Originally Posted by
CabinCrewe
Don’t see A330-900’s featuring in any future order for IAG. In fact doubt any airline will order anymore of them unless they give them away. Will be A350 /787 or even more 777x
However, what is happening in the market is a shortage of supply, seemingly for the long term, where the A330-900, a perfectly reasonable and efficient aircraft, is becoming the only widebody actually available for delivery in the medium term. Boeing is pretty much sold out on the 787 long term, getting on towards the end of the decade now. Much of this is their own doing, cutting the 787 production lines back from two to one must be seen now as a mistake (I'll leave aside whether they closed the wrong one), along with inefficient handling of the 777X development losing years of production.
The A350 is likewise booked up for years ahead. What else is there ? Detailed analysis of the A321XLR, supposedly the wonderplane for the mid-long haul, shows it is not as easy to break even with such a narrowbody on these routes as first suggested.