After Qantas, it’s Air France-KLM who spends a huge control in Airbus, devices that will replace Boeing.
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Champagne plugs had to jump at Airbus. The European aircraft manufacturer no longer has to garner the giant controls chipped on the nose and the beard of his great rival Boeing. After Qantas, Thursday, December 16, it was Air France-KLM, the same day, to turn away from the American manufacturer to fall into the arms of the Toulouse aircraft. The airline led by Benjamin Smith announced, Thursday, a firm order of 100 A320 Middle Courriers with 60 optional devices. In addition, Air France has passed four long-couriers A350 Cargo version to which four options are added. A total contract, catalog price, over 13 billion dollars (nearly 11.5 billion euros). The biggest grouped order in the history of Air France-KLM.
For Boeing, the news is a real defeat. Indeed, the 160 medium-couriers will come “renewing the fleets of KLM and Transavia Netherlands, and (…) renew and grow the fleet of Transavia France”. Clearly, the 737 of the American manufacturer will give room for the new generation of Airbus. On the side of Air France, it is ensured that these are the only economic and environmental performance of the A320 family devices that led to Evincer Boeing for the benefit of Airbus. Future aircraft “allow for a decrease in the unit cost of more than 10%, as well as a reduction in fuel consumption and CO emissions 2 of 15%. Their soundprint is also lower than 50% “.
At Air France-KLM, we assure, have “not received from state pressure” to choose Airbus. Other voices admit that “the subject is certainly arrived on the table.” After the billions paid by the French and Dutch taxpayers, he would have been a little unwilling for the Franco-Dutch company to buy American aircraft rather than European devices. However, Airbus comes back from far away. Originally, a first part of this order had to be passed in the last months of Jean-Marc Janaillac’s presidency, predecessor of Benjamin Smith at the head of Air France-KLM. At the time, he wanted to buy one hundred 737 max to renew and develop the only fleet of Transavia France. The opposition of then of the National Union of Line Pilots (SNPL) had brought the project. Just before the max is prohibited from flying after two aerial disasters.
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