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Post by pa380scal on Nov 21, 2017 19:35:23 GMT 1
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XWB
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Post by XWB on Nov 21, 2017 20:14:51 GMT 1
That's a rather unexpected bold movement.
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Post by peter on Nov 21, 2017 20:50:33 GMT 1
That's a rather unexpected bold movement. That guy also had an "exclusive" about an A380 order at the Paris Air Show. I believe it when I see it. Nothing on RwandAir website or Twitter. The slots mentioned are Air Lease Corp. Nothing on their website either. |
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Post by XWB on Nov 21, 2017 21:48:12 GMT 1
Tweet has been removed.
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Post by peter on Jan 26, 2018 20:18:48 GMT 1
Msn 1888, the first -800, said to be delivered to Hawaiian after test flights.
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Post by philidor on Jan 27, 2018 9:36:48 GMT 1
Msn 1888, the first -800, said to be delivered to Hawaiian after test flights. I hope so, there was/is a doubt about HA's actual intentions. I would hate them to cancel their order. |
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Post by ghorn on Jan 27, 2018 9:46:05 GMT 1
Msn 1888, the first -800, said to be delivered to Hawaiian after test flights. I hope so, there was/is a doubt about HA's actual intentions. I would hate them to cancel their order. That would be good news. Airbus does not have a good record for selling test aircraft. Perhaps the high degree of commonality with the -900 means that the very first -800 will be production standard. Geoff |
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Post by mjoelnir on Jan 27, 2018 10:56:45 GMT 1
I hope so, there was/is a doubt about HA's actual intentions. I would hate them to cancel their order. That would be good news. Airbus does not have a good record for selling test aircraft. Perhaps the high degree of commonality with the -900 means that the very first -800 will be production standard. Geoff I would rather say, Airbus does not sell all test aircraft. The test aircraft Airbus plans to sell usually get sold. |
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Post by ghorn on Jan 27, 2018 14:52:45 GMT 1
That would be good news. Airbus does not have a good record for selling test aircraft. Perhaps the high degree of commonality with the -900 means that the very first -800 will be production standard. Geoff I would rather say, Airbus does not sell all test aircraft. The test aircraft Airbus plans to sell usually get sold. I hadn’t seen that. None of the first 3 A380s to fly were sold. None of the first 4 A350-900s have been sold. As far as I know none of the A350-1000 or A330-900 test aircraft have customers lined up either. Geoff |
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Post by mjoelnir on Jan 27, 2018 21:46:11 GMT 1
I would rather say, Airbus does not sell all test aircraft. The test aircraft Airbus plans to sell usually get sold. I hadn’t seen that. None of the first 3 A380s to fly were sold. None of the first 4 A350-900s have been sold. As far as I know none of the A350-1000 or A330-900 test aircraft have customers lined up either. Geoff It works of course well when you exclude test frames, that have been sold. A350 MSN5 was a test frame, has been sold. It is not planed to sell MSN1 and 3, but MSN2 and 4 should be sold in the future. A380 MSN1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 9 were used as test frames if I remember right. MSN1 and 4 were not sold. MSN2 was sold to a private customer, but not taken up. A320neo family, all test frames but MSN6101 should be sold, some are still in tests, some are being converted and some are sold. A320 family only MSN1 was not sold, used extensively for test all its live. A330/340 MSN1 the first test frame for the A340-300, was not sold, is used for laminar tests, blade project, today. The first A340-200 MSN4 was sold. The first A330-300 MSN12 was sold and the first A330-200 MSN181 was sold. When Airbus needed a A330 test framer later they used a frame build for the US tanker program, I think MSN871. The first A340-600 MSN360 was not sold (different emergency exits than later certified), but the first A340-500 MSN394 was sold. |
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