IAG still finalising 737 Max's place in short-haul fleet plan
IAG has yet to clarify the mix of its future Boeing 737 Max fleet, as it continues discussions to firm up the tentative agreement for 200 of the type unveiled in June this year. The company has set out a requirement to replace 225 short-haul aircraft beginning with 10 in 2022, ramping up to peak with 46 in 2024 and then falling away to the end of the decade. IAG CFO Steve Gunning, said this modernisation profile amounted to a "worst-case scenario" because some 60 new aircraft over 2023-29 would be "early accelerated replacements". "We don't need to replace them at that point," he says, but there is a "lot of argument" to replace them early, for unit cost and environmental reasons. IAG has yet to determine the mix of 737 Max or Airbus A320neo-family jets in the replacement schedule. <br/>
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IAG still finalising 737 Max's place in short-haul fleet plan
IAG has yet to clarify the mix of its future Boeing 737 Max fleet, as it continues discussions to firm up the tentative agreement for 200 of the type unveiled in June this year. The company has set out a requirement to replace 225 short-haul aircraft beginning with 10 in 2022, ramping up to peak with 46 in 2024 and then falling away to the end of the decade. IAG CFO Steve Gunning, said this modernisation profile amounted to a "worst-case scenario" because some 60 new aircraft over 2023-29 would be "early accelerated replacements". "We don't need to replace them at that point," he says, but there is a "lot of argument" to replace them early, for unit cost and environmental reasons. IAG has yet to determine the mix of 737 Max or Airbus A320neo-family jets in the replacement schedule. <br/>
