Pretty embarrassing for Boeing that their *National* Basketball Association doesn't order their planes - but probably for the best to go with Airbus lol
“Your honour, the A321 cannot be ballin. It is an airplane and therefore-“ *An A321neo proceeds to drop a comically large basketball into a comically large hoop*
What? National sport? The national sport of America is football, not basketball. I don’t know why anyone would think that the 3rd most popular pro sports league in the us, and 5th most popular sport after college football and college basketball would be the national sport. What planet are you on?
The planes could have A321LR range anyway because they will be carrying a lot less passengers and cargo than a regular A321neo. That means flights from central USA to central Europe will be possible.
It’s more efficient to use older generation aircraft in low-utilization roles, and new aircraft in high-utilization… this is actually environmentally unfriendly
Using humidifier is not the best idea imo. Airbus is having issues with condensation at the fwd door areas and emer exits anyway. I get that its better for the athletes but it will cause issues for the aircraft
What a wonderfull way to fight agaisnt climate change. Every body in aircrafts. USA is a mess for transport. Even for sport aka for fun, everything is good to kill the planet. Far to much money there
Actually the planes are owned by the nba and operated by delta, in delta colors, with custom interiors. In the basketball off season they are chartered to other teams in other sports.
The players can sit in a 6 seats per row configuration, that will provide space for the really important 1 seat per row configuration for the owner and management.
@@georgehenan853 First rule of business is providing a product or service wanted by people willing to pay for said product or service. Boeing doesn’t provide a middle of the market airframe since the discontinuation of the 757. Whether or not the NBA (or anyone else) would have bought a Boeing product is a moot point. You can’t sell a product you don’t make.
The nba ALREADY owns a fleet of 757’s that are operated by DELTA on their behalf with custom interiors…..these are simply replacing the 757 as they age out
Curious on the logic behind choosing 321 instead of 320 for the mission. Easier to get ASAP (lessor had them in stock) ? Resale value in a few years? Or parts compatibility with Delta?
Do we know if they’re gonna be painted in Team Colors? Like a San Antonio Spurs livery or Orlando Magic livery? That would be so cool if that’s the case
in the private charter market outright purchase of 13 brand new A321 ACJ is more feasible than leasing . . . the lease rates will be more than the actual flight hours clocked by the leased jets . . . by buying the jets NBA can also charter out the A321 ACJ to private air charter operators when not in use by NBA or it's affiliates. . . unlike commercial airlines where leasing aircraft is always better than outright purchase, but in the air charter industry it's just the opposite . . . it'll be wise if the A321 ACJs are based on the A321-200neo LR or the recently launched A321-200neo XLR . . .
As the NHL is the only other North American Sports League that also plays as many if not more games (including playoffs), they just might follow the NBA's need to acquire their own dedicated fleet of Business jets for team charters, eventually A point of this acquisition is that the NBA can condense their schedule into a shorter timeframe so lie flat seating for the players will let them rest better on long road trips
@@georgehenan853 yes they play 162 games but they play multiple games in one city before moving on to the next one unlike NBA/NHL which are one and done per city
It's really great. Especially that planes built in a country (EU), where basketball isn't prominent, are chosen for basketball teams playing in the world's most competitive basketball league with an obviously uncompetitive plane manufacturer.
1. There is no acj321nro. 2. None of the floor plans airbus offers for the acj aircraft suit the nba’s needs… not even close… they need way more seating than any floor plan offers
Awesome! Putting Boeing to shame. Poor company. But the 321N is perfect, nice, quiet, and comfortable. All great things the players can get out of a flight before a game!
Perfect? They have just as many problems as Boeing but you don’t hear about because the media only cares if it’s Boeing planes that are having problems. Good job proving you’re just a sheep.
What’s the difference in standing headroom height between the 757s they’re using today vs the 321s? Those dudes are TALL! Taylor Swift bought a bigger jet just so her boyfriend wouldn’t hit his head on the ceiling! 😂
It will be done at the Airbus Final Assembly Hall in Mobile, Alabama those Belugas will be bringing in the airframes from their factories in France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.
