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Post by ca350 on Mar 25, 2019 19:05:28 GMT 1
Nice to see the order, the 10 A350 is very likely for CA. But what about the rumored A330neo order tho?
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Post by ff on Mar 25, 2019 19:10:09 GMT 1
www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2019/03/china-and-airbus-expand-their-partnership-in-civil-aviation.html290 A320neo is more than the 184 estimated, equivalent to 4 years production in Airbus Tianjin. The small number of A350 order in wide body sector means either Chinese airlines really don't like A330neo (which would be strange based on the number of A330s serving in China) or the battle is still on for workload sharing on A330neo in Tianjin. I said this before (and you may still disagree on this), if Airbus don't want to send A330neo to Tianjin assembly line, they most likely won't see any order of A330neo from China.
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Post by stealthmanbob on Mar 25, 2019 19:13:42 GMT 1
www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2019/03/china-and-airbus-expand-their-partnership-in-civil-aviation.html290 A320neo is more than the 184 estimated, equivalent to 4 years production in Airbus Tianjin. The small number of A350 order in wide body sector means either Chinese airlines really don't like A330neo (which would be strange based on the number of A330s serving in China) or the battle is still on for workload sharing on A330neo in Tianjin. I said this before (and you may still disagree on this), if Airbus don't want to send A330neo to Tianjin assembly line, they most likely won't see any order of A330neo from China. Are you talking about sending A330neos to Tianjin for fitting out ? Or are you suggesting building A330neos at Tianjin ? |
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Post by ff on Mar 25, 2019 19:17:52 GMT 1
www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2019/03/china-and-airbus-expand-their-partnership-in-civil-aviation.html290 A320neo is more than the 184 estimated, equivalent to 4 years production in Airbus Tianjin. The small number of A350 order in wide body sector means either Chinese airlines really don't like A330neo (which would be strange based on the number of A330s serving in China) or the battle is still on for workload sharing on A330neo in Tianjin. I said this before (and you may still disagree on this), if Airbus don't want to send A330neo to Tianjin assembly line, they most likely won't see any order of A330neo from China. Are you talking about sending A330neos to Tianjin for fitting out ? Or are you suggesting building A330neos at Tianjin ? I've been told the talk was on both, but so far Airbus refuse to do either. |
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Post by stealthmanbob on Mar 25, 2019 19:22:45 GMT 1
Are you talking about sending A330neos to Tianjin for fitting out ? Or are you suggesting building A330neos at Tianjin ? I've been told the talk was on both, but so far Airbus refuse to do either. I don't think there will ever be enough A330neos ordered / backlog to warrant a second FAL, they should send A330neos there for fitting out though ! |
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Post by fanairbus on Mar 26, 2019 2:36:38 GMT 1
Agree. It is also too important wrt protection of technological proprietary knowledge on widebodies not to keep production in-house.
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Post by philidor on Mar 26, 2019 10:04:20 GMT 1
I've been told the talk was on both, but so far Airbus refuse to do either. I don't believe Airbus refuses to perform A330neo completion work in Tianjin. A330ceo production is almost over, so A330neo completion is all that's left. Most probably Airbus is trying to achieve a large A330neo order, China is saying this requires a FAL, Airbus is saying the existing FAL is far from full pace ... |
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Post by someone on Mar 28, 2019 20:01:27 GMT 1
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Post by philidor on Mar 29, 2019 9:18:06 GMT 1
The split in Bamboo orders seems to take into account political concerns. From the above Reuters link : "we have chosen Airbus as the supplier of narrow-bodied planes, while using wide-bodied aircraft from Boeing".
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Post by Jkkw on Apr 2, 2019 20:29:13 GMT 1
Can't say I'm surprised by this
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