Originally Posted by ZeeOSix
Originally Posted by JustN89
The fact of the matter is that the MAX is still much more efficient and cost effective right now for an airline. No airline that owns and operates them is thinking that the MAX "may not be needed".
I could turn out that once the Max gets back to service the airlines will start using them heavily if they are more efficient and cost effective ... could save the airlines some money.
The MAX appears to match the efficiency of the single aisle Airbus NEO, which was Boeing's goal.
Many of the NGs and A319/A320/A321 aircraft in service are high time and high cycle so are ready for retirement anyway.
The delays in putting the MAX back in service probably resulted in a lot of heavy checks and engine work on these older airframes that the airlines would have just as soon avoided.
For now, the majors are parking about half their fleets and some of those aircraft will never leave the desert again other than in pieces. Drastically declining travel demand does suppress the need for new aircraft now and airlines are probably happy not to be looking at the lease payments on the four hundred or so completed but not delivered MAX aircraft.
Still, traffic will rebound by the last quarter of this year and the airlines will be happy to be able to accommodate it with more efficient aircraft with few maintenance needs after whatever Boeing needs to do to make them fully ready for their entry into revenue service.
Originally Posted by JustN89
The fact of the matter is that the MAX is still much more efficient and cost effective right now for an airline. No airline that owns and operates them is thinking that the MAX "may not be needed".
I could turn out that once the Max gets back to service the airlines will start using them heavily if they are more efficient and cost effective ... could save the airlines some money.
The MAX appears to match the efficiency of the single aisle Airbus NEO, which was Boeing's goal.
Many of the NGs and A319/A320/A321 aircraft in service are high time and high cycle so are ready for retirement anyway.
The delays in putting the MAX back in service probably resulted in a lot of heavy checks and engine work on these older airframes that the airlines would have just as soon avoided.
For now, the majors are parking about half their fleets and some of those aircraft will never leave the desert again other than in pieces. Drastically declining travel demand does suppress the need for new aircraft now and airlines are probably happy not to be looking at the lease payments on the four hundred or so completed but not delivered MAX aircraft.
Still, traffic will rebound by the last quarter of this year and the airlines will be happy to be able to accommodate it with more efficient aircraft with few maintenance needs after whatever Boeing needs to do to make them fully ready for their entry into revenue service.