The nba has money to blow on jet purchases? More reasons to stop supporting major sports operations. I don't enjoy watching money wasted. Professional sports is right near the top.
@@AbdullahNajib-b9zask yourself how many A320 NEO’s have since entering service in 2016. And how many have had doors blow off due to not being fitted correctly?
@@DCTagno it’s not. More people in the us watch college football, college basketball, and mlb than the nba. It’s entire fanbase is mostly Chinese people who the nba has been pandering to since their birth.
Last Boeing crashes were in 2020 caused by a problem that has been solved. The 737 max is statistically one of the safest airliners in history so I'm struggling to understand your 'keep falling out of the sky; comment....
@@davidkavanagh189 Safest airliners? It had 2 crashes within 2 years of it entering service when less than 400 were flying. Compare that to the A380 which has been in service since 2006 and never had a fatal crash, or the A320NEO which has also not had a fatal crash since entering service in 2016. The NG is statistically safer due to the number of fatal accidents since 1997. 0.17 fatal hull accidents per million departures vs 1.48 fatal hull loss accidents per million departures.
@@tomstravels520 Yes. The Max had two unforgivable crashes for mainly(there was a pilot error element in both) the same scandalous reason that has now been solved and it is very very unlikely to be a problem ever again. Apart from that, zero crashes. Stats as low as that(no ongoing pattern) become statistically irrelevant so making daft comparisons with the likes of the A380, which would only need one single crash(Qantas nearly achieved that) to instantly make it more dangerous than the Max could ever dream of, make no sense at all. No straight comparisons can be easily made because none of these airliners entered or peaked in service at the same time. It is factually correct that the 737Max is currently one of the safest airliners ever made. Look back to the early A320 or 737 Classic days if you want a real flavour of how safe aviation is today, despite those unforgiveable crashes. Clearly Boeing have some productions problems they need to look at but frankly, it's a credit to their designs that they do have such an insanely good safety record even with those production problems. There's a reason they're still one of the biggest aerospace companies in the world. Cancel Reply
Why can't they fly Frontier or South West and save some money? Can't fit their players in the seats? Rubbish! It's just matter of bending your legs the correct way.
They are super tall and are probably very sore to begin. And normal airlines are made for average sized people. If they can afford it then why does it matter. Even first class seats aren’t even that big. Also think about all the gear and staff they also bring along its not just the players themselves.
Imagine we spent as much money on things that actually matter as we do on sports. We'd have colonized the entire solar system and there wouldn't be a single hungry person in existence.
WTF. How can a sports organization hire 13 Airbus aircraft???? It shows how overpriced tickets are and how much sponsor money is changing hands.. This is absolutely outrageous.
You never traveled a lot between different sports events, having to arrive with the fitness for playing competitive matches, not for bedtime, did you? 😉
Think you need to explain what part you think is wrong, spending the money or the nba choosing airbus over Boeing jets? In terms of spending the money - this money is going to be spent either way, teams need to travel and with charter costs rising, teams buying planes have become more and more common as a way to actually save money.
The problem is that the powers that be in America (the nba and the media) hate America with a passion and anything that makes America look bad sells so they have made hating America their entire business plan.
I think it would be a great ideea to make a video about airplane lessors in the world! How many planes they have, biggest contracts, who's the biggest ...? No? Love your work!
That's a slam dunk for Airbus!
Ok, I'll see myself out.....
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Not sure if that one ended up in the basket or a bucket.
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yeah,before the rudder rips off!
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can’t wait to see nba airlines appear on flightradar24
NBA,,,,No Boeing Aircraft
also Now Buying Airbus.
@@ronparrish6666 😂😂😂
@@ronparrish6666 Love it!
They have to retire the 757-200 that’s why
The nba has been exclusionary towards Seattle for decades. This shouldn’t be surprising to anyone with half a brain cell.
I hope they would have enough leg space.
Very nice aircraft, and the door plugs come with bolts.
