Securing future A320 (and A220) aircraft, as well as additional A350s would form part of a new negotiation for the relevant BU’s. It’s hardly a revelation. If an entity were able to have a clause saying they would receive all future orders of a particular type I’d be impressed.
When new aircraft are forecast to arrive, you guessed it, it will coincide with EBA renewal. So this convo is all about nothing, and the CP emails are carefully constructed to emphasise it’s a deal for the initial tranche only. It’s not to say further orders won’t arrive.
Of interest, I wonder when QF (and AIPA) knew about the XLR delays. It turns out this recent process was probably not required, as with the delay, normal EBA negotiation would suffice but now QF get two bites at the cherry.
ps. If someone wanted to PM me with the material info added by the negotiators at the last minute…