CX and SIA are pretty astute with their aircraft decisions. why do they continue to purchase airbus, only to realize the boeing aircraft is better for the respective mission? Are they mislead by the airbus sales rep, or are the prices too good to pass up? kr -----Original Message----- From: John Fitzpatrick [mailto:johnfitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:59 AM To: orders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [orders] CX may order 773ER: ATWOnline Not a surprise, given what we've discussed over the past few days, but what a kick in the teeth for Airbus and the 340. I'm wondering if this might affect the 380. If that type is seen to be falling short on its promises, (a) will airlines doubt promises made about the 380 and (b) will it undermine Airbus's commonality advantage? After all, commonality isn't much use if the aircraft itself is falling short. We know what happened to the MD11 after SIA dumped and while I don't think this will happen to the 340, it will certainly affect sales for the type. SQ, possibly VS and NZ, might be tempted away from it and no doubt there will be others in the market for an aircraft this size, who could be swayed. John F. -----Original Message----- From: "Jim" <jiml1126@xxxxxxxxx> To: orders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 03:01:14 -0000 Subject: [orders] CX may order 773ER: ATWOnline According to ATWOnline.com, the expansion of longhaul fleet to be 773ER. http://www.atwonline.com/indexfull.cfm?newsid=3775 --- In orders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Russell Short" <russell@xxxx> wrote: > o CX is also evaluating an expansion of its longhaul fleet, but has > not yet made a firm decision on type(s). > > * * * * * * > > Russ. Orders includes 753 members. http://surf.to/orders Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orders/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: orders-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Orders includes 753 members. http://surf.to/orders ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/j2LplB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orders/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: orders-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/