mjoelnir
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Post by mjoelnir on Apr 4, 2019 15:34:07 GMT 1
xfw-spotter.blogspot.com/search/label/8651Delivered: 4 Apr. 2019 (Call Sign TBA9801, Hex:781627) TSN-LHW, dep: 7:01 A319-115SL, Tibet Airlines, B-000E, B-306S (MSN 8651) Sharklets flown the nest, only Chengdu frames left
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Post by sciing on Apr 4, 2019 21:08:50 GMT 1
March update
7788 A320neo 05.03.19 Spirit
8066 A320 30.03.18 Chengdu
8222 A320 29.06.18 Chengdu
8379 A320 18.09.18 Chengdu
8439 A320 26.9.18 Chengdu
8597 A320 28.11.18 Chengdu
8709 A320 15.02.19 Chengdu
8723 A320neo 28.03.19 Air Macau
8784 A320 21.03.19 Chengdu
8845 A320 28.03.19 Chengdu
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Post by sciing on Apr 6, 2019 9:43:09 GMT 1
MSN 7788 is on the way, see ca350 post in the Spirit thread. |
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mjoelnir
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Post by mjoelnir on Apr 6, 2019 10:58:49 GMT 1
March update 7788 A320neo 05.03.19 Spirit8066 A320 30.03.18 Chengdu 8222 A320 29.06.18 Chengdu 8379 A320 18.09.18 Chengdu 8439 A320 26.9.18 Chengdu 8597 A320 28.11.18 Chengdu 8709 A320 15.02.19 Chengdu 8723 A320neo 28.03.19 Air Macau
8784 A320 21.03.19 Chengdu
8845 A320 28.03.19 Chengdu
A years supply of Chengdu frames stored. That is quite a big part of the A320 fleet. 28 active and 8 stored. Sichuan Airlines is the owner of Chengdu, do they not need some extra frames? |
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Post by sciing on Apr 6, 2019 12:18:13 GMT 1
A years supply of Chengdu frames stored. That is quite a big part of the A320 fleet. 28 active and 8 stored. Sichuan Airlines is the owner of Chengdu, do they not need some extra frames? Usually they flew them out after a half year in batches of 4;-) |
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Post by marlibu on Apr 6, 2019 14:01:32 GMT 1
That is an interesting way of introducing new planes.
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Post by ca350 on Apr 6, 2019 20:33:34 GMT 1
A years supply of Chengdu frames stored. That is quite a big part of the A320 fleet. 28 active and 8 stored. Sichuan Airlines is the owner of Chengdu, do they not need some extra frames? Sichuan Airlines used to be the parent company of Chengdu Airlines, but not anymore. Chengdu Airlines is now under ... well based on their recent order history you should be able to guess it ... COMAC, aka the company that works on C919 and CR929 and ARJ21. Chengdu Airlines of course need extra frames, but it was rumored they are under a CAAC special quota which restricts them to take only 2-4 A320 series yearly. Don't wanna make a wild guess here but its probably related to COMAC trying to make them take as much as ARJ21 as they can, thus limiting their abilities to take A320 to make it happen. The latter part is a guess on my part, but honestly no one really knows what happens behind the scenes. |
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Post by mjoelnir on Apr 6, 2019 20:47:04 GMT 1
A years supply of Chengdu frames stored. That is quite a big part of the A320 fleet. 28 active and 8 stored. Sichuan Airlines is the owner of Chengdu, do they not need some extra frames? Sichuan Airlines used to be the parent company of Chengdu Airlines, but not anymore. Chengdu Airlines is now under ... well based on their recent order history you should be able to guess it ... COMAC, aka the company that works on C919 and CR929 and ARJ21. Chengdu Airlines of course need extra frames, but it was rumored they are under a CAAC special quota which restricts them to take only 2-4 A320 series yearly. Don't wanna make a wild guess here but its probably related to COMAC trying to make them take as much as ARJ21 as they can, thus limiting their abilities to take A320 to make it happen. The latter part is a guess on my part, but honestly no one really knows what happens behind the scenes. The absurdity is, that they are delivered, they are paid for. Who owns them, Chengdu, a leasing firm, the government aircraft order service? Why not use them in China? |
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Post by ca350 on Apr 6, 2019 20:53:24 GMT 1
The absurdity is, that they are delivered, they are paid for. Who owns them, Chengdu, a leasing firm, the government aircraft order service? Why not use them in China? From my understanding, Chengdu Airlines itself owns them. But due to the CAAC quota imposed on them like I mentioned before, they were not able to fly the aircrafts home and put into service, so they had to store them at separate FALs. Basically it's the government restriction that's not allowing them to take deliveries. The one exception is they sold MSN 8604 to Ernest Airlines at the end of last year. www.planespotters.net/airframe/Airbus/A320/EI-LIX-Ernest/pkXLSo25 |
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Post by ca350 on Apr 26, 2019 8:38:02 GMT 1
March update 7788 A320neo 05.03.19 Spirit8066 A320 30.03.18 Chengdu 8222 A320 29.06.18 Chengdu 8379 A320 18.09.18 Chengdu 8439 A320 26.9.18 Chengdu 8597 A320 28.11.18 Chengdu 8709 A320 15.02.19 Chengdu 8723 A320neo 28.03.19 Air Macau
8784 A320 21.03.19 Chengdu
8845 A320 28.03.19 Chengdu
MSN 8723 gone today: www.flightradar24.com/AMU888/204b38ac |
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