Sembra che Delta non sia intenzionata a ritirare i 787 ordinati da NW. Questa decisione pare scaturita anche a fronte del massiccio processo di rinnovamento degli interni su tutta la flotta, che renderebbe gli a/m attuali ancora per un po'...
Boeing 787 may not land at Delta Air Lines
It doesn't sound good for the Boeing 787 at Delta Air Lines.
Asked Tuesday if Delta still is a customer for the Boeing 787, Delta chief executive officer Richard Anderson said, "Technically, yes."
"Care to elaborate?" asked airline analyst Jamie Baker with JP Morgan as airline executives were discussing Delta's first quarter earnings.
Anderson said Delta officials have "been in negotiations with Boeing to figure out what's going to happen with those positions."
"In the meantime we've gone ahead and extended the leases on the 747-400 fleet, and we're going through the process of putting flat beds and new seats in those airplanes and have gotten significant lease reduction payments on those airplanes," he said. "We've extended those for probably an average life of about five years."
Anderson said Delta has about 180 wide-body airplanes capable of flying trans-oceanic routes.
"We're in good shape," he said "It's a pretty young fleet, probably an average age across that fleet of about eight to 10 years. So we're in good shape in terms of trans-ocean airplanes right now."
Delta picked up orders for 18 Boeing 787s when it absorbed Northwest Airlines in a 2008 merger.
Northwest placed the order for 18 aircraft plus options and purchase rights for another 50 in May 2005. At that time, the plan was to take six in August 2008, making Northwest the first U.S. customer to take delivery of the 787, plus six in 2009 and six in 2010.
However, the Boeing 787, named the "Dreamliner," has been hit with a series of delays and is only now in testing. The Northwest order has slipped to 2013 for the first six and later years for the other 12.
Boeing 787 may not land at Delta Air Lines
It doesn't sound good for the Boeing 787 at Delta Air Lines.
Asked Tuesday if Delta still is a customer for the Boeing 787, Delta chief executive officer Richard Anderson said, "Technically, yes."
"Care to elaborate?" asked airline analyst Jamie Baker with JP Morgan as airline executives were discussing Delta's first quarter earnings.
Anderson said Delta officials have "been in negotiations with Boeing to figure out what's going to happen with those positions."
"In the meantime we've gone ahead and extended the leases on the 747-400 fleet, and we're going through the process of putting flat beds and new seats in those airplanes and have gotten significant lease reduction payments on those airplanes," he said. "We've extended those for probably an average life of about five years."
Anderson said Delta has about 180 wide-body airplanes capable of flying trans-oceanic routes.
"We're in good shape," he said "It's a pretty young fleet, probably an average age across that fleet of about eight to 10 years. So we're in good shape in terms of trans-ocean airplanes right now."
Delta picked up orders for 18 Boeing 787s when it absorbed Northwest Airlines in a 2008 merger.
Northwest placed the order for 18 aircraft plus options and purchase rights for another 50 in May 2005. At that time, the plan was to take six in August 2008, making Northwest the first U.S. customer to take delivery of the 787, plus six in 2009 and six in 2010.
However, the Boeing 787, named the "Dreamliner," has been hit with a series of delays and is only now in testing. The Northwest order has slipped to 2013 for the first six and later years for the other 12.
CO credo abbia la flotta WB piu' giovane di tutto il nord America!