Why Did American Airlines Cancel Its Airbus A350 Order?

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Back at the beginning of 2018, American Airlines decided to cancel an order for 20 Airbus A350s. This was a bit of a surprise, as the order had been on the books since 2005. So what was the reason for this order cancellation? And was it the right move for the carrier?
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@YamiPheonix531 Ай бұрын

Those Airbus a350 delivery slots are so valuable. For American Airlines to just give up those a350 delivery slots and have to go to the back of the line for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner would mean American Airlines takes much longer to modernize their fleet.

@Trainmaster909 Ай бұрын

They should have kept their A350 after delivery until they got their 787s, then sold their A350s.

@jgnclvgmng5408 Ай бұрын

Smart people, really smart. The same ones that said they would go to Airbus and get A320/A321s before everyone else in line...

@GintaPPE1000 Ай бұрын

Did you even watch the video? No, of course you didn’t, because otherwise you would’ve known the order was for the A350-800 variant, which Airbus canceled and has no plans to resurrect. American had no need of the larger -900 or -1000, and the 787-10 was the only other aircraft in the segment.

@bringbackmd7579 Ай бұрын

Same reason Delta cancelled the 787 order.

@PlaneSpotterRVer314 Ай бұрын

They’re buying more Airbus A350s and their also adding the MAX 10 to the fleet. They mad the smart choice with canceling the 787 order for A35ks

@paulroling1781 Ай бұрын

The Max10's are probably part of the cancellation deal.

@PlaneSpotterRVer314 Ай бұрын

@@paulroling1781 it all depends on Boeing. Delta is now expected to start receiving MAX 10s in 2027

@jpazinho Ай бұрын

@@PlaneSpotterRVer314given Boeing track record, the 2027 is contingent on no more crashes and/or other questions around the type's air worthiness

@FlyByWire1 Ай бұрын

@@jpazinhoit’ll definitely be fixed by 2027. Quality control doesn’t take 3 years to fix.

@timbaugh4034 Ай бұрын

American Airlines should have not have cancelled the A350 order

@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 Ай бұрын

Airlines don’t listen to what people want. You wanna complain, go straight to their head office

@letlhogonolosekoto Ай бұрын

😂

@dmcr9525 Ай бұрын

Why do you feel this way?

@Faddahrogeroftrinibago Ай бұрын

@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 He isn't complaining lmao😂😭💀

@Glegh Ай бұрын

"A350 without the mask doesn't exist, it cant hurt you" A350 without the mask: 0:02

@osasunaitor Ай бұрын

Oh god what the hell??

@Avation_team Ай бұрын

@JohnsonsAtranny Ай бұрын

US Air merged with America West Airlines, not American West

@PlaneSpotterRVer314 Ай бұрын

American has done the same thing that United did. They both ditched the A350 and are going towards buying more 787s which in my opinion they should have both kept their A350 orders. The A350s would have benefited their long haul routes even more and they could even put the A350 on their longest of routes but they both decided to cancel.

@terrysidhu1078 Ай бұрын

They should have kept them and crossed crewed them

@PlaneSpotterRVer314 Ай бұрын

@@terrysidhu1078 instead both airlines chose the 787

@CineZoneYT 23 күн бұрын

The a350 is too big and less efficient.

@PlaneSpotterRVer314 23 күн бұрын

@@CineZoneYT actually the A3)0 is way more efficient than the 787. The Rolls Royce Trent engines is has are the most efficient engines on any jet today

@CineZoneYT 23 күн бұрын

@@PlaneSpotterRVer314 They are efficient on the a350 because they are underpowered 🤣. Airbus is always making their planes underpowered, which is why Delta and Ethiopian are both having problems with the a350 takeoff performance.

@EuropeanRailfanAlt Ай бұрын

This was in early 2018, so several months before the start of the Boeing saga. Which no one knew it would happen.

@trevorhart545 Ай бұрын

NO, Boeing Senior Management and Board KNEW it could happen just hopefully after they took retirement?

@FlyByWire1 Ай бұрын

@@trevorhart545he definitely means nobody in the public…

@wadehiggins1114 Ай бұрын

They will regret canceling this order.

@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 Ай бұрын

They hardly lose any sleep over it and haven’t in years in fact

@FlyLeah Ай бұрын

@@filledwithvariousknowledge2747boeing hasnt been ignoring safety years ago

@patriots101 Ай бұрын

@@FlyLeah and I ate lasagna yesterday.

