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Post by mjoelnir on Oct 4, 2023 17:47:04 GMT 1
The P&W engines sell better on the A321neo than the CFM. On the A30neo it is the other way. Interesting fact, thanks, nice to hear from you. I meant the P&W ones are the ones that are being effected most by reliabilty / increased inspection intervals ....etc
That does not seem a problem anymore. Go First, flying in the same area as Indigo, stayed with P&W.
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Post by mjoelnir on Oct 4, 2023 17:24:27 GMT 1
Last flight was AS1126 SEA-LAX. N921VA, which also was the first A321neo delivered to a customer. From what I can see, none of their A321neos have yet to have found a new operator I would think they would get snapped up quickly, especially as they have CFM engines and not PW ones ! The P&W engines sell better on the A321neo than the CFM. On the A30neo it is the other way.
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Post by mjoelnir on Apr 16, 2023 19:17:54 GMT 1
This is big news from and for Icelandair. It was one of the most loyal Boeing users.
It also spells the death of the NMA, because if Icelandair gives up to wait for it, it is a sure sign, that the NMA will never come.
I expect the A321 to replace all the passenger 757-200, 757-300 and 767-300.
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Post by mjoelnir on Feb 1, 2023 20:21:46 GMT 1
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Post by mjoelnir on Jan 31, 2023 17:51:59 GMT 1
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Post by mjoelnir on Jan 13, 2023 9:29:13 GMT 1
I counted all the RAF MRTT as MRTT. I just talked about that some of the RAF MRTT are used as passenger frames and yes easily converted back to tankers. The MRTT or multi roll tanker transporter are actual usable as tanker, or transport, or passenger frame, or even all at the same time. Agreed 👍 The only thing they are not is a main deck freighter. Airbus is able to provide that too, it has been offered. Cargo door at the same place and size as on the A330F.
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Post by mjoelnir on Jan 12, 2023 19:04:53 GMT 1
FYI mjoelnir The RAF A330 MRTT that is used by the U.K. Gov is still an MRTT configured aircraft, it just has some better seats up the front end and the special Union Jack colour scheme, it was tanking over the North Sea only yesterday I think. And ghorn all the RAF MRTTs are fitted out with a pax cabin all the time. Also 4 out of 14 of the "RAFs" Air Tankers MRTTS have been "un-converted" (eg refueling pods and defensive aids have been removed, but are easy to put back on) and are leased out to pax airlines. G-VYGJ 1439, G-VYGK 1498, G-VYGL 1555 and G-VYGM 1601
I counted all the RAF MRTT as MRTT. I just talked about that some of the RAF MRTT are used as passenger frames and yes easily converted back to tankers. The MRTT or multi roll tanker transporter are actual usable as tanker, or transport, or passenger frame, or even all at the same time.
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Post by mjoelnir on Jan 12, 2023 13:48:23 GMT 1
I think you have some errors in the spreadsheet in regards to the A330-200 whole deliveries. You have in the upper table 653 delivered. You show 18 MRTT delivered. 653 - 18 = 645 I count 50 active MRTT including at least 3 used passenger frames that makes 47 delivered as MRTT. 653 -47 = 606 Then you show a number of A330-200 minus MRTT of 585 And below that in the top 5, 593 Even if I counted the delivered MRTT wrong, there is still something spooky with yor numbers in the spreadsheet. [/quote] Thanks for looking at my figures and for your comments. In general I use the figures provided by Airbus and Boeing but the MRTT is a problem for me as Airbus do not report it separately. Up to and including 2018 I reported the MRTT as a passenger widebody, which I concluded was wrong even though it carries ‘passengers’. The A330-200 production is now solely for MRTT and from 2019 I have removed the MRTT from my annual passenger totals. This is where the 18 deliveries comes from, the total MRTT deliveries for 2019-2022. I have not recalculated passenger totals prior to 2019 as I don’t have the data, the time or the motivation!! The Airbus A330-200 figures are 664 total sales ( 653 delivered and 11 unfulfilled ). Within the Airbus Worldwide spreadsheet the first row is for Military, Government etc. I use this as a ‘proxy’ for MRTT sales. This shows 71 total sales ( 68 delivered and 3 unfulfilled ). I take these figures away from the A330-200 total to give me a Passenger A330-200 figure. Thus I show 593 total passenger sales ( 585 delivered and 8 unfulfilled ). Hope this helps !! Geoff [/quote] I went to planespotters and counted the active MRTT, that gave me 50. In the Military, Government, Private numbers are non MRTT frames included, either for government passenger frames as well as ACJ. 3 frames of the 50 MRTT are converted passenger frames for the RAAF. Those I deducted. That gave me 47 frames sold new as MRTT. I recounted today and got to 51 MRTT, minus 2 converted frames for the RAAF, that makes 49. But the other crux is that the MRTT can also be used as a passenger frame, 1 of the RAF frames is now used for the UK government, converting back to the tanker role in times of crisis. There were, at some time, also some of the RAF frames leased to airlines as passenger frames. I would still assume, that to deduct 49 frames would be the right number.
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Post by mjoelnir on Jan 11, 2023 13:46:54 GMT 1
December and thus full year numbers now released. Airbus passenger widebody deliveries were 13, with 3 x A330-900, 8 x A350-900 and 2 A350-1000. Boeing delivered 10 with 2 x 787-8, 3 x 787-9 and 5 x 787-10. Full year model totals are : A350-900 52 A330-900 20 787-10. 12 787-9. 10 A350-1000 10 787-8. 9 A330-300. 4 777-300ER. 3 A330-800. 3 Airbus with 89 exceeded last year’s total of 73. Boeing with 34, exceeded last year’s 23. Record years were Airbus with 168 in 2019 and Boeing with 228 in 2016. Will we ever see those levels again ? Nice to see that the 787-9 has reached total sales of exactly 1,000. This is the spreadsheet I use to keep the data : docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-EHEqHIl7ApOh9wHzqnisbv6gryAKkVthbWt1evQzYY/editGeoff I think you have some errors in the spreadsheet in regards to the A330-200 whole deliveries. You have in the upper table 653 delivered. You show 18 MRTT delivered. 653 - 18 = 645 I count 50 active MRTT including at least 3 used passenger frames that makes 47 delivered as MRTT. 653 -47 = 606 Then you show a number of A330-200 minus MRTT of 585 And below that in the top 5, 593 Even if I counted the delivered MRTT wrong, there is still something spooky with yor numbers in the spreadsheet.
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Post by mjoelnir on Jan 7, 2023 11:58:17 GMT 1
This year starts a bit faster than former years.
10 A320neo family frames delivery flights and 10 A320neo family first flights.
Not the usual after new year lull.
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