Originally Posted by
vapilot2004
Lufthansa will accept a few A330s (5) for an interim solution while they await delivery of the big bus. The airline has also ordered 30 of the narrow body A320 series for a combined total at list prices of a little over 3 billion US for a vote of great confidence from Europe's No 2 airline.
What, so ordering more of a type you've already got lots of is a "
vote of great confidence" ?! Rather misleading in terms of the 380 delay. All it shows is that they can continue to churn out a proven type (at the other end of the model range).
Emirates are hardly likely to tin their order, given the investment they've already made on it (unless Seattle made it so attractive for them to do so with a 748 pitch... ???). Likewise any of the other large early-orderers. Too much money spent at this stage. Boeing couldn't buy them all back to the 747 fold. What
will be interesting, is what the residual value profile looks like in a year or two.