Question about aircraft delivery

Started by pascaly, August 08, 2011, 02:14:54 AM

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pascaly

August 08, 2011, 02:14:54 AM
A question about the new aircraft market.  I ordered 28 leased A320s direct from Airbus in a single order about 2 or 3 years ago.  I've started to take delivery of them and noticed something strange about the delivery schedule.  Part way through the deliveries, there is a 2 year gap with no new aircraft arriving.  I have one arriving on the 26th December 1988 and the next one is not until 30th September 1990.  Aside from the large gap, all other delivery dates are about 4-6 weeks apart.

I've never seen such a large gap like that before when I've ordered aircraft.  Can anyone shed some light on it?  Is it just because of other orders taking up the delivery slots? I've checked the order slots under that type and see they are of course filled, but didn't check before I ordered (wasn't too fussed about when I got them) so don't know if they were full before I ordered.

I'm not complaining or having a whinge or asking to 'fix' anything, just curious about the large gap and wondering if anyone else has experienced it.

On a similar note, if anyone has any IAE-powered A320s they want to lease to me for a 2 year period, let me know  ;D

Zombie Slayer

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August 08, 2011, 03:10:55 AM
I had a similar issue with my A310's. For 9 months, none delivered, then back to regular schedule!
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Sigma

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August 08, 2011, 05:49:04 AM
Could be a bug.  Could be legit.  Hard to say exactly without seeing the details.

1 of 2 (at least) things could legitimately cause that to happen:

1>  The order queue was very full but someone that had, say, 20 planes on order went bankrupt.  That created a 20 slot hole in the production queue.  You ordered 28 of them and 20 went into those holes, then your next planes had to go to the end of the queue.

2>  The queue never was full in the near-term but people have filled up the queue when the next iteration comes out.  Say, there were holes in the A32x queue but when the A321 was launched people filled up the production queue with orders for that plane, filling up the production line for when that model launches.  There's still slots open between now and when the A321 starts being produced but then there's a big block of orders where there's no holes.  Your order will then get split, taking advantage of the earlier gaps in production, then having to wait a couple years for the next gap you can fit into.

JumboShrimp

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August 08, 2011, 05:54:34 AM
Quote from: pascaly on August 08, 2011, 02:14:54 AM
A question about the new aircraft market.  I ordered 28 leased A320s direct from Airbus in a single order about 2 or 3 years ago.  I've started to take delivery of them and noticed something strange about the delivery schedule.  Part way through the deliveries, there is a 2 year gap with no new aircraft arriving.  I have one arriving on the 26th December 1988 and the next one is not until 30th September 1990.  Aside from the large gap, all other delivery dates are about 4-6 weeks apart.

You need to look at the production line, if there are any open slots, and then you need to look at proposed delivery dates before you click confirm.  If you don't, well, you know what happens when you don't.  You end up with 2 year gap in your orders...

pascaly

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August 08, 2011, 09:11:14 AM
Great, thanks Sigma, thanks for your help.  Didn't think it was a bug, I just hadn't seen it before.
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