Keesje From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 15033 times:
PARIS AIR SHOW Airbus says will announce new A380 order during air show
06.13.2005, 09:08 AM
PARIS (AFX) - Airbus SAS vice-president Philippe Delmas said the plane maker will announce a new order for its A380 double-decker 'superjumbo' at the Le Bourget air show.
Asked whether Airbus would be announcing a new A380 order this week, Delmas replied: 'One can expect that.'
Airbus will hold a press conference tomorrow morning.
The company has so far received 154 orders for the A380, of which 144 are firm deals. Breakeven on the project has been put as high as 300 planes should the dollar remain weak.
Airbus is owned 80 pct by the European Aeronautic Space and Defence Co (EADS) and 20 pct by BAE Systems PLC.
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7336 posts, RR: 52 Reply 5, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 14904 times:
United Airline From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2001, 8792 posts, RR: 17 Reply 6, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 14890 times:
CX's order won't be so soon, if they ever get the A 380.
AirFrnt From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 2775 posts, RR: 43 Reply 10, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 14833 times:
Quoting Keesje (Thread starter):
The company has so far received 154 orders for the A380, of which 144 are firm deals. Breakeven on the project has been put as high as 300 planes should the dollar remain weak.
Even Airbus co-chairs are now saying that the breakeven is "considerably higher" then 300 frames.
A388 From Netherlands Antilles, joined May 2001, 9079 posts, RR: 13 Reply 11, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 14790 times:
There have been rumours floating around for quite some time about EK ordering the stretched A380-900. However, it still amazes me how EK would utilize so much A380, they already have 43 on order which IMO already is a lot. In anyway I wish Airbus good luck
B707Stu From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 918 posts, RR: 4 Reply 12, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 14758 times:
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7336 posts, RR: 52 Reply 13, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 14695 times:
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N328KF From United States of America, joined May 2004, 6222 posts, RR: 3 Reply 16, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 14303 times:
My prediction: FR. 1000+ people in a single aircraft!
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RayChuang From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 7696 posts, RR: 5 Reply 18, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 14159 times:
It's possible that Airbus may have finally snagged CX to do a long-term lease through ILFC for the A380-800. Maybe Airbus has given assurances that the A388 can fly nonstop from LAX to HKG at the standard MTOW for the plane with the Trent 870 engines?
Boeing Nut From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 14143 times:
Don't forget about the pending announcement for the "private A380". When it hit the presses a couple weeks back, it wasn't an official announcement. That's my guess.
Workbench From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 13962 times:
Lets take a look at this. In all likely hood it is an existing customer that already has the 340/330 family of aircraft. So that really rules out BA. What about LH, are they already a customer.
Fairly wild, yes - but not completely out there. SAA could use maybe 4 aircraft for the LHR-JNB routes, more if they add CPT as well. The routes do very well, and are very departure-time sensitive (ie. flights always have to go at night, in both directions), so the only way to sensibly increase capacity on the route is bigger aircraft.
26 Kahala777: China Southern??? China Eastern??? Aloha, Kahala777
27 DAYflyer: Well, whoever it is, congrats to them and Airbus.
28 Glareskin: Imagine the landing on St. Maarten......
29 SAA3406: Ariticle appeared in the South African Sunday Times that SAA was in advanced talks with Airbus on the purchase of a handful of A 380's for delivery at
30 USAF336TFS: http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_...d=dji-00046120050613&date=20050613 Could this be a coincidence?
31 FRAspotter: It DEFINITELY will not be JAL! They have too many 747's in their fleet at the moment to all of a sudden switch to another model. But who knows, maybe
32 Lijnden: I think it could be: United (my first pick) Asia routes / Airbus bail-out NWA (my second pick) Asia routes KLM/AF (my fourth pick) Transatlantic Delta
33 AZA330: Imagine the take off from St. Maarten Ciao
34 FrancoBlanco: I really don´t expect any big (pun intended) surprises at Le Bourget this year and, let´s face it, an A380 order by an European or American airline
35 BoeingBus: South African Airways is my guess...
37 Glareskin: See thread: Big UA announcement tomorrow 6-14. Why not? A big A380 order as camouflage for rescue by Airbus. Well, let's just fantasize about it....