I hope we get some nice liveries out of this deal!
There are news NFL (American football) and MLS (football/soccer) are considering making the same arrangement with Airbus....
Pretty embarrassing for Boeing that their *National* Basketball Association doesn't order their planes - but probably for the best to go with Airbus lol
The only way to get enought leg room on an American airline is run your own.
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Applies to non-US airlines as well.
The workers at the Airbus Final Assembly Hall in Mobile, Alabama will be very happy 😊 .
“Your honour, the A321 cannot be ballin. It is an airplane and therefore-“
*An A321neo proceeds to drop a comically large basketball into a comically large hoop*
Gotta be humiliating for Boeing if their national sport did not choose em😂
Very!
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Boeing don't offer a comparable product(size and performance) so your comment makes no sense.
This comment didn’t even make sense my boy lol, wtf
What? National sport? The national sport of America is football, not basketball. I don’t know why anyone would think that the 3rd most popular pro sports league in the us, and 5th most popular sport after college football and college basketball would be the national sport. What planet are you on?
Could some of these aircrafts be -LR or -XLR variant. It could be interesting for flying abroad
The planes could have A321LR range anyway because they will be carrying a lot less passengers and cargo than a regular A321neo. That means flights from central USA to central Europe will be possible.
I guess NBA stands for Now buying Airbus's.
What else would they buy? They hate Seattle and Boeing and have for decades. They also hate anything American in general.
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Wow even the NBA doesn't like Boeing
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Why would they? The nba has boycotted and excluded Seattle for over a decade now. They would never support jobs in the Seattle area.
@@georgehenan853 Boeing base is in washington
@@Razor48X what are you talking about? All their manufacturing is in Seattle.
@@georgehenan853 I said base is in Washington
More efficient aircraft.
It’s more efficient to use older generation aircraft in low-utilization roles, and new aircraft in high-utilization… this is actually environmentally unfriendly
Than what?
@lukethompson5558 these planes will be used hundreds of times a year
Well done Airbus !
another victory for Airbus
Using humidifier is not the best idea imo. Airbus is having issues with condensation at the fwd door areas and emer exits anyway. I get that its better for the athletes but it will cause issues for the aircraft
This makes sense. I believe the teams were sick of paying first class for players. The alternative was the economy sardine cans.
2:46 🤔 The Celtics, Warriors and Lakers all currently use Delta 757 charters.
What a wonderfull way to fight agaisnt climate change. Every body in aircrafts. USA is a mess for transport. Even for sport aka for fun, everything is good to kill the planet. Far to much money there
The NBA owns a subfleet of 757s (75C) within Delta, that delta operates. I believed they're 75F.
Actually the planes are owned by the nba and operated by delta, in delta colors, with custom interiors. In the basketball off season they are chartered to other teams in other sports.
Airbus do a slam dunk over Boeing's face 😂
what an interesting date and week.
Excellent excellent choice! Very nice NBA
Meanwhile, the WNBA just got a deal on slightly used coach buses as result of MegaBus bankruptcy.
Lol
Glad to know at least some people are doing well in this country.
We’re doing better than just about every other country
The players can sit in a 6 seats per row configuration, that will provide space for the really important 1 seat per row configuration for the owner and management.
Thanks for the update!
This will make NHL players jealous because Air Canada's dedicated fleet of A320s is quite old.
@@alooga555 they might leave those for the Leaf's and the Raptors get to go on the new Deltas 321
Cant wait to see them land at KBOS soon.
It’s only 13 airframes but it’s a significant message to Boeing: You are not providing a suitable product.
Boeing don't offer a like for like aircraft so not really sure what your point is?
@@davidkavanagh189 That's my point EXACTLY.
Boeing doesn’t make the 757 anymore clown. And even if they did the nba would buy because they hate Seattle and by extension Boeing.
@@georgehenan853 First rule of business is providing a product or service wanted by people willing to pay for said product or service. Boeing doesn’t provide a middle of the market airframe since the discontinuation of the 757. Whether or not the NBA (or anyone else) would have bought a Boeing product is a moot point. You can’t sell a product you don’t make.
