dominated the order book: (1223 total) * 500 to Indigo (India) * 250 to Air India. * 220 to Turkish Airlines
by laydn 3y ago
It is interesting to note that just 5 companies dominated the order book: (1223 total)
* 500 to Indigo (India)
* 250 to Air India.
* 220 to Turkish Airlines
* 153 to EasyJet
* 100 to Avolon.
- afavour 3y agoI'd be interested to know how many are former Boeing customers. The implication is that people are switching from Boeing to Airbus but it's quite possible a lot of these airlines have always been Airbus customers.
- bspammer 3y agoIngiGo are all Airbus and ATR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndiGo#Fleet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndiGo#Fleet Air India are about 60% Airbus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_fleet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_fleet Turkish Airlines are about 50/50: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Airlines_fleet#Current_fleet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Airlines_fleet#Current... EasyJet are all Airbus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EasyJet#Fleet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EasyJet#Fleet Avalon doesn't have fleet information on Wikipedia (I'm not in the industry and have no idea what a reputable place to go to get this information would be)
- gaadd33 3y agoAvolon looks majority Airbus: https://www.avolon.aero/our-fleet https://www.avolon.aero/our-fleet
- dingaling 3y agoAvolon buys what it calculates it can lease out to airlines, it doesn't have a 'preference' itself.
- beeboop 3y agoSo basically this Airbus order surge probably has little to do with recent Boeing news and the headline is misleading clickbait
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- paganel 3y agoIndia is going through an economic boom period of which not that many people talk about. The cheap energy inputs as a result of Western sanctions on Russia also help with that, of course.
- PaulHoule 3y agoIndia's economy in general is strong but the recent expansion in air travel has been epic. I'd also point out that US airlines are notorious for holding on to old planes. Delta in particular has an ancient fleet but they are excellent in maintenance so it's OK, it's not like the 737 has done anything to improve the passenger experience in the past 30 years.
- geodel 3y agoWell old planes I travelled in India were more spacious. And new planes from US to India were so congested to the point of being claustrophobic. There is no way one can put meal tray on to that tiny front seat pullout. Needless to say I am just a cattle class passenger. Upper classes would have better experience. Sure, old planes will last forever and everything in next decades will be replaced by same tight seating planes.
- PaulHoule 3y agoPacking in more people definitely improves the economics of the plane and gets the ticket price down and makes it available to more people. In the US we stopped giving out free meals on flights about 10 years ago, at best you can buy a $20 yucky cardboard lunch box, so the problem of the front pullout never comes up. I think the most luxurious experience in US domestic travel I had was circa 2013 on a 767 widebody from NYC to LA but there were times circa 1990 when it was common to get on a 737 from Philadelphia or Pittsburgh to Albuquerque that was 1/3 full which feels spacious but that couldn't have been economic. The industry here is competitive on price but not competitive on quality. New entrants in the industry have focused on price, but I can certainly imagine a start-up airline that builds a fleet of entirely A220 or E2-Jets around a hub in, say, Texas, could serve almost all of North America and advertise a futurist plane you'll like much better.