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Indian national airline to cut Dreamliner order
Air India's board has recommended buying 12 Dreamliners compared to an original order in 2005 for 27 aircraft at a cost of around $4.1 billion, the newspaper reported a senior civil aviation ministry official as saying. (www.reuters.com) 기타...
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that's just great !
@John this is a terrible time for all airlines, but for those in emerging markets its untenible.Boeing was hoping the 787 would be at the head of the table in all these countries, but a diving world economy, a product thats four years late, and strong competition from Airbus make this unprofitable for years to come.
Don't think it is an AirBus Boeing thing. JetAirways and SpiceJet are all Boeing and Kingfisher is all AirBus.
Remember the Indian Railroad is the worlds largest employer after the Chinese Red Army and the redundancy is typical of all the government efforts which are rife with nepotism and bureaucrats...precisely why they are getting their ass kicked by the competition. All of their single aisle fleet are AirBus. I have booked a few flights between Delhi and Chennai and they cannot compete on price basis by almost one third compared to SpiceJet.
Remember the Indian Railroad is the worlds largest employer after the Chinese Red Army and the redundancy is typical of all the government efforts which are rife with nepotism and bureaucrats...precisely why they are getting their ass kicked by the competition. All of their single aisle fleet are AirBus. I have booked a few flights between Delhi and Chennai and they cannot compete on price basis by almost one third compared to SpiceJet.
Just to add to what you said and expand my other comment a little: You will always see that nepotism and bureauracracy in a government entity, especially in the 3rd world countries where position and status are still very meaningful, BUT, their competition is from privatly ran companies, that are trying to make a profit to stay in business, not just look to the government teat for more money. Maybe the teat ain't putting out enough milk to do all that, huh!
Wayne, if you add "corruption", you just described the US Government...particularly the DOJ, the EPA, the TSA and Department of Energy. Parkinson's Laws took over many Administrations ago.
The economy is probably enough by itself, but with all the fits and starts lately from Air India along with safety concerns, and getting rid of foreign pilots, it has probably hurt revenues projected to offset that heavy debt load, hence they can't afford them. They are probably going to have to figure out how to meet that competition John speaks of with what they've got, or else pee on the fire and call the dogs. It is an emerging market but one that DOES have competition rather than a single government entity trying to bring up infrastructure.
