philidor
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Post by philidor on Mar 1, 2018 11:20:07 GMT 1
There is a missing slide in the UA presentation. They explain that the reason they changed their A350 order was that they had just bought the 77W to fulfill the intended A35K role. That decision to purchase 77Ws was therefore the real turning point in their fleet planning strategy.
So, the missing slide is "why did we select the 77W as a 747 replacement, instead of the planned A35K ?" The answer is obvious : as Boeing badly needed more 77W orders before transitioning to the 778/779, they offered UA dirt cheap, short lead time to delivery, end-of-line 77Ws. As prices are usually covered by non-disclosure agreements, the most important slide had to be missing.
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gdumas
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Post by gdumas on Mar 1, 2018 12:18:48 GMT 1
Ah yes, that makes more sense
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kronus
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Post by kronus on Oct 17, 2019 10:43:23 GMT 1
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someone
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Post by someone on Oct 17, 2019 12:17:10 GMT 1
Any changes in the schedule?
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Baroque
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Post by Baroque on Oct 17, 2019 12:41:17 GMT 1
2022 first delivery means parts production should be going in right now, no?
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Post by marlibu on Oct 17, 2019 17:16:15 GMT 1
2022 first delivery means parts production should be going in right now, no? does it actually tale that long? I am being genuine with my question. for simplicity of our conversation, let say the first frame is delivered in January 7, 2022. taking away 3 months for flight testing, 3 months for final assembly. would it take 20 months to fabricate any parts that get pre-assembled, then sent to the FAL? Again, i am really asking a genuine question. I have little to no knowledge of how the supply chain works in the Airplane industry. any explanation will be appreciated.
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Post by stealthmanbob on Oct 17, 2019 17:46:17 GMT 1
2022 first delivery means parts production should be going in right now, no? does it actually tale that long? I am being genuine with my question. for simplicity of our conversation, let say the first frame is delivered in January 7, 2022. taking away 3 months for flight testing, 3 months for final assembly. would it take 20 months to fabricate any parts that get pre-assembled, then sent to the FAL? Again, i am really asking a genuine question. I have little to no knowledge of how the supply chain works in the Airplane industry. any explanation will be appreciated. I don't think anything major is in production, but screws, bolts, rivets etc might be being produced. I don't think it will need 3 months flight testing, 4-6 weeks for the first frame for a new airline.
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Post by FabienA380 on Oct 18, 2019 8:12:40 GMT 1
When I click on it, for each frame it shows "***"..
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kronus
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Post by kronus on Oct 18, 2019 8:27:30 GMT 1
When I click on it, for each frame it shows "***".. Fabien but there are intervals between years of delivery. As we know first delivery in 2022, last in 2027. We only need to count "***" between intervals and we have a350 delivery schedue.
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n830mh
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Post by n830mh on Oct 21, 2019 3:11:14 GMT 1
Any changes in the schedule? Still no change. Not yet.
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