Hello everyone,
Cathy Pacific I announced the request of 30 A330Neos last year. Now that the passenger traffic in the Asia Pacific region has faltered, Hong Kong transport company. Submit an application to the additional twin plane. All new -generation aircraft families (A330Neo, A350, 777X, 787) are present at the current time. What should you order Cathy Pacific?
Large orders are still needed
Cathay Pacific 95 is running the larger generation passenger aircraft: 43 A330-300S, 17 777-300s and 35 777-300ers. It has 51 on request: 30 A330-900s and 21 777-9s. It is a shortage of 44 aircraft, which does not include the growth of the fleet in the future.
Since Cathy Pacific has already ordered the A330Neo, it would be very surprising if Dreamliner orders. 787-9 and 787-10 have similar sizes for the A330-900 and A350-900 either in service or carrier fleet plans. This means that Cathy Pacific will probably put follow-up orders for the variables already in the carrier fleet plans or in the service: A330-900, A350-900, A350-1000, and 777-9.
This depends on the prospects of growth and delivery openings
As we saw in Last week jobThe only twin program with meaningful delivery holes that left this contract is the A330neo. If replacing the oldest aircraft at the end of the contract is the priority of the carrier, then it must put more A330Neo orders by practicing their options.
This is not the only consideration. The carrier needs to calculate the growth and traffic patterns in the future. With the addition of the third runway at Hong Kong Airport, Cathy Pacific will likely want to fly to new destinations and increase frequencies on some roads. There are some ways that will require a larger plane, such as the A350-1000 and 777-9.
Conclusion: Flexibility is the key
It is difficult (carefully) to predict traffic patterns more than a few months ago, not to mention half a decade to the future. This is what airlines such as Cathy Pacific must deal with because they plan to retire the older plane structure.
Most of the delivery operations for the next twin Cathy will be in the thirties of the twentieth century. It makes sense for the carrier to focus on flexibility and the ability to convert between variables. This is already built with the option to buy 30 A330-900s.
Requesting more A350S is a logical matter as well. The more rational share of -900 and -1000s depends on how traffic develops. The arrangement (from 20 to 30 units) for A350S with more options and the ability to switch between variables is a reasonable bet for Cathay Pacific.
If Cathy Pacific is very optimistic about future traffic growth, then requesting more of 777-9 is logical. You may be able to negotiate a sweetest deal with Boeing after the last round of 777X entry delays.