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As we move through November, here’s an update on the US airline fleet.
Through yesterday, US Airlines have taken 185 single-aisle deliveries.
United Airlines has the most deliveries by a wide margin; Southwest Airlines took the honors last year. Just yesterday, United took delivery of two more A321NXs.
The following chart shows United’s deliveries in darker colors. United has taken 26/55 MAX 8s, 4/12 MAX 9s, and 16/80 A321NXs. The percentage numbers in the chart represent United’s volume of the US total.
A year ago, this level of acquisition might have seemed overambitious. Yet we see United taking up aisle models faster than any other US airline by a wide margin.
The number of A321NXs delivered to USailrines is impressive. Airbus has delivered 275 A321NXs, and the US has taken 29% of that production. United has taken nearly 6% of Airbus A321NX deliveries. Scott Kirby‘s visit to Toulouse has turned out to be productive. Back in January, we wondered about this twice. By September, the picture had cleared considerably.
The pie chart shows that the MAX 8 is Boeing’s most successful model among US airlines. However, YTD deliveries show Airbus at 118 deliveries to Boeing’s 67. The strike was highly disruptive for Boeing in a torrid year.
By taking so many deliveries, United will impact the market with additional capacity as many expect the market to soften. However, this capacity comes with lower MRO costs as older aircraft are retired and sold. Will this more extensive fleet enable United to start driving the market?
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Are UAL’s A321NX’s subject to the same Pratt GTF issues plaguing Sprit and JetBlue ?
Nice info and rundown. Can you provide the widebody numbers?
They might not be as they are new and the engines should all include the latest fixes