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Hot off the presses, although anticipated for some time
Airbus launches the A330neo | Airbus News & Events
Airbus launches the A330neo | Airbus News & Events
So it finally happened. Although I would have thought that it overlaps too much with the A350.
Are they stepping on their own toes here? Or is it a brilliant decision?
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I am wondering the same question.
But my assessment via Wikipedia would be, remember it will arrive in 2018 and the 777X isn’t expected to show up until 2020 and by slipping in the A330neo in 2017 Airbus may have something going for them. Andthe A330neo -900 is apparently ~310 seats which is larger than both 787 – 800/900 ( of course this changes all the time ). this means you might not have the range of a 787-9/10 but you do have a booming Asian market and the opportunity to offer an efficient product that is probably much cheaper to develop that will be quickly on the market and is potentially available to customers who missed 787 slots.
One similar example might be Toyota and their 4x4 range Rav 4 , Kluger, Prado, Landcrusier and the various version of each which I am sure have crossover in some areas but it seems to work for Toyota.
Hmm. I'd have thought the A350 would have replaced the A330, then boeing is doing the 777-X so I suppose there must be a market for incremental improvement.
So it finally happened. Although I would have thought that it overlaps too much with the A350.
Are they stepping on their own toes here? Or is it a brilliant decision?
Isn't the A350 more of a 777X competitor?
seats ( 3 class) | range (nm) | |
A350-800 | 270 | 8,260 |
A350-900 | 314 | 7,750 |
A350-1000 | 350 | 7,990 |
787-8 | 242 | 7,850 |
787-9 | 280 | 8,300 |
787-10 | 323 | 7,020 |
A330neo - 800 | 252 | 7,450 |
a330neo -900 | 310 | 6,200 |
777-300ER | 386 | 7,930 |
There's only 34 A358's on order. Almost doesn't make sense for Airbus to go ahead with it.
Better to give them a free upgrade to the A359 and and take the A358 off the menu.
That's what you would think. Although some airlines like HA only ordered the A358, which suggests that's what they wanted. Will be interesting to see what eventuates.