Source: Reuters
After Ethiopia's air crash, the new models of the 737 MAX 8 of Boeing were grounded by many countries, and a stones in the global aviation transportation industry stirred up the waves.It means that some companies may be grateful for this.
737 MAX 8 is an upgraded version of Boeing's best -selling model. It was only put into use in 2017, which means that the number of airplanes that are flying does not have more mature service aircraft.
If an aircraft like 737-800 ground, wow, the impact is too great.As for MAX, the total number of flying worldwide is not more than 400, and an airline analyst also added that most airlines can fill most of the capacity gaps.
On Sunday, the aircraft crash killed 157 people, which was the second air crash 737 MAX passenger plane in less than six months.The first time it was an Indonesian Lion Airlines crashed in October last year, causing 189 people to be killed.
According to Flightglobal, before the flight was grounded this week, there were 371 737 MAX series aircraft that were put into operation, of which China was the most.According to Reuters, about two -thirds of this series of aircraft are grounded.
The previous generation 737 NG series models currently have more than 6,000 into operations, making airlines capable of using other jet aircraft in the fleet to replace at least some flights.At present (737 MAX) has a limited impact on its grounding, because the fleets in the world's service are relatively small, and the aviation consultant John Strickland said to Reuters.
Now it is the off -season, coupled with the doubts of the global aviation industry's growth and economic slowdown, so it is not necessary to reduce transportation energy for airlines.It is a off -season, so this decision is not so difficult. Some airlines are more worried about excess capacity, a Western air official said.
But for other airlines that have the ability to support a period of lack of 737 MAX 8, this may have to pay some costs.Flight aircraft can cause flights to cancel and affect revenue, which will make the airline feel a headache, Strickland said.
Although March is not the peak of the flight, some flights have been impacted, and Chinese flight data service companies Variflight said on Monday that at least 29 international and domestic flights were canceled.
However, another 256 original flights were used to use other models with flights with 737 MAX 8 passenger planes.Singapore Changi Airport said on Tuesday that a flight that originally planned to use 737 MAX passenger planes and Jinan was canceled, but other lines were switched to other models.
Analysts said that Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI), Indonesian Lion Airlines and Eagle Airlines (GIAA.JK), Air China (60111.SS), Oriental Airlines (600115.SS) and Southern Airlines (600029.SS) are many.The passenger plane can be used to replace the 737 MAX 8 passenger aircraft.
UM KYUNG-A, a senior analyst at Xinrong Securities, said that the greater impact of Egypt Aircraft may be in the future of aircraft, because the Korean Airlines (003490.KS) and other airlines have already ordered multiple 737Max 8 aircraft.
If Boeing cannot find the cause of the recent air crash, it may become a big trouble for them, UM says.If this is the case, they need to propose different plans to replace 737 MAX 8 orders.
Gol Linhas Areas Inteligentes (Goll4.SA), the largest airline in Brazil, ordered 100 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.The company currently operates 7 aircraft and has decided to stop these aircraft on Monday evening.
The GOL operation is all the Boeing 737 models, and it is announced in December that it is accelerating the transition to the updated MAX 8 aircraft, which will rent 11 aircraft in the second half of this year.
Flydubai has 13 737 MAX planes.The company said that the flight plan is to minimize the impact of passengers, including transferring to the old 737 model.Fiji Airways said that it will use other 737 models and Airbus (Airbus, Air Bus) A330 models to replace the two -flying 737 MAX.
Lion Air has rejected the delivery of some aircraft, but the analyst said that the company had excessive power and may benefit from slowing down.Lion Air was crashed in the 737 MAX plane in October last year.
Insiders in the industry said that Lion Airlines had threatened Boeing orders in the dispute with Boeing last year, but has not been put into action.Airbus (Airbus, Airbus) is another supplier and is negotiating more sales contracts.
Malaysian officials said on Monday that Malaysia has requested that Malaysia Airlines re -examine its 25 737 MAX aircraft orders.
I think there are other factors in addition to security, including funding and political factors, and SHUKOR YUSOF, head of the Malaysian aviation consulting company Endau Analytics.
I suspect that other airlines will completely cancel the order because there are still many problems without conclusion.