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To: gondramB

Nothing to worry about. Russia will end up buying Boeing.

Most of this is posturing, and Europe and Asia do a lot of posturing. In the end, the decision will either be made on business grounds, in which case Boeing will be selected, or political grounds, in which case Boeing will still be selected.

Nobody wants to be tied to a decision to buy Airbus for political reasons, only to have some of those planes crash and burn. If Airbus is to win the contract, they had better produce a lot of guarantees. The Boeing aircraft are still the most sound from a business vantage point.


5 posted on 05/06/2006 1:29:28 PM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: coconutt2000
define business vantage point... Boeing can be a very difficult supplier.

At present Boeing is out discounting Airbus and the 777 and 787 are very competitive. But when Boeing isn't discounting heavily they are usually not very competitive. Airline A1 might buy a dozen 777's today on very agreeable terms. But in a few years should they decide they need more - they can't count on Boeing to maintain their discounted pricing at that time, unless they buy options - but you can only buy options so far into the future.

If at that time Boeing is asking $200,000,000 each and offering undesirable delivery slots, you are stuck. You either end up buying planes you can't afford (which is what the majors did in the late 90's) or you end up going elsewhere and breaking down a common fleet.

With Airbus, you can pretty much count on pricing and support consistency for the life of the fleet.

A good public example is when Frontier decided to buy more 737's - the terms Boeing brought to the table in terms of pricing and delivery were not worthy of serious consideration. Boeing said take it or leave it... and guess what they did.

Boeing will swing from extreme to extreme, Airbus is pretty consistent. I will take consistency.

12 posted on 05/06/2006 1:45:46 PM PDT by Energy Alley
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To: coconutt2000

Aerofloat is one of the most unsafe airlines in the world (some turd world country may have them beat, but I don't know which one). It is only apporpriate that they buy the most unsafe aircraft to go with their reputation.


16 posted on 05/06/2006 3:55:14 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
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