HOW FAR WOULD BOEING GO TO KEEP AMERICAN AIRLINES? AA DELVES INTO THE A320NEO BARGAIN BASEMENT

Both the Wall Street Journal and Reuters have reported that Boeing has offered American Airlines (AA) a re-engined version of the 737 which has led to a rush of last minute talks before todays expected aircraft order. We can logically assume that if AA does not make a large aircraft order announcement today then the delay is due to consideration of Boeing’s last minute cave-in and offer of new engines on its 737s. It is however expected that AA will now announce a split order (as reported here last week) between the A320/A320neo and a re-engined 737 as yet to be announced.