Fuel prices won't push Airbus, Boeing on narrowbody successor
Wednesday March 19, 2008
Neither Airbus nor Boeing will bow to today's record oil prices and consider bringing forward the launch of a more fuel-efficient successor to the A320/737 platforms, which has slipped over the past 12-18 months from a 2015 entry-into-service schedule.
While agreeing that the current run-up in fuel costs "does create an incentive," James Haas, director-787 product marketing, told attendees at the SpeedNews Commercial Aviation Suppliers Conference in Los Angeles that "it's not enough by itself," adding that airlines are still insisting they need "double-digit" improvements in operating efficiency that current technology simply cannot supply.
Airbus VP-Marketing Colin Stuart said at the event that "from about 2017 it is a possibility that we will have a replacement aircraft," a timeframe with which Haas concurred during his own remarks, adding, "we don't see anything moving that to the left."
by Perry Flint
ATWOnline
Wednesday March 19, 2008
Neither Airbus nor Boeing will bow to today's record oil prices and consider bringing forward the launch of a more fuel-efficient successor to the A320/737 platforms, which has slipped over the past 12-18 months from a 2015 entry-into-service schedule.
While agreeing that the current run-up in fuel costs "does create an incentive," James Haas, director-787 product marketing, told attendees at the SpeedNews Commercial Aviation Suppliers Conference in Los Angeles that "it's not enough by itself," adding that airlines are still insisting they need "double-digit" improvements in operating efficiency that current technology simply cannot supply.
Airbus VP-Marketing Colin Stuart said at the event that "from about 2017 it is a possibility that we will have a replacement aircraft," a timeframe with which Haas concurred during his own remarks, adding, "we don't see anything moving that to the left."
by Perry Flint
ATWOnline