Originally Posted by
InZed
Announced this morning to replace the B777-200ERs.
Options for another 12 (20 total).
No surprises here.
Yep, as you said, no surprises there. They likely knew for quite some time but were deciding on engines. When the -TEN’s developed problems that would of sealed the deal for GE.
The A350 would of needed an incredibly sweet deal to cover the costs of a Simulator, re-training and re-tooling.
As for the 777-X, I suspect we’ll look at them in the future but the -9 was just too big and too expensive as a -200 replacement while -8 is years away.