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Post by stealthmanbob on Jul 31, 2019 21:58:19 GMT 1
Yes it does, great work mtrunzAs a data analyst it shows me the concentration of production of the A321s is at XFW, as I said a good few posts up thread. The main production problem seems to be the ramp up of the A321 ACFs, Flight Global quoted it in a piece I will now try and find ! |
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jul 31, 2019 23:00:40 GMT 1
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Post by philidor on Aug 1, 2019 14:43:35 GMT 1
This quote corroborates the comments from Jetblue's Robin Hayes I posted yesterday. |
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Post by mjoelnir on Aug 2, 2019 11:02:23 GMT 1
This quote corroborates the comments from Jetblue's Robin Hayes I posted yesterday. All this is very vague. What is slowing the A321ACF deliveries? Supply line problems, like monuments for example? Problems in the fuselage production? The actual FALs assembling the frames should be the least of the problems, both XFW and BFM still produce A320, XFW quite a number of them. They could both go to A321 only. That would be well over 30 frames, more that half of the A320 family production rate. |
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Post by stealthmanbob on Aug 2, 2019 11:45:19 GMT 1
This quote corroborates the comments from Jetblue's Robin Hayes I posted yesterday. All this is very vague. What is slowing the A321ACF deliveries? Supply line problems, like monuments for example? Problems in the fuselage production? The actual FALs assembling the frames should be the least of the problems, both XFW and BFM still produce A320, XFW quite a number of them. They could both go to A321 only. That would be well over 30 frames, more that half of the A320 family production rate. We may never find out what the hold up is, but it's most likely an ACF interior issue(s). |
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Post by stealthmanbob on Aug 2, 2019 11:57:49 GMT 1
And now Willie Walsh has a go at XFW A321 production delays in Flight Global. Quote Flight Global - "IAG chief executive Willie Walsh has described as "unacceptable" the Airbus A321 delivery delays that forced Aer Lingus to postpone the launch of a Montreal service. Walsh, who was speaking during an IAG second-quarter results briefing today, noted that the "ongoing delays" were affecting deliveries of A321s from Airbus's Hamburg factory. www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/iag-chief-labels-a321-delays-unacceptable-460064/ |
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Post by stealthmanbob on Aug 2, 2019 15:20:02 GMT 1
A few more words from WW on the A321 problems ! Quote Flight Global - "He says IAG is "very disappointed" with Airbus's delivery performance and brands the output of the European airframer's Hamburg site – where A321s are assembled – as "very poor". The site is struggling with its A321 delivery plan partly as a result of producing the A320-family's largest variant with different airframe configurations, which has been an obstacle in making the assembly process more efficient and ramping up production. Walsh says the delays are "completely unacceptable" as they have affected IAG's network plan and, in particular, its Irish subsidiary Aer Lingus." www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/iag-contemplates-earlier-737-max-introduction-460069/ |
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Post by stealthmanbob on Aug 6, 2019 12:41:35 GMT 1
More from Flight Global on the A321 production problems. Quote FG - "Shifts in the single-aisle variant mix since the re-engining programme have put production pressures on the A321neo, not just in terms of absolute numbers but crucially in the level of complexity associated with the model, as its fuselage reconfiguration and longer-range capabilities have necessitated substantial customer cabin redesigns." www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/opinion-why-the-a220-is-starting-to-count-for-airbu-460066/ |
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Post by mjoelnir on Aug 6, 2019 12:58:11 GMT 1
More from Flight Global on the A321 production problems. Quote FG - "Shifts in the single-aisle variant mix since the re-engining programme have put production pressures on the A321neo, not just in terms of absolute numbers but crucially in the level of complexity associated with the model, as its fuselage reconfiguration and longer-range capabilities have necessitated substantial customer cabin redesigns." www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/opinion-why-the-a220-is-starting-to-count-for-airbu-460066/So the main problems seem to hit outfitting rather than the FAL. |
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Post by stealthmanbob on Aug 6, 2019 14:01:53 GMT 1
More from Flight Global on the A321 production problems. Quote FG - "Shifts in the single-aisle variant mix since the re-engining programme have put production pressures on the A321neo, not just in terms of absolute numbers but crucially in the level of complexity associated with the model, as its fuselage reconfiguration and longer-range capabilities have necessitated substantial customer cabin redesigns." www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/opinion-why-the-a220-is-starting-to-count-for-airbu-460066/So the main problems seem to hit outfitting rather than the FAL. Seems to be, there used to be one physical "format" of an A321, now there are there are 6 or 7+, plus airlines are now configuring them in increasingly more varied (unique) ways ! I think we did discuss a few weeks back that it could be the outfitting holding them up. |
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