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Airbus has big backlogs too. So even if a major carrier wanted to drop a bunch of Boeing orders and switch they can’t get planes any faster. They’ll go at the e
by MBCook 2y ago
Airbus has big backlogs too. So even if a major carrier wanted to drop a bunch of Boeing orders and switch they can’t get planes any faster. They’ll go at the end of the line and wait even longer. And that ignores new training for maintenance teams and pilots and everyone else who would need it.
It’s a duopoly with reservations far into the future. Airlines don’t have much choice.
Maybe they’ll switch future orders from a 787-Z to the 797-Q because they don’t trust the former, but to switch to Airbus would be a very long process.
- teractiveodular 2y agoCOMAC has entered the chat Although the C919 (B737/A320 clone) is not feasible even in theory anywhere outside China until various regulators approve it, and in the double-aisle market the C929 is a long, long way off.
- CuriousCosmic 2y agoIt'd be nice to see Dassault try to bring back the Mercure. It was a pretty solid plane designed to compete with the 737 but it just never managed to break out of France due to the economy in the 80s and Boeing & Airbus' comparative success. Dassault is still a major producer of business jets and military fighter jets so it's certainly not like they don't have the skills or capability.