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If this kind of question had been raised a month ago, it would have attracted ridicule, and even if Boeing had dropped a few more planes, American airlines would not have purchased other airliners on a large scale.
Although U.S. airlines are all privately owned companies with independent purchasing rights, they are subject to regulatory system and public opinion pressure to purchase fewer aircraft from Boeing's competitors.
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Among the more than 10,000 passenger planes currently operating in the United States, there are only more than 400 Airbus aircraft, which are also used on routes to Europe.
But these days, everything seems to be going in a magical direction.
Because a dozen days ago, when a Boeing 737 Max9 plane of Alaska Airlines took off and flew 5,000 meters, a hatch fell off, and the plane had to return to the airport for a forced landing. The next day, U.S. regulators grounded all U.S. 737 Max9 aircraft.
Boeing's actions were a big surprise, first they decided that the door fell off because of the door bolt breakage, and then began to blame the door manufacturer, in the face of the airline's protests, began to speed up the work of investigating the hidden dangers of the door, and by the way, stopped production of the Boeing factory, held a special study called "focus on quality", as if to calm the anger of the airline aircraft grounded.
The point is that it is a distant time when the 737 Max9 will be able to check the doors and regain go-of-flight approval.
Boltgate was probably the worst hit by United Airlines and Alaska Airlines, with 109 and 59 planes grounded respectively.
United's CEO finally spoke out in anger and made a public speech arguing that Boeing's irresponsible bureaucracy would destroy the U.S. airline industry.
United Airlines, which has just recovered from the downturn in the travel industry, finally turned a profit last quarter, with a positive 3% growth, but due to the grounding of the 737 Max9, many routes cannot find replacement aircraft, and the number of flights is reduced, which will cause the first quarter to turn negative again.
For the mass grounding of Boeing aircraft due to quality problems, it is clear that airlines have run out of patience. Since the 737 Max7, it has been grounded for various flight accidents, including two crashes, and has been constantly inspected, as short as two or three months, and as long as more than a year.
So much so that Alaska Airlines has already said cruel words: if Boeing does not solve the problem as soon as possible and complete the resumption of flights, the company will terminate the purchase plan of Boeing 737 Max10 and buy Airbus aircraft instead.
Miraculously, after the United CEO speech, the company's stock immediately rose 5%, while Alaska Airlines' stock rose 3% after the official announcement, and Boeing's stock fell 2%, which is obviously popular with the people.
The scene of American airlines buying Airbus aircraft on a large scale may not be long before then.