When do you think the 737 MAX will return to operation at Air Canada?

[rudder]

AC seems to be clinging to a return to service for the MAX. Odd. Perhaps there is a belief that the compensation from Boeing for the grounding will be so large that once again AC will have added an aircraft at a 67% discount to list price (c series).

Still think that a discussion with AS about a straight swap of existing fleet and orders (737MAX for A321 and NEO’s) would be a better outcome for both carriers.

Time will tell. CR is too shrewd a player to let this opportunity for leverage slip by.

[fish4life]

A deal on 777x for AC?

[TheStig]

Air Canada still needs to replace its 767's, if we're making guesses, I'd say additional 787's beyond the 13 options. I agree with Rudder, CR never lets a crisis go to waste.

When the MAX grounding is lifted AC will resume its deliveries. The fleet plan was for 36 this summer, when it was grounded in March there were 24 in service. The crew level would have been somewhere in between. With the newest fleet plan showing 50 by the end of 2020, AC will struggle to train enough pilots with only 2 simulators. Reductions on the next bid will only make things more difficult.

[vermont]

Air Canada still needs to replace its 767's, if we're making guesses, I'd say additional 787's beyond the 13 options. I agree with Rudder, CR never lets a crisis go to waste.

When the MAX grounding is lifted AC will resume its deliveries. The fleet plan was for 36 this summer, when it was grounded in March there were 24 in service. The crew level would have been somewhere in between. With the newest fleet plan showing 50 by the end of 2020, AC will struggle to train enough pilots with only 2 simulators. Reductions on the next bid will only make things more difficult.

Those things (67's) will be flying into the 2030's at the current rate!