[HN Gopher] Why the Obvious Choice for a Boeing 757 Replacement ...
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       Why the Obvious Choice for a Boeing 757 Replacement Isn't So
       Obvious
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2025-05-10 20:03 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | cratermoon wrote:
       | The domestic passenger airline industry in the US is already in
       | trouble. With the drop in travel thanks to the administration's
       | antics and tariffs on foreign goods, expect serious turbulence.
        
       | rsyring wrote:
       | > Since, as you might imagine, the planes themselves are an
       | airline's biggest expenditure...
       | 
       | Is that true?
       | 
       | I'd have expected that, over the course of the life of a plane,
       | the costs to fuel, maintain, or pay the humans associated with
       | it's flights would be bigger than the initial purchase cost.
       | 
       | Edit: ChatGPT thinks fuel is the biggest expense at 2-3x the
       | original purchase price over the life of the aircraft.
        
       | robocat wrote:
       | So rent the A321 instead of buying them? The tariffs apply to
       | goods not services.
        
       | quink wrote:
       | The US population is about 4% of the worldwide population.
       | 
       | Anybody who thinks that the aviation industry does or doesn't do
       | anything significantly different because of something that
       | touches 4% for 4 years is probably in the market for some
       | Ilyushin 96's.
        
         | ungreased0675 wrote:
         | Percentage seems to have little relevance here. How much profit
         | could they get from a 757 replacement? Enough to make it worth
         | it?
        
           | Ekaros wrote:
           | If you can deliver one with reasonable spec that is range,
           | price and fuel-efficiency you can sell a lot. It is size
           | range where there is significant demand.
           | 
           | A321 planes mentioned have orders in thousands. And that is a
           | lot for a plane. So well executed plane fulfilling design
           | criterias certainly seem like reasonable mainstay.
        
       | actuallyalys wrote:
       | I would like to know why Boeing didn't have a replacement ready
       | when the 757 stopped being produced. I realize commercial planes
       | are not consumer goods, but 2004 still seems like a long time
       | ago. Thus I imagine having a 757 replacement sooner was the plan,
       | so what derailed it?
        
       | ashoeafoot wrote:
       | Obvious choice is to have a daughter company outside of the us
       | that has airbus planes and flies the routes desired.
        
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