@ADRIxFTBLxAVN Ай бұрын

Hi simple flying

@JoaoPessoa86 Ай бұрын

and now all the 787s are delayed and their summer plans are shot

@FlyByWire1 Ай бұрын

American themselves pushed back delivery of their 787s. That was their decision, there’s a video on this page about it.

@da480 Ай бұрын

Delta was the wisest of the legacies.

@ronriesinger7755 Ай бұрын

America West, not “American West”.

@user-fq7nd7fh5e Ай бұрын

Getting aircraft parts from out of country can become expensive with duty charges and taxes compared to getting them from Seattle.

@cabottaxi Ай бұрын

Must have been the politicians getting involved.

@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 Ай бұрын

No it was not!

@nigelm1130 Ай бұрын

Boeing really has to get their act together, just looking at the Airbus commonality cockpit lay out and how fast pilots can be cross trained after initial type certification across Airbus families . If American has enough 787 in their fleet and does not need it good for them

@eddieo4156 Ай бұрын

American will eventually need the A350 to replace older 777 aircraft

@hectorguillen6357 Ай бұрын

They’re already looking at the 777X for their older 777 replacements

@LordPanda-wz9oq Ай бұрын

@@hectorguillen6357will take years. Their future plans for routes existing and new routes up in flames. Cancelling A350 order makes no business sense.

@PlaneSpotterRVer314 Ай бұрын

American will replace its 777-200 fleet with 787-9s. Although the 787-10 is it’s directl replacement

@trevorhart545 Ай бұрын

@@hectorguillen6357 Still BLIND?

@FlyByWire1 Ай бұрын

@@LordPanda-wz9oqthey are replacing their older 200ERs with 787s and the 300ERs wouldn’t need replacing until at least the early 2030s. The decision made the most sense for American bc they were trying to reduce the number of models within their fleet. And it worked, their aircraft maintenance costs have come down even though their fleet has grown.

@wernersalzl1650 Ай бұрын

Others became happy!

@SomeoneSomewhere90s Ай бұрын

All the Airbus fanboys are angry. I also like Airbus but gosh the comments are hateful towards American, it’s their choice and that’s it. The a350 had already got enough orders for its sake.

@maxsaviation9512 Ай бұрын

You should’ve seen the Boeing fanboys angry at delta for ordering Airbus in the first place.

@Randomvideos-zi7pe Ай бұрын

stubborn loyalty basically

@trevorhart545 Ай бұрын

In SALES = CASH COWS or MUGS

@GMVIPER74 Ай бұрын

B787 is cheaper BUT with unknown flaws that will be discovered in the near future......

@bennettchan3668 Ай бұрын

Where is cathay pacific

@irtwiaos Ай бұрын

They got their marching orders.

@Patrickair4444 Ай бұрын

well it will fun fly on AmericanAirlines a350.

@flightfernando Ай бұрын

🤔Bargain are Bargain, Airbus and Boeing under pressure!!⚠️all are about DISCOUNTS ...Delta and 787, remember.

@uchikoshi-TL Ай бұрын

I was expecting some analysis on this video but it left it up for the comments. Sad.

@zibrese Ай бұрын

they should have just gone with the a350

@jonathanpaul4856 Ай бұрын

Yes they should have kept the A350 orders.

@johnburns6422 Ай бұрын

Life in rural Ukrainian

@SirPresidentRoYaL Ай бұрын

I wonder why airbus dropped the A350-800

@GarlandTexasSpotter2024 Ай бұрын

To make the A330neo

@mh12-47 Ай бұрын

Airline CEOs spend the best part of 2 years deciding what new planes to order only for some KZfaq armchair CEO Fanboy to complain that they they have ordered the wrong aircraft

@wotan10950 Ай бұрын

So true 💯

@SomeoneSomewhere90s Ай бұрын

For real

@ag6371 Ай бұрын

They might choose 777X

@calou0165 Ай бұрын

yes if he flies one day !!!!

@mmm0404 Ай бұрын

Deliveries starting next year@@calou0165

@FlyByWire1 Ай бұрын

@@calou0165he will fly, just like every other aircraft program gets delayed, so did the 777X. Luckily, Americans doesn’t need any widebody capacity at the moment.