@@georgehenan853the 737 could handle this. You call other people names, yet you seem the one who really doesn’t know any of this.
G league guys still flying economy spirit
I'm quite surprised. I expected they would choose amtrak😂
The nba ALREADY owns a fleet of 757’s that are operated by DELTA on their behalf with custom interiors…..these are simply replacing the 757 as they age out
This is a very smart move for the NBA. Franchise owners lease from the NBA
Can’t wait to see that does to ticket prices
Excessive size for the needs and range.
Airbus A319neo + A320neo hopefully gets ordered.
good job airbus.
Curious on the logic behind choosing 321 instead of 320 for the mission. Easier to get ASAP (lessor had them in stock) ? Resale value in a few years? Or parts compatibility with Delta?
Capacity
Do we know if they’re gonna be painted in Team Colors? Like a San Antonio Spurs livery or Orlando Magic livery? That would be so cool if that’s the case
Where will the NBA get delivery slots from Airbus?
They are leased from a company that already has the delivery slots
Airbus A330-800neo + A330-900neo fleet for order.
in the private charter market outright purchase of 13 brand new A321 ACJ is more feasible than leasing . . . the lease rates will be more than the actual flight hours clocked by the leased jets . . . by buying the jets NBA can also charter out the A321 ACJ to private air charter operators when not in use by NBA or it's affiliates. . . unlike commercial airlines where leasing aircraft is always better than outright purchase, but in the air charter industry it's just the opposite . . . it'll be wise if the A321 ACJs are based on the A321-200neo LR or the recently launched A321-200neo XLR . . .
@@chandrachurniyogi8394 there's an ACJ A350-900ULR operated by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) used by officials of the German Government.
Air NBA, NBA Airlines, what other names can we pitch them?
The National Basketball Association Travel Logistics Division - NBATLD, for short. 🤔
I, too, will show myself out.
13! That's more than "several"
Great news for Airbus, Boeing must be annoying the hell out of Boeing 😂
As the NHL is the only other North American Sports League that also plays as many if not more games (including playoffs), they just might follow the NBA's need to acquire their own dedicated fleet of Business jets for team charters, eventually
A point of this acquisition is that the NBA can condense their schedule into a shorter timeframe so lie flat seating for the players will let them rest better on long road trips
What? Did you forget that mlb team’s literally play twice as many games as nba teams in a season?
@@georgehenan853 yes they play 162 games but they play multiple games in one city before moving on to the next one unlike NBA/NHL which are one and done per city
Imagine if they use a 737MAX...
then theyll use a 737 max
They want to arrive alive, that's why they chose Airbus.
@@wadehiggins1114 actually have any boeing max crashed since 2020?its basically the same.
@@AbdullahNajib-b9zThe one with the door plug tried hard, but was around 15000 feet too low to make it count as a complete hull loss.
@@AbdullahNajib-b9zno A320 NEO’s have crashed since 2016
So if the NBA can lease planes for NBA teams, they can lower their ticket prices...
They could have gotten by with A320neo's, though. NBA has far fewer players and other staff traveling with the team on team flights, so...
They currently use 757. so apparently the capacity is needed
In other news, the WNBA made a down payment for a used coach bus.
A great choice!
not a great choice
It's really great. Especially that planes built in a country (EU), where basketball isn't prominent, are chosen for basketball teams playing in the world's most competitive basketball league with an obviously uncompetitive plane manufacturer.
@@jantjarks7946 uncompetitive,eh?
@@AbdullahNajib-b9z Indeed, or where's the A321XLR competitor?
@@jantjarks7946the 737 max 10,which silly faa just wont certify.
Can't see NBA players fitting inside a standard toilet.
