China Airlines Evaluates Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X to replace 777-300ER

According to Kao Shing-Hwang, president of China Airlines, the airline is considering retiring its existing long-haul aircraft and will choose between the 777X, which has not yet received certification, and the largest A350 model.

In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Kao stated, “We are looking for a new fleet” to replace the 10 Boeing 777-300ER it now uses. Kao stated that Taiwan’s primary airline is considering the Airbus A350-1000 or the improved Boeing 777, but did not provide a timeline for the upgrade.

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The biggest airline in Taiwan has earlier agreed to buy 16 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. Eight additional airplanes were bought at the Paris Air Show in June, and six of those were upgraded to the bigger -10 high-capacity aircraft.

China Airlines also runs seven Boeing 777Fs and 14 Airbus A350-900s in addition to the 777-300ERs. Given that Boeing is seeking to certify the 777X as a derivative of the original 777, it follows that integrating either the 777X or the A350-1000 into its fleet would be feasible without adding a new type of cockpit. The 777X is still being certified by Boeing, despite Airbus having delivered the first A350-1000 in February 2018.

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As air travel resumes, the corporation supported by the government has benefited from higher prices. As costs climb for more environmentally friendly flying, Kao anticipated that ticket prices will keep going up.

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