XWB
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Post by XWB on Jun 16, 2015 16:01:01 GMT 1
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jun 16, 2015 16:44:57 GMT 1
Not exactly surprising considering the Russian economy, I think we discussed it in the B747-8 thread re TransAero ! |
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philidor
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Post by philidor on Jun 16, 2015 18:01:59 GMT 1
The difference with other situations is that possibly the airline was fully entitled to cancel the order following 787 delays.
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jun 16, 2015 18:55:53 GMT 1
The difference with other situations is that possibly the airline was fully entitled to cancel the order following 787 delays. They may well be legally OK to cancel the order, but they could not afford them NOW even if they wanted them ! |
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Baroque
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Post by Baroque on Jun 16, 2015 19:14:05 GMT 1
I wonder if Boeing would have already reassigned the delivery positions to other customers especially given the recent flurry of 787 orders. They can't have woken up to find out that Aeroflot was going to cancel the 787 only today. Obviously there would have been some deeper conversations going on especially with regards to penalties and refunds, and their intent would have been pretty clear.
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s543
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Post by s543 on Jun 16, 2015 20:58:12 GMT 1
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jun 16, 2015 21:09:13 GMT 1
So may be the idea is to order aircraft that you think might be late delivered or not up to the spec in the contract, then claim compensation and canx the order with no out lay of cash  I could order a 100 Comacs, not pay a penny up front and then claim compensation ! Win win for me  |
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I could order a 100 Comacs, not pay a penny up front and then claim compensation ! Win win for me 