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Lion Air Stands Firm on Canceling $22 Billion Boeing Jet Orders
Lion Air Mentari’s owner is sketching out plans to become one of the world’s largest budget carriers, while also preparing to scrap $22 billion in Boeing Co. jet orders out of anger at the manufacturer’s response to an October air disaster. Rusdi Kirana, the co-founder of Lion Air, Indonesia’s biggest airline, mapped out the seemingly contradictory goals in an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday. The crash that killed all 189 people aboard a Boeing 737 Max won’t derail his ambition to expand the… (www.yahoo.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
this guy does not understand the fundamentals here: two suppliers of airliners, unless he want to fly russian or chinese aircraft( bet the number of crashes/incidents rises a lot), and airbus will not bump customers to accomodate this operation. Boeing has a stringent contract in place, with damages assessable under unilateral walkaways, so that might also put a crimp in his halusations.
Let's wait to see the accident report. Methinks the pilots will get the Lion's share of the blame.
Tis' the poor carpenter that blames his tools.
They put inexperienced pilots in an airplane they done understand. They don’t know how to disconnect the trim? I know it’s a different system but there is a disconnect method.
it will be interesing to see the face of Lion Air after they have cut off their nose to spite it... The entire cancellation charade is the Indonesian version of kabuki theater without the subtleties....They want to be a larger budget carrier, if they walk away from boeing and their deal with boeing that will add a decade and more before any movement toward size and expansion can occur.
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IMO it's all a ploy to try to get Boeing to renegotiate the current deal at lower prices. Otherwise Lion Air faces a company with a very tough attitude: "These are not things that can be exclusively canceled by either side." That would be a very costly settlement for Lion Air. So Lion Air gives up its slots on Boeing's production line and moves to the end of the Airbus line...also not smart. Maybe Lion Air thinks downsizing might be good, possibly to Embraer or the smaller aircraft that Airbus just grabbed (sorry, bought) from Bombardier. But there's still that Boeing bill to pay, so not much money to splash around. And in an indirect way, Lion Air leaving might be a temporary positive for Boeing since they can move other buyers up in the production line. It'll be interesting to watch this play out.