Ryanair in talks with Boeing

[earthman]

He prefers to pick up “end-of-line” Boeing 737-800 NextGeneration (or Airbus A320ceo, which has not yet been ruled out) at bargain prices. He will then be able to boast that he got his aircraft cheaper than the competition.

I would assume that the MAX would be built on the same line as the NG? So one extra NG produced would mean one less MAX produced. In that case it would make no sense to be able to get a discount, or at least the NG would have to be sold at the same profit margin that the MAX would have.

[RoMax]

I would assume that the MAX would be built on the same line as the NG? So one extra NG produced would mean one less MAX produced. In that case it would make no sense to be able to get a discount, or at least the NG would have to be sold at the same profit margin that the MAX would have.

No, Boeing still has quite some production slots to fill for the NG before MAX will enter production (more than Airbus does, as the NEO has an earlier EIS). It's not that Boeing will transform planned MAX-production slots into NG production slots because of an extra order. Besides, probably Boeing will launch a new line for the MAX, eventually transforming the other lines in MAX as well. I believe there are currently 3 737 production lines, so there will be a period that they'll be making both, you can't change the whole production from one day to another.

[liege-bierset]

Deal done ?
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