Delta Chairman Richard Anderson told analysts at the of last year the airline does not really need to re-equip its fleet but rather retire older aircraft and buy used, mostly the MD-90 it is amassing.
Consequently, Friday’s news that Delta has issued an RNP to acquire between 100 and 200 narrowbodies with options for 100 more, caught the industry by surprise. The aircraft set for replacement total 270, including 34 DC-9-50s, 69 A320s and 167 757-200s. The move has investors wondering whether Delta management isn’t going back to the industry’s bad old ways.
That is a good question......
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Showing posts with label Mexicana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexicana. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Monday, September 27, 2010
Report: Mexicana halt parked more planes in August
The total number of parked airliners rose by 2 percent from June to August, thanks to Mexicana airlines ceasing operations, Barclays Capital analysts, led by Joseph Campbell, reported Friday.
The number of permanently stored airplanes actually decreased by 11 aircraft, but temporarily parked ones were up by 62, bringing the total for temporarily and permanently parked planes to......
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The number of permanently stored airplanes actually decreased by 11 aircraft, but temporarily parked ones were up by 62, bringing the total for temporarily and permanently parked planes to......
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Analyst points out that Mexicana had a lot of orphans in its fleet
Michael Boyd, president of the Boyd Group International, notes that the grounding of Mexicana will also ground some airplanes that aren't flown by many carriers.
He refers to it as "More Litters of Aluminum Kittens Nobody Wants."
In his weekly "hot flash" commentary, he uses Mexicana's problems as a jumping-off point for his thesis that the airline industry won't be......
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He refers to it as "More Litters of Aluminum Kittens Nobody Wants."
In his weekly "hot flash" commentary, he uses Mexicana's problems as a jumping-off point for his thesis that the airline industry won't be......
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Monday, August 16, 2010
Mexicana Dogfights Highflying Repo Men
WSJ.COM ARTICLE - SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED FOR FULL ACCESS
A New York bankruptcy court flies into some uncharted territory Monday as it considers what to do when a struggling airline won't cover its plane loans and won't give the aircraft back.
A unit of Mexicana, Mexico's largest airline by revenue, is trying to fend off an elite group of repo men after filing for bankruptcy protection on Aug. 2. International Lease Finance Corp. and AerCap Holdings NV, two large lessors, have already seized three of Mexicana's 64 operational planes, and the carrier says it could be pushed into liquidation if it loses more in what would be the industry's ......
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A New York bankruptcy court flies into some uncharted territory Monday as it considers what to do when a struggling airline won't cover its plane loans and won't give the aircraft back.
A unit of Mexicana, Mexico's largest airline by revenue, is trying to fend off an elite group of repo men after filing for bankruptcy protection on Aug. 2. International Lease Finance Corp. and AerCap Holdings NV, two large lessors, have already seized three of Mexicana's 64 operational planes, and the carrier says it could be pushed into liquidation if it loses more in what would be the industry's ......
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