@bigonicha3225 Ай бұрын

Because they don’t like products that are good like the product they offer on their planes

@PeterRudesindus Ай бұрын

I think it is good that some American airlines focus on buying mostly American planes.

@RALPHD57 Ай бұрын

20/20 Yep, they should have kept them...787's delayed...again....

@r12004rewy Ай бұрын

I would imagine they are regretting that decision now, particularly with the continued delays with the modified 777 but at least they can stay with the 787 in the meantime.

@Lockbox45 Ай бұрын

I know I might get some slack for saying this. If you look at the history of choices that U.S. military made in some planes and fighter jets, they let some real good stuff past them by. I'm not surprised they did this. The history still lives on

@orangeball5312 Ай бұрын

Those cancelled A350 orders must have been lookin' really nice now

@FlyByWire1 Ай бұрын

Why would they? American recently pushed back their 787 deliveries (there’s a video on this page about it) because they don’t need any new wide bodies at the moment.

@Tpr_1808 Ай бұрын

Now United are constantly deferring

@jltrain-zgamingrailfan202x3 Ай бұрын

Yes, I think they should've followed through. Since American Airlines retired its fleet of A330s in 2020, originally placed by US Airways, its widebody fleet consists of only Boeing aircraft; which could be problematic because of the profits>safety crisis, government oversight, quality control issues, and more which could lead to delays and affect safety; which is now much worse since the airline canceled the A350 order originally by US Airways. What was the point if Airbus had to send one of their A350s to fly over American's headquarters all those years ago?

@spoon_onfire Ай бұрын

the a350 is so much better than the 787 in almost every way. i dont even trust boeing anymore so they should’ve kept the order

@JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke Ай бұрын

Uh… ok.. sure

@andymaurice7693 Ай бұрын

I wouldn't go that far with the plastic

@maxsaviation9512 Ай бұрын

More comfortable too

@CineZoneYT 23 күн бұрын

The a350 is less advanced and less efficient.

@gustavofernandez7178 Ай бұрын

Agree with American decision.

@wadehiggins1114 Ай бұрын

Yea, you would. Typical american

@maximme Ай бұрын

"supply chain resilience" BUT not in practice....

@user-iz3gv5vo6b Ай бұрын

In hindsight, with the 787 Dreamliner quality and safety issues on people's minds, and the large backlog of orders in the industry; yes, they should have kept the A350 orders

@lollol-ew6hb Ай бұрын

first

@zibrese Ай бұрын

i have seen you on my edits lol

@travelcaribbean2009 Ай бұрын

Oh American and United, no Airbus widebody’s PERIOD.

@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 Ай бұрын

Their choice

@travelcaribbean2009 Ай бұрын

@@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 Yeah, I know, I was just stating that they don’t have Airbus wide body’.

@deniermurch8693 Ай бұрын

I bet they regret it now.

@FlyByWire1 Ай бұрын

They definitely don’t. They recently deferred deliveries of 787s because they said they don’t need any more widebody capacity at the moment.

@dannmm6745 Ай бұрын

For the same reason no American carriers bought the A380… Political reasons.

@wotan10950 Ай бұрын

So maybe you can explain how Delta, JetBlue, American, United, Spirit, Frontier, and Hawaiian all have large Airbus fleets? Same government, same politics. Your comment does not make sense.

@JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke Ай бұрын

The same reason NOBODY is buying A380s

@GintaPPE1000 Ай бұрын

Uh huh. Sure. Must be politics, even though all 3 carriers also didn’t buy any 747-8s either.

@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 Ай бұрын

The real reason is that American broke down and took advice from Nicky Oliver. 👀

@xskrym Ай бұрын

They chose to be patriotic over safer Airbus planes I guess. Now not only are the wheels coming off, doors and slides too!

@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 Ай бұрын

Then why are they worlds largest A320 family operator?! *Explain that loser*

@FlyByWire1 Ай бұрын

That’s why they have ordered over 500 narrowbody aircraft from Airbus in the last 2 decades huh? I swear you guys just say goofy stuff 😂

@Mark-uh7cr Ай бұрын

I liked US Airways but they merged too many times and American gobbled them up and ruined the brand.

@CaptainKA320 Ай бұрын

Politics come to mind

@wotan10950 Ай бұрын

So maybe you can explain how Delta, JetBlue, American, United, Spirit, Frontier, and Hawaiian all have large Airbus fleets? Same government, same politics. Your comment does not make sense.