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Originally posted by CAL 757-300
These guys are idiots. Why buy two new fleet types? The A330-200 is not that great of a cost savings versus the 777-200, and since you already have a trained 767 pilot pool why not use the 767-400?
Northwest must have had some input on this order. 
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Yeah, I was wondering about that myself. I found it surprising that KLM had decided to go with Boeing when NW had decided to go with Airbus.
I had read in an issue of Airways magazine a couple of years ago that if NW was to place an order for new aircraft, that NW would most likely consult and place a joint-order for new aircraft with KLM, considering the alliance between the two.
I guess this would explain the reason KLM decided to purchase some A330-200s.