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Post by Baroque on Jun 2, 2015 14:57:51 GMT 1
It seems to be a trend that the largest narrowbody is becoming a hot buy among almost all U.S. LCCs such as Frontier, Spirit, jetBlue and so on, but the largest of the LCCs, Southwest has so far kept away from the equivalent.
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Post by s543 on Jun 2, 2015 15:59:57 GMT 1
Baroque - for Gods sake - Southwest and Airbus ? !
I can imagine buying 739 but 321 ? NO WAY.
More seriously their philosophy is to offer "frequent" service - i.e. to add flights and not size.
I believe that 738 is for them big enough.
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Post by addasih on Jun 2, 2015 16:42:02 GMT 1
Baroque - for Gods sake - Southwest and Airbus ? ! I can imagine buying 739 but 321 ? NO WAY. More seriously their philosophy is to offer "frequent" service - i.e. to add flights and not size. I believe that 738 is for them big enough. said equivalent which I believe he meant B739 not A321. Southwest has been buying a lot of second hand B737-700 lately instead of its bigger sisters 800 and 900 It seems to be a trend that the largest narrowbody is becoming a hot buy among almost all U.S. LCCs such as Frontier, Spirit, jetBlue and so on, but the largest of the LCCs, Southwest has so far kept away from the equivalent. |
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Post by Baroque on Jun 2, 2015 17:55:55 GMT 1
As addasih clarifies, I was referring to either the 737-9 or the A321 when I mentioned "largest narrowbody". Frequency is a good argument for Southwest but surely, some routes can justify the larger variant? If you look at some of other LCCs, they too used to operate a lot of smaller narrowbodies like the A319 not too long ago, but are confidently moving to the largest ones now. Off the top of my head, the only U.S. airlines I can think of, that do not operate or have on order 737-9/A321s are Southwest and Virgin America, and the latter is keen on making the upgrade too. |
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Post by s543 on Jun 2, 2015 17:56:52 GMT 1
Addasih + Baroque - correct I did overlooked the "equivalent"  But basically it is a difference in attitude. The smaller plane gives you a chance to have more flights to same destination i.e. offer better service in terms of time to choose. The bigger plane gives you smaller cost per seat - but fewer flights i.e. you can offer cheaper fare but less frequent service. And who is the winner ?  |
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Post by Jkkw on Jun 4, 2015 11:07:21 GMT 1
May Orders
Frontier: 2 A320ceo, 10 A321ceo
Acropolis Aviation: 1 A320neo (ACJ)
BOC Aviation:1 A320ceo
Air New Zealand: 1 A320ceo
Israir: 1 A320ceo
ceo to neo
Tigerair: 2 A320
No Cancellations.
Gross orders for May:18, Net Orders: 16.
Year to date Gross Orders:247, YTD Net Orders: 225
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