note that 35-45% of any Airbus plane uses American-made components. This is especially true of the engines for the A320neo, which will be assembled in the USA by GE (LEAP-X engine) or Pratt & Whitney (PW1100G geared turbofan).
Posted on 07/20/2011 6:20:39 AM PDT by RayChuang88
FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines is buying at least 460 new planes over the next five years in what it calls the biggest airline order in history. And in a victory for Airbus, it's splitting the work between the European plane maker and Boeing.
American said Wednesday it will buy 260 planes from Airbus and 200 from Boeing Co. It expects the new, better-mileage planes to provide much-needed savings on fuel costs. American's current fleet is among the least fuel-efficient in the industry.
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note that 35-45% of any Airbus plane uses American-made components. This is especially true of the engines for the A320neo, which will be assembled in the USA by GE (LEAP-X engine) or Pratt & Whitney (PW1100G geared turbofan).
I’m sure the unions are happy about this.
At Northwest Airlines, we call the AirBus...Scarebus...for good reason.
I actually wouldn’t be proud if I was contributing that 35-45%.
I can go into detail if you like.
now where are they going to find the narrow-bodied passengers to ride in them?
American is far and away the largest operator of the MD-80 series in the world, with something like 300 of them still in their fleet. They’re good planes, but their older low-bypass Pratt and Whitney JT8D-200 engines aren’t nearly as efficient as the newer high-bypass engines on 737s and A320s. So this isn’t a surprise. I am a bit surprised that they’re splitting the order roughly 50/50 between A and B, but I guess that’s a good way of hedging their bets if either company’s re-engine program runs into difficulty.
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Yes, but the thought that "American" Airlines is flying foreign designed aircraft.....
Thank you much UNIONS!!/s
“where are they going to find the narrow-bodied passengers to ride in them?”
They will use prog/lib/dems because of their narrow minds....
“Thank you much UNIONS!!/s”
The unions will like it because the AirBus is job security.
Somewhat American Airlines
Boeing got it butt kicked bad by Airbus, 100 737 vrs 260 320 is hardly 50-50.
American is just trying to be “TOO BIG TO FAIL!”
HF
Eh well - on the old continent we say, that we ain’t going if it’s Boeing.
Therefore AA now has the chance to sell some tickets to us.
Regards from good old Europe!
Andreas
Funny thing, perspective. In the US we say: "If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going."
I guess you don’t require details....only rhetoric.
I can go into great detail.....if you really care.
You can catch up to me via private reply or just a general post....but, I’m in Kandahar and need to get my rest....but, if your interested in the truth about the throw away A320 family design, and why they designed it as such....I will get back to you.
Jon Ostrower gives this aspect of the split order:
Though a split but, say industry watchers, allows American to compete Boeing and Airbus on an airframe by airframe basis, forcing both to trade margins for marketshare.
Only Gentiles pay retail.
Yep, they play them off against each other. Prudent move by American.
I’ll be interested to see what Delta does next. They have the next-largest fleet of MD-80s (about 100). Up until the Northwest merger, they had shown no interest in Airbii, but since they’ve picked up NWA’s fleet of A320s and A330s, I’ll be interested to see how they feel about ordering more.
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The point is that the A 320 is a quite competitive design. Obviously more competitive than comparable planes from Boeing.
There must be some reason for it. ;)
Regards from Europe!
Andreas
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