EK: Plastic Pig Delays - Implications
With the announcement that the A380 "Plastic Pig" has been put back even further, what implications for EK?
Some possibilities:
1. EK takes the A340-600 (that was previously looking very doubtful), due to lack of capacity that the plastic piggy was planned to provide (good news for AB F/Os).
2. Temporary CPA remains in position for reasons that are apparent...and not so apparent.
3. Airboos pays through the nose for the delays.
4. An imminent order for B787s to spite Airboos.
Interesting to speculate on what the other carriers who ordered the piggy will do.