kronus
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Post by kronus on Nov 25, 2019 12:33:25 GMT 1
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Post by kronus on Jan 11, 2020 6:55:58 GMT 1
Backlog of a321neo orders is nearly identical as a320neo in december 2019 airbus orders and deliveries report:
a321neo 2965
a320neo 3002
In my opinion in next Airbus orders report (january 2020) backlog of a321neo orders will be greater than a320neo.
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philidor
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A321neo
Jan 11, 2020 16:51:24 GMT 1
Post by philidor on Jan 11, 2020 16:51:24 GMT 1
In my opinion in next Airbus orders report (january 2020) backlog of a321neo orders will be greater than a320neo. All the more so as Airbus is still struggling to deliver A321neo, thus keeping them in the backlog longer than planned ... |
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Post by pa380scal on Jan 16, 2020 12:41:31 GMT 1
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Post by fanairbus on Jan 21, 2020 11:01:30 GMT 1
Airbus to build first A321neo line at Toulouse in place of A380 facility By David Kaminski-Morrow21 January 2020 www.flightglobal.com/news/airbus-to-build-first-a321neo-line-at-toulouse-in-place-of-a380-facility/136249.articleAirbus is to increase its A321 production capability, by converting its A380 facilities in Toulouse in order to accommodate a digitally-enabled A321 final assembly line. It will introduce A321 production to Toulouse for the first time – Airbus’s largest single-aisle variant is currently built in Hamburg Finkenwerder and Mobile. The airframer says the change – to be in place by mid-2022 – will provide “more flexibility” for A321 production, although it adds that overall single-aisle industrial capacity at Toulouse will remain “flat”. |
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Post by airboche on Jan 21, 2020 11:04:41 GMT 1
So they close the current A320-line at TLS for the new one? What will happen with the old line? A220?
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philidor
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Post by philidor on Jan 22, 2020 10:48:32 GMT 1
So they close the current A320-line at TLS for the new one? What will happen with the old line? A220? I think you misread. Airbus is using the soon-idled A380 facility to create a new A321-capable line. The existing A320/A319-capable FAL is not discontinued. The announcement about a 'flat' production probably only means that no increase in the production rate has presently been decided ... We all know that a new FAL takes some time to reach full capacity. We don't know whether the old line will keep churning out A320s as it presently does, or will be modernised later or eventually closed or replaced ... I expect Airbus to clarify its plans by degrees, when production rises are announced. |
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Jan 22, 2020 10:52:15 GMT 1
Post by airboche on Jan 22, 2020 10:52:15 GMT 1
Any new line will be high capacity. Especially "digital" ones. So not much is left for the old line it seems especially as A321s are the model needed, not the smaller ones. This is why I wondered what the old line might be used for?
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Post by s543 on Jan 22, 2020 11:17:44 GMT 1
Any new line will be high capacity. Especially "digital" ones. So not much is left for the old line it seems especially as A321s are the model needed, not the smaller ones. This is why I wondered what the old line might be used for? Time will tell.... I do believe the bottleneck is not Airbus but all the suppliers. |
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Post by philidor on Jan 22, 2020 11:55:13 GMT 1
Any new line will be high capacity. Especially "digital" ones. So not much is left for the old line it seems especially as A321s are the model needed, not the smaller ones. This is why I wondered what the old line might be used for? When you are ramping up, you don't quickly close existing facilities. If I remember correctly, Airbus' latest FAL in Hamburg (officially inaugurated in October 2019) has a capacity of about ten frames per month - not enough to both replace existing lines and increase production. That's why older lines in Hamburg are still active, churning out A320 family aircraft. The old line in Toulouse cannot produce A321s, but it can be expected to remain in service to produce A320s. Even though it's certainly less efficient than a modern one, it's been fully amortised and it brings a useful supplemental capacity. If A320 demand became sluggish, that would be a different situation, but that's a long term question. |
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