United, will they cancel their A350 order with the merger of Contiental

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Goose Posted: Fri, May 14 2010 9:33 AM

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Airbus believes that the proposed US airline "mega-merger" will have no impact on its competitiveness during the campaign to replace United Airlines' huge Boeing 757 fleet, despite Continental's traditional favouritism for the US airframer's products.

However, a US investment bank has indicated that United's existing Airbus orders could become casualties of the planned tie-up.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/05/13/341881/uniteds-a350-order-unclear-under-merger.html

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mcpcshowcaseHD replied on Thu, May 20 2010 10:36 PM

I hate to admit it, but I think the order is doomed. I'd like to think the improvements the A350XWB will introduce over the 777 etc will still make it very attractive to the merged company though. We'll just have to wait and see.