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American Airlines Orders 460 Narrowbodies
AMR, parent corporation of American Airlines, has placed an order for 460 aircraft, including 260 Airbus A320s and 100 Next Generation Boeing 737 and 100 yet-to-be-launched re-engined 737s, powered by CFM Leap-X engines. Boeing says that the re-engined 737 - a product currently in its conceptual phase - will likely be launched by the Boeing Board of Directors sometime this fall, placing the formal authority to offer the aircraft sometime between late September and late December. (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I'm sure the pilots and mechanics prefer Boeing, but what do they know?
BRING BACK BOB CRANDALL AND INCREASE THE QUALITY OF THE BOARD BY REDUCING THE QUANTITY IN HALF.
whatever happened to "if it ain't Boeing, I ain't going"
Read between the lines... Leahy organized an amazing financing deal: AMR said it will "benefit from approximately $13 billion of committed financing from the manufacturers through lease transactions" to reduce risk and covers the first 230 aircraft.
Reminds me of United's A350XWB order last year.
Reminds me of United's A350XWB order last year.
Toby, seeing that they were flying A306s before retiring them after AAL587, the whole Boeing thing became rather stale.. COA said the same thing after they rebranded in the mid-90s, and they are now flying them again (albeit as UAL).
Why would they order next gen and next next gen Boeings but outdated Airbus of the same class? I assume one manufacturer will only extend so much credit to a company that just posted another $300-400Million quarterly loss. Having two sets of unionized pilots to fly the same type of plane (Boeing + Airbus) will make terrible fiscal sense for decades to come.