Delta Skirts Trump Tariffs On New Airbus A350 With Flight To Japan
The post Delta Skirts Trump Tariffs On New Airbus A350 With Flight To Japan appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A Delta Air Lines’ Airbus A350-900 aircraft is displayed during an unveiling event for Delta’s team … More USA livery for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Airbus delivery centre in Toulouse, south-western France on May 2, 2024. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Delta Air Lines will take delivery of a new Airbus A350 aircraft this week and avoid tariff costs by flying it from the factory in Toulouse to Tokyo, Japan, instead of the U.S. The new aircraft, tail number N528DN, is scheduled to operate flight DAL 9936 on Wednesday, departing Toulouse at 11:10 am CEST and arriving in Tokyo on Thursday, 1 May, at 9:50 am. The aircraft’s next destination is still unknown. However, it may remain in service internationally without landing in the U.S. until it no longer qualifies as a new aircraft that would incur import tariffs. Delta used this international aircraft launch strategy to avoid tariffs imposed during President Trump’s first term in office. During the airline’s recent earnings call Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said addressed the cost impacts of tariffs on the airline’s fleet, saying, “We are working very closely with Airbus, which is the only aircraft manufacturer we’ve got deliveries coming from for the balance of this year. They’ve been a great partner, they are a great partner, and we’ll do our very best to minimize tariffs, but we are very clear that we won’t be paying tariffs on any aircraft deliveries we take. These – the times are pretty uncertain, and if you start to put a 20% incremental cost on top of an aircraft, it gets very difficult to make that math work. So, we’ve been clear with Airbus on that, and we’ll work through and…
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A Delta Air Lines’ Airbus A350-900 aircraft is displayed during an unveiling event for Delta’s team … More USA livery for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Airbus delivery centre in Toulouse, south-western France on May 2, 2024. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Delta Air Lines will take delivery of a new Airbus A350 aircraft this week and avoid tariff costs by flying it from the factory in Toulouse to Tokyo, Japan, instead of the U.S. The new aircraft, tail number N528DN, is scheduled to operate flight DAL 9936 on Wednesday, departing Toulouse at 11:10 am CEST and arriving in Tokyo on Thursday, 1 May, at 9:50 am. The aircraft’s next destination is still unknown. However, it may remain in service internationally without landing in the U.S. until it no longer qualifies as a new aircraft that would incur import tariffs. Delta used this international aircraft launch strategy to avoid tariffs imposed during President Trump’s first term in office. During the airline’s recent earnings call Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said addressed the cost impacts of tariffs on the airline’s fleet, saying, “We are working very closely with Airbus, which is the only aircraft manufacturer we’ve got deliveries coming from for the balance of this year. They’ve been a great partner, they are a great partner, and we’ll do our very best to minimize tariffs, but we are very clear that we won’t be paying tariffs on any aircraft deliveries we take. These – the times are pretty uncertain, and if you start to put a 20% incremental cost on top of an aircraft, it gets very difficult to make that math work. So, we’ve been clear with Airbus on that, and we’ll work through and…
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