Swapping the A350 for the A321 is problematic. (Canceling the order will free up A350 slots for other customers, it should be noted.) Deliveries currently begin in 2027 and continue through 2030. But LNA is told that at the very least, the A350 order will be deferred again by United. It would be gauche to announce anything about the A350 during the Boeing press conference. United and Boeing scheduled a press conference at the 787 production and assembly plant in Charleston (SC). If the engine selection is announced Tuesday and the order is split, this will be the clearest indication yet that the A350 order will be history. United may split the engine order for the 787 between incumbent GE Aerospace and Rolls. United’s swapping the A350 for the A321 means Rolls loses that future business. Rolls is not an engine supplier for the A321neo. But it does nothing for Rolls-Royce, which provides the engines for the A350s. These also may be mitigated by an order for A321neos. It’s believed that penalties to Airbus are manageable. United clearly doesn’t need a large fleet of 787s and a smaller fleet of A350s.īut canceling the Airbus order is not without some cost.
The new order to be announced Tuesday for up to 100 or more Boeing 787s adds to the more than 60 already in the fleet. This order has been deferred several times. United is considered certain at some point to cancel its orders for 45 A350s. 9, 2022, © Leeham News: The engine selection on a big Boeing 787 to be announced Tuesday may be the most definitive signal yet of what United Airlines will do with its oft-deferred Airbus A350 order.
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