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Airbus 350 very slow delivery rate
| June 22nd, 2016 at 10:32:30 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Come to think of it, Bradbury's famous quote about the future concerns Fahrenheit 451: "I'm not trying to predict the future. I'm trying to prevent it." While we're at it: "The best quotable quotes have a million and one half parents." Nareed ((c) 2016). There. That grants me priority, and I placed in two canary traps (of sorts). Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| August 18th, 2016 at 12:38:25 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |  Good graphic on widebody deliveries. |
| September 17th, 2016 at 12:30:34 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
 Despite having a record 6 A350's delivered in August, Airbus has still only delivered 22 in 8 months of 2016 and 14 in previous years. In order to make 50 for the year, they will have to average 7 deliveries per month for the last 4 months. Boeing has delivered 92 Dreamliners in the first 9 months of 2016, and is on track to exceed the 135 delivered in 2015. In addition a much greater percentage are the larger 787-9 than the initial 787-8. Aeromexico has 9 Boeing 787-8 with 32 business and 211 economy seats. They are due to begin deliveries of at least 6 Boeing 787-9 with 4 additional business seats and 17 additional economy seats. Norwegian begins new nonstops in November from Las Vegas to Oslo Norway and to Gatwick airport in London using the Dreamliner. |
| April 13th, 2017 at 1:47:53 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Bloomberg reports Airbus as nervous after Delta announces a 'review' of its 14 billion dollar purchase agreement with Airbus. For a long time delivery slots have been viewed as bargaining chips rather than firm contractual committments. It makes for instability which is probably a good thing in certain respects. |
| May 1st, 2017 at 3:21:45 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/airbus_earnings_dry_up_amid_sl.html Slow deliveries and manufacturing problems. The company said that its three-month earnings before interest and tax fell to 240 million euros ($262 million) from 498 million euros a year earlier. The company also fell short of analysts' predictions that it would earn 326 million euros. In addition to lingering issues with the A400M military transport plane and production delays with its twin-aisle A350 aircraft, Airbus is waiting on a fix for engine glitches experienced on the new A320neo (new engine option) narrowbody jet, which will eventually be manufactured in Mobile. Pratt and Whitney claims to have the fix but that it must undergo thorough testing first. |
| May 1st, 2017 at 6:05:27 PM permalink | |
| Aussie Member since: May 10, 2016 Threads: 2 Posts: 458 | Just booked BNE-CDG for April next year yesterday which happens to be on the A350-900 on CX. Looking forward to trying it. |
| May 1st, 2017 at 7:48:34 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4967 |
Holy crap. isn't that like a 22 hour trip? At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| May 1st, 2017 at 8:31:47 PM permalink | |
| Aussie Member since: May 10, 2016 Threads: 2 Posts: 458 |
9hrs BNE-HKG 2hr layover 13hrs HKG-CDG In business class which is a positive. Travelling with a 4yo child which is a negative. Haha |
| May 2nd, 2017 at 6:36:56 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Yeah, but remember when taking 80 days to circle the world was a work of science fiction? Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| May 2nd, 2017 at 6:36:59 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
Cathay Pacific? Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |