▲ 695 ▼ Boeing sales tumble as the company gets no orders for the 737 Max for the second straight month (abcnews.go.com) submitted 2 years ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/world@lemmy.world 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] rimu@piefed.social 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) a huge backlog of more than 5,600 orders Apparently some people with money think there is going to be a big expansion in air travel. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (1 child) The biggest limiting factor in airplanes is the production speed. Building airliners is slow which is why there are very long waiting lists. Nothing's wrong that's just planes. New planes are cheaper to operate so its a good idea to order new planes even if you're not planning a significant expansion. This is also why airlines will be slow to react to boeing's safety record in orders. Switching orders means losing your place and going to the back of airbus's waiting list. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Kinda yes, kinda no. There have certainly been times, particularly after 9/11 and various crises, when demand dropped significantly. There's also airliners that just haven't sold well. A340NG, A380, 747-8, 767-400, the MD-11, until recently the Cseries/A220. The A330neo has also not sold particularly well and you could probably get a slot within a year easily. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* True, but this article is specifically about the 737. Apart from the a220, none of the aircraft you listed are both in production and part of the 737's market segment. The a320 neo family has about 7000 orders awaiting delivery. It is not feasible to switch for most airlines for the reasons I previously mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (1 child) The biggest limiting factor in airplanes is the production speed. Building airliners is slow which is why there are very long waiting lists. Nothing's wrong that's just planes. New planes are cheaper to operate so its a good idea to order new planes even if you're not planning a significant expansion. This is also why airlines will be slow to react to boeing's safety record in orders. Switching orders means losing your place and going to the back of airbus's waiting list. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Kinda yes, kinda no. There have certainly been times, particularly after 9/11 and various crises, when demand dropped significantly. There's also airliners that just haven't sold well. A340NG, A380, 747-8, 767-400, the MD-11, until recently the Cseries/A220. The A330neo has also not sold particularly well and you could probably get a slot within a year easily. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* True, but this article is specifically about the 737. Apart from the a220, none of the aircraft you listed are both in production and part of the 737's market segment. The a320 neo family has about 7000 orders awaiting delivery. It is not feasible to switch for most airlines for the reasons I previously mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Kinda yes, kinda no. There have certainly been times, particularly after 9/11 and various crises, when demand dropped significantly. There's also airliners that just haven't sold well. A340NG, A380, 747-8, 767-400, the MD-11, until recently the Cseries/A220. The A330neo has also not sold particularly well and you could probably get a slot within a year easily. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* True, but this article is specifically about the 737. Apart from the a220, none of the aircraft you listed are both in production and part of the 737's market segment. The a320 neo family has about 7000 orders awaiting delivery. It is not feasible to switch for most airlines for the reasons I previously mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* True, but this article is specifically about the 737. Apart from the a220, none of the aircraft you listed are both in production and part of the 737's market segment. The a320 neo family has about 7000 orders awaiting delivery. It is not feasible to switch for most airlines for the reasons I previously mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent