Big Bus or Cheap Boeings?
In a need to connect hubs, airlines are required to maintain daily inter-hub flights. With the announced new hub in Morocco Air Arabia has made a defacto statement that an aircraft to connect those hubs is needed. The A-320 is incapable of doing so efficiently which means that the winner of the $4 billion dollar ABY aircraft order MUST deliver an aircraft in the mean time to perform such functions.
It is well known that both Airbus and Boeing have a long lead time for aircraft deliveries; however, neither manufacturer wishes to loose such a lucrative order. As a result it is probable that the ingenious management of ABY has negotiated a deal to supplement this hub need with the manufacturer. A-330s are hard to get but B-767s can be had. Each aircraft has the capability to do what would be required but which manufacturer made the deal? And which aircraft will make up the ultimate fleet at ABY?
Stay tuned and find out in 24 hours.
Burners & Out