Current ACJ321neo Flooplan & Concept would suits NBA needs
1. There is no acj321nro. 2. None of the floor plans airbus offers for the acj aircraft suit the nba’s needs… not even close… they need way more seating than any floor plan offers
So there must not be a pilot shortage if that many teams will have their own planes
friday the 13 wow
Awesome! Putting Boeing to shame. Poor company. But the 321N is perfect, nice, quiet, and comfortable. All great things the players can get out of a flight before a game!
its silent because the pilot poured cofee on the controls,leading to a engine shutdown!
@@AbdullahNajib-b9z you think that wouldn't happen on a 787?
Perfect? They have just as many problems as Boeing but you don’t hear about because the media only cares if it’s Boeing planes that are having problems. Good job proving you’re just a sheep.
Isnt the nba have 30 teams? What happen with the remaining team?
Well only half of them are travelling at any given time and some of those travel distances are short enough to drive
Meanwhile, the NHL may be considering the purchase of 1930s busses for their players 😂
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I can work on those airplane still smaller than the private airbus 330
Anybody remember the transports on Major League ?
A nod to Airbus.
What’s the difference in standing headroom height between the 757s they’re using today vs the 321s? Those dudes are TALL! Taylor Swift bought a bigger jet just so her boyfriend wouldn’t hit his head on the ceiling! 😂
Shocking
That's great
Guess it works for the tallest occupation in the world.
Airbus for sure
It will be done at the Airbus Final Assembly Hall in Mobile, Alabama those Belugas will be bringing in the airframes from their factories in France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.
@@dennis12decand this will replace the existing 757-200 that they bought from Delta so they can be retired
Boeing for sure
Boeing paying the price for not being able to certify the max 10 withing reasonable delay.
They wouldn’t have chosen Boeing anyway. As everyone knows the nba hates Seattle and by extension Boeing.
Airbus A220-100 + A220-300 Fleet.
Nba airlines. Where. Wr got a inboard tennis courta
The nba has money to blow on jet purchases? More reasons to stop supporting major sports operations. I don't enjoy watching money wasted. Professional sports is right near the top.
This isn’t a waste of money for them. They need the acj321Neos for team operations.
They’re not purchasing. They’re leasing. Probably cheaper than a bunch of individual contracts for each team.
The teams probably spent more hiring planes than they will pay leasing these new planes. And leasing will probably offer more flexibility.
Not a boeing 🤔🤔🤔
thank goodness! ;D
@@wisehat_yt why?ask yourself if any max have crashed since 2020
@@AbdullahNajib-b9zask yourself how many A320 NEO’s have since entering service in 2016. And how many have had doors blow off due to not being fitted correctly?
You should be putting that to the NBA! I guess it's a case of sh*t sticks! @@AbdullahNajib-b9z
that blowout was probably alaska maintenance.
Flying Airbus = peace of mind = better team performance.
not really
What a dumb way to think
@@georgehenan853ok.even though max crashes less than cars
NBA? People still watch that?
Fr 😂
@@h.h.6171 Is it as bad as Olympia these days? I don't know as I'm not watching both.
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2nd most watched sporting event in the US, behind American football.
Not in my house, since 2008.
@@DCTagno it’s not. More people in the us watch college football, college basketball, and mlb than the nba. It’s entire fanbase is mostly Chinese people who the nba has been pandering to since their birth.
Did they have a choice? I mean the Boeings keep falling out of the sky!
Last Boeing crashes were in 2020 caused by a problem that has been solved. The 737 max is statistically one of the safest airliners in history so I'm struggling to understand your 'keep falling out of the sky; comment....
@@davidkavanagh189 Safest airliners? It had 2 crashes within 2 years of it entering service when less than 400 were flying. Compare that to the A380 which has been in service since 2006 and never had a fatal crash, or the A320NEO which has also not had a fatal crash since entering service in 2016. The NG is statistically safer due to the number of fatal accidents since 1997. 0.17 fatal hull accidents per million departures vs 1.48 fatal hull loss accidents per million departures.
