Delivery schedule for new airplanes

[700UW]

http://www.aviatorjoe.net/go/compare/A330-200/777-200/

http://www.aspireaviation.com/2010/12/08/boeing-777-way-much-better-than-a330/

 

[wings396]

My point was that if DL felt that the 330's were not a good a/c, that they would have made an effort to unload them.

 

[etops1]

In what way are they superior? Range? Fuel economy? Useful lifespan? Acquistion cost? Total cost of ownership?

In any event, when US takes over AA, the combined airline will have 57 B777s on the property. Superior as those A330s may be, there will be a lot of 777s that won't be going anywhere for 20+ years.

Gonna have to agree with FWAA on this one. But wait FWAA . Did you just WHEN US takes over AA??

 

[phllax]

Other than TK, the only other *A U.S. - IST non-stop airline is a single CO (UA) flight out of EWR. A PHL-IST service would likely be largely connecting passengers from Southern California and siphoning from TK/CO(UA) in NJ/NYC - where the largest Turkish communities are concentrated. I'd speculate a lot of cargo potential, via PHL, may also be available to/from IST. In a standalone mode, IMO, U.S. will need to expand its network globally or cease to exist - cause that's where the profits are.

I think US would have a rough time at it, as the market isn't that big to begin with and anyone out of the South can connect to TK in ORD or go to JFK where there's DL, TK and now UA at EWR. The TK flight from LAX recently went daily, and at JFK DL is holding it's ground with its daily 763T against 3 TK flights in the summer (2x773, 1x333). Anyone in their right mind would fly TK.

 

[ContUNITEus]

777-200LRs are actually superior to Airbus 330s and 340s.

777-200LRs, I suppose, were to counter the A340-500 range; and they did so very well.

A330-200 is a superior aircraft to the 767-300ER. That is what it was meant to compete with.

When the A350 comes out, it will be the 777/787 breaker, same as the A380 broke the 747.

It remains to be seen if the 747-800 will succeed in market share, or if it is to have the same fate as the 757-300 and A340 family.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-10/airbus-s-longest-plane-proves-short-lived-as-a340-orders-dry-up.html