Delta saying “GOODBYE” to Boeing and turning to Airbus! Here's Why

Delta saying “GOODBYE” to Boeing and turning to Airbus! Here's Why
===
#aviation #airbus #boeing #fligavia #boeing737
===
Delta saying “GOODBYE” to Boeing and turning to Airbus
Delta Airlines used to be one of the major operators of Boeing aircraft from the early stage of the airline starting in 1970 when Delta received its first Boeing jetliner, the 747. However, as time goes by, Delta has been defined as an Airbus-heavy airline for several recent years and seems to start losing interest in Boeing. Do you know what it means? It means Delta is saying goodbye to Boeing and turning to Airbus. Here’s why:
Delta saying “GOODBYE” to Boeing and turning to Airbus! Here's Why. First of all, Why is Delta saying goodbye to Boeing? The reasons on Boeing’s side are quite understandable since their aircraft have been facing multiple structural issues recently that led to a considerable number of not only troubles but also fatalities. The 737 max series is probably the most notable case among multiple scandals that Boeing has caught up in since it caused 2 crashes and a total of 346 deaths within just 5 months.
Delta saying “GOODBYE” to Boeing and turning to Airbus! Here's Why. On January 5 this year, another incident happened on the 737 max 9 in which a door panel flew off mid-flight and the reason was determined by a US safety board to be due to 4 missing key bolts. Not only the 737 Max series but also other Boeing models were caught up in troubles constantly due to structural issues

[Rotuma]

Another big factor in Delta's decision was that Boeing didn't like Delta buying the A220, which they saw as a competitor to their smallest 737. Boeing cried to the US Dept. of Commerce, lobbying them to impose a 300% import tariff on each A220 sold in the US! They didn't want Delta to receive a superior aircraft at a lower price than Boeing's 60-year-old design. Airbus responded by building a factory in Alabama for the final assembly of some A220 and 320 models. Delta responded by not ordering more Boeings. And for the uninformed folks who think Boeing is a US company and Airbus is European, learn facts. Both are multinational companies with parts built in dozens of countries. They have to be because various nations won't buy the airliners unless workers in their countries are paid to produce some components.

[rrewy]

From any angle the 350-1000 is a stunning aircraft, Airbus are serving Delta very well.

[NeonGhostin]

Delta is quickly becoming my favorite airline... and I haven't flown them since the 90s

[ThemisGaiia]

To say that the 737 was Boeing's industrial flagship and that it would suffer its loss, what a shame, kick the financiers out.

[Rotuma]

Although I'm no fan of the 787, this presentation has multiple errors on that, starting at about 1:24. The first fire incidents were in January of 2013; one was JAL, and the other was ANA. These incidents caused the grounding. The Ethiopian Airlines incident was 6 months later - in July of 2013. That fire had nothing to do with the ship's two primary lithium-ion batteries. It was caused by a faulty ELT battery. That was also lithium-ion, but that same ELT battery is also installed in many other types of airliners. It's not unique to the 787.

[mattdaugherty]

Wow! I never knew Airbus had a “perfect” safety record!

[JohnAnderson-sqlt]

I am not a Boeing fan, I will say that some of these issues are maintenance issues

[Dan_the_Great_]

Boeing never should have merged with MD.

[cmartin_ok]

The basic 737 design is decades old and the latest generation of engines didn't really fit it. Instead of designing a new plane to go with the new designs of engines, Boeing tried to adapt the old 737 to save costs whereas Airbus came up with totally new designs of planes. This is the fundamental issue of the current 737 designs - the entire plane needs a re-design but Boeing were chasing profits not good products, and look where it's gotten them

[dmcr]

These are NOT the reasons Delta has moved toward Airbus in the wide-body market and to a lesser extent the NEO in the narrow-body sector. Delta moved towards Airbus after the Northwest Merger, which was long before any of Boeing's issues posed up. Northwest was heavily Airbus, and Delta received heavy discounts for be a mainline US carrier to stick with them. all these issues you mention, yet say nothing about common Airbus problems like stuck control surfaces, major Pratt engine problems (not a cause of Airbus of course). They also plan on retiring the A319, and A320 for the 737 MAX and A321NEO. Delta has also decided, and stated that they want to be a launch customer for the Boeing NMA if and when it is ever launched.

[flyloose]

Many of the examples you give are engine related or in some cases, more of an airline maintenance issue….such as a wheel falling off. To lump all that into Boeing’s actual “structural” issues, is misleading

[FeRnAnDo]

OF COURSE Delta’s CEO had to say they love Boeing’s aircraft: he don’t want to be the person that kills the last commercial airplane manufacturer in the US. BUT… his actions show us his true thoughts about Boeing.

[vipergts]

The whistleblower wasn’t exaggerating when it said that Boeing was cutting corners. Get it fixed asap Boeing 🙏🏼

[MaxRank]

Airbus will not want Boeing out of business, they cannot meet the airline demand and the airlines are not going to pay to retrain and modify their entire pilot and engineering crews. Not to mention the supply chain that feeds the airline’s engineering teams. Boeing needs to rebuild its trust not only with the flying public, but more importantly with the airlines.
Airbus will be top dog for at least 10 years while Boeing rebuilds the damage its naive executives have done to a once great manufacturer.

[padknight]

Maintenance issues are not the problem of the manufacturer. The recent problems experienced by United are all maintenance issues and are not Boeing's responsibility. This is like blaming car manufacturers for crashes due to drunk drivers.

[BobThompson-yp]

Diversifying their planes between Airbus and Boeing is smart, that way if one plane type is grounded then you still have other planes that can fly

[dracorpgroup]

>Before the merger, Boeing was an engineering focused company; after merger with a company that was clearly focused on profit the merged company put profit before engineering. Assembly workers who raised safety concerns were condemned or even fired. It has not veered from that position.
Make the leaders of a company responsible for corporate failures and that policy will be corrected.

>This is the same pattern everywhere now, whether it is Wall Street, manufacturing, internet corporations. When there is no accountability there will be failure that will continue with impunity. These are the kinds of habits that signal the decline of a nation, or culture. We are on the downside.

[nyc]

It's Boeing's own fault for losing sales. They discontinued the 757 which Delta STILL flies, and regularly updates. They also never built the NMA 797 Delta was looking into.

The Airbus fleet was inherited from NW. But it's telling that Delta never had it's own 787 order, and eventually cancelled Northwest's.

[terencereeder]

DELTA have been switching their wide body fleet over the last 4 years..I've heard they are loving there A321neos as well.

[MaxRank]

Important not to confuse Boeings poor manufacturing with airline maintenance issues.