@@tomstravels520 Yes. The Max had two unforgivable crashes for mainly(there was a pilot error element in both) the same scandalous reason that has now been solved and it is very very unlikely to be a problem ever again. Apart from that, zero crashes. Stats as low as that(no ongoing pattern) become statistically irrelevant so making daft comparisons with the likes of the A380, which would only need one single crash(Qantas nearly achieved that) to instantly make it more dangerous than the Max could ever dream of, make no sense at all. No straight comparisons can be easily made because none of these airliners entered or peaked in service at the same time. It is factually correct that the 737Max is currently one of the safest airliners ever made. Look back to the early A320 or 737 Classic days if you want a real flavour of how safe aviation is today, despite those unforgiveable crashes. Clearly Boeing have some productions problems they need to look at but frankly, it's a credit to their designs that they do have such an insanely good safety record even with those production problems. There's a reason they're still one of the biggest aerospace companies in the world.
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Even if that happened to an airbus you wouldn’t hear about it because the media only cares if it’s a Boeing that has problems
@@tomstravels520well 737 mad is stronger than neo.
You know Boeing is screwed when even the American sports organisation chose Airbus over Boeing.
or maybe its just nba thats screwed
@@AbdullahNajib-b9z Good God. You are bored. LMAO.
The nba is well known for hating Seattle and America as a whole so why would they choose an American plane?
Maybe have a special Kobe Bryant livery on one of them
Why can't they fly Frontier or South West and save some money?
Can't fit their players in the seats? Rubbish! It's just matter of bending your legs the correct way.
They are super tall and are probably very sore to begin. And normal airlines are made for average sized people. If they can afford it then why does it matter. Even first class seats aren’t even that big. Also think about all the gear and staff they also bring along its not just the players themselves.
Go Boeing, go!!!...
I wouldn't call it investing. Are they just going to sit in the 6 months that the NBA is not playing? The NBA has 30 teams.
They already have planes..they just replacing the old ones. No the planes are chartered to other people when not in use by NBA
Ironic as basketball is such a minor sport in Europe..........
@@brian5154 would not say its a minor sport a lot of european players move to the nba
The nba is also a minor sports league within the us. Only people from Asia actually care about it.
Imagine we spent as much money on things that actually matter as we do on sports. We'd have colonized the entire solar system and there wouldn't be a single hungry person in existence.
Just another L for Boeing
Wait! National Basketball Agency! Which nation??? Why not support Boeing?????
Because Boeing has nothing suitable to offer.
@@MrSchwabentier , I suspect that is questionable.
@@edwardcostello2265 the only comparable aircraft is the MAX10. And that thing isn’t even certified yet and no one knows when it will be
WTF. How can a sports organization hire 13 Airbus aircraft???? It shows how overpriced tickets are and how much sponsor money is changing hands.. This is absolutely outrageous.
You never traveled a lot between different sports events, having to arrive with the fitness for playing competitive matches, not for bedtime, did you?
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The minimum price of leasing ONE A321 is $400 000 per month.
You do the math for 13.
@@IO-zz2xy And?
@@jantjarks7946 thats not a reason for 13
@@IO-zz2xyAnd?
Jollibee…not so much.
How embarrassing. NBA should be ashamed of itself.
4th
737 max is better.much nicer wingtips
and why do they need 13?they only need 1!
737 Max is smaller than A321Neo. The Max 10 which is the equivalent isn’t in service
Zip it!
@@tomstravels520 oh,ok.
these airbus are made in the usa
Wtf is wrong with America?! Wtf?!
Think you need to explain what part you think is wrong, spending the money or the nba choosing airbus over Boeing jets?
In terms of spending the money - this money is going to be spent either way, teams need to travel and with charter costs rising, teams buying planes have become more and more common as a way to actually save money.
The problem is that the powers that be in America (the nba and the media) hate America with a passion and anything that makes America look bad sells so they have made hating America their entire business plan.
I think it would be a great ideea to make a video about airplane lessors in the world! How many planes they have, biggest contracts, who's the biggest ...? No? Love your work!
@@kinkymonkey5815 True indeed, it would offer quite an insight into the aviation industry and how it's working.
thats a good idea.if i owned a airline,i would buy instead of leasing,but thats still a good idea