Delta Air Lines orders A350, A330neo
Delta Air Lines' long awaited fleet announcement is now official. 25 A350-900 to begin deliveries from Q2 2017 & 25 A330-900neo to be delivered from 2019. These 50 aircraft are to replace B747 & older B767-300ER. A350 will be predominantly trans-Pacific to Asia, the A330neo trans-Atlantic with some trans-Pacific deployments (think SEA to Asia).
http://news.delta.com/2014-11-20-Del...its-Fleet-Plan Not a big surprise I don't think, especially the A330neo which appears to be 'designed for Delta'. Question raised on another site about whether the A330neo was cannibalising the A350s orders. I tend to agree with a comment made in response to that question, that in this case it isn't the A350 that the A330neo has cannibalised. |
Interesting to see a US based airline with such a major Airbus order.
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Not really. Many US operators are large Airbus operators. Simple economics. Best ROI wins the day.
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Not widebody though. Delta with the ex-Northwest A330s must be the largest, then US Airways (can't easily find US Air fleet stats). None of the others are A330 operators. The A330neo seems closest to a B763 replacement available on a cost/capability basis.
Many A32X in the skies though. |
My response is in relation to "Airbus". Not type specific. Plenty of Airbus aircraft flying in the United States.
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Then there is Hawaiian with 20 odd. Northwest had 32, now with Delta. In total these 3 make up about 7% of A330's worldwide. But not too bad really, especially when the bulk of a/c flying in the US are narrow bodies or 767's, with 777's on longer haul routes. |
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