![]() ![]() Boeing infamously went billions of dollars over budget and had yet to break even on the program. The A330 was fully amortized except for the new engine, wing and other upgrades. Rao added that the prime reason Airbus launched the A330neo was to put price pressure on the new, much more expensive-to-buy Boeing 787. “I don’t think that’s the case,” Scherer said. In an interview with me for my book Air Wars, The Global Combat Between Airbus and Boeing, Rao said that the sales team neglected the A330neo, favoring instead the larger A350. Scherer rejected a view from former sales executive Kiran Rao, now a consultant for airlines. “And If you’re not necessarily wanting to fly your 14, 15, 16-hour sectors, then the 330 is kind of hard to beat from a seat cost perspective.” The other is that I think it took the community a while to realize the seed cost potential of the 330.” Conversions of the older A330s into freighters is now well underway. “The replacement of that embedded fleet is only just starting. “The bulk of the replacement of those airplanes is not upon us yet,” Scherer said. This means the installed base is still relatively young. The last ceo, an A330-300, was delivered in 2020. He said one reason is that when the neo was launched in 2014, the ceo fleet was still relatively young. Why hasn’t the A330neo done better? In an interview with LNA at the air show, Christian Scherer, Airbus’ chief commercial officer, said there were two factors. Through May, 2,096 gross orders were placed for the 787. First offered in 2014, it was the last of the new generation twin aisle airplanes up to that point. However, the A330neo has struggled in the market. The entire A330ceo and neo families are Airbus’ best-selling widebody, followed by the A350 family. ![]() ![]() The A330ceo is one of Airbus’ best-setting widebody airliners. Another 12 of the short, longer-range A330-800 make the total 309. When converted to a firm contract, this will bring the -900 order book to 299. June 27, 2023, © Leeham News: Airbus inked a memorandum of understanding with lessor Avolon for 20 A330-900s at last week’s Paris Air Show. ![]()
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