s543
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Post by s543 on Jul 7, 2014 17:44:45 GMT 1
What I wanted to say is that some 20 years back we had 737-500 737-300 737-400 + other planes, but let's concentrate on those - "developed" into : 737-600/A318 737-700/A319 737-800/A320 later came bigger brother - without older predecessor 737-900/321 - it is already partly different category - looking closer at replacement of 757...
There is no doubt that the smallest models (which did worked fine earlier - 737-500 was rather popular) are practically abandoned. There are only a few operators/planes around and even 4-5 years old planes were scraped since no one wanted them (and they were in good shape - not like the Kingfisher ones).
What I fear is that 20 years later, as without any doubt all the planes really in the air got significantly bigger - those now smallest members of the families might be looking at the destiny of 737-600/A318.
I would agree that for BBJ/ACJ + long range variants those might be just the right size, but still we are looking at diminishing market.
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quidam
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Post by quidam on Jul 7, 2014 18:03:04 GMT 1
I would agree that for BBJ/ACJ + long range variants those might be just the right size, but still we are looking at diminishing market. No doubt about that But some experts believe that 737-7 and A319neo won't be build at all - and I'm just kindly disagreeing I think both will eventually sell ca. 100 frames each, accumulating all those small markets. And for any carrier that needs bigger fleet of that capacity there is CS300. Zdravim! quidam
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philidor
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Post by philidor on Jul 7, 2014 23:50:10 GMT 1
I wish to point out that both Airbus and Boeing allow late conversions inside their narrowbody family. Deliveries may therefore be quite different from initial orders.
Quidam gave all the reasons to believe in some future for the smaller aircraft.
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