38 BoeingBus: UA flying A380 is cool... but I dont think it will happen... YOU NEED LOTS AND LOTS OF money to support this new bird. This is not an average plane t
39 Glareskin: That's why it's called rescue. The investment by Airbus will be paid back by future orders against market-conform prices. Or do you think UA will nev
40 OHLBU: Isn´t CA in talks about leasing some examples from ILFC, which has already placed an order? An order from CX would be logical, but how about Air Ind
41 NW727251ADV: As many threads and posts that I've seen about why Cathay Pacific WILL NOT BE PURCHASING THE A380 SOON in the past week alone, what is your basis for
42 Planespotterx: My bet will be BA, they'll get rid of the transatlantic 747's and keep only a handful, and use the A380's for the Atlantic and Australia/Hong Kong/Jap
43 Kaneporta1: I hear BA is looking for a 3 engined A380 version for their north atlantic routes...
44 PipoA380: Yes. Plouf, the whale where it belongs More seriously, I'd love to see the A380 in CX colors! Complete crazy guess here: Swiss!
45 KL911: Why not? The 747 does it, and the A380 uses less runway for takeoff and landing.. KL911
49 KC135TopBoom: The new order is for 50 A-380s forced on US! LOL
50 Gigneil: It would be a terrible plight for Airbus if it couldn't... LAX-HKG is not a very long stage. What? N
51 FCKC: I can confirm from a reliable source , this new order is 5 A380s for Kingfisher. Will be announced during the show , probably at the end of the week.
52 SWISSER: Who knows what LH is up to with it's newly aquired company![Edited 2005-06-14 01:28:57]
53 FriendlySkies: It's obviously for UA...Airbus will be providing exit financing and helping UA replace it's remaining 737 fleet with A380s. In all seriousness, UA cou
54 DeltaGuy767: Somehow I don't think that DL would because they are already are in the red as it is, and they have been all Boeing since the early 90's when they du
55 Mariner: I guess that's all comparative: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/stor...nnel=news+%26+commentary%7Cmarkets cheers mariner
56 Glideslope: The order will be for 5 airframes for Air Jeb. It's part of the EADS Tanker Incentives to build in Florida.
57 BoeingBus: Yup... Airbus has loads of money sitting in the bank to bail out broken airlines. If this was the case they wouldn't have to borrow money. Again, UA
59 777STL: An airline as far into bankruptcy as UA is will not be buying new 380s. They're having problems keeping the leases on the planes they do have so what
60 Aa777jr: BA is gonna order the A380. There is no way in hell any US carrier would order it. They all suck ass on the bottom line.
62 Ikramerica: my list: WN, AS, COex, Cape Air beat me to it. How bout a new slogan for the A380. "BA, AA, no way!"
63 Monteycarlos: Just read the Kingfisher thread - seems we already know the answer to this! But my head is telling me B6 and WN as well... maybe 100 frames each?
65 BoeingFever777: New carrier! AF & QF have them, 12 each. You just climb out from under a rock? link? AI and IB sound good to me.
66 AADC10: US is in even worse shape and they made a deal for A350s before the merger with HP was announced. Airbus even gave US $250 million. Actually there ar
67 Monteycarlos: It is for an A380 with Trent 870 engines! Now Trent 900's would be a different story!
68 707lvr: It's beginning to look like Kingfisher, at least that is what several Indian papers are reporting. There will no doubt be some unkind snickering at th
69 Mariner: Oh, probably no more than when Boeing announced Primaris as the launch customer for the 787. cheers mariner
70 BOEING787: Definetely Kingfisher (5 nos.) of India. Iata code: IT. Wonder when the Indian Airports are going to be upgraded though? Wishful thinking maybe?
71 Monteycarlos: No hurry - they won't get them for a few years yet!
72 Fuffla: JQ maybe, so they can cram more people with their 30-inch Y seat pich, 3-3 abrest. They will say, at least our seats are wider!!
74 Monteycarlos: That must mean DJ will get them too! Sweet!
75 ACdreamliner: IMHO, BA are holding out for the 747Adv. They have always liked to offer frequency rather than capacity, i.e. 3 x flights with 777's & 747's to Toront
76 WINGS: Kingfisher would have to be about the last airline I would have expected to place an order for the A380-800. But time will prove that the A380 is a pe
77 Monteycarlos: The frequency argument kinda breaks down when you start talking about A380's and B747's... even the 777 to some extent. But I do agree that BA is mor
78 Nudelhirsch: You are so true, they could have used the A380 already... Judging from present equipment to determine future equipment involvement, that hurts, as fu
80 Reggaebird: So when is the announcement going to be made?? Was it not scheduled for today? Reggaebird
81 Ricci767: Do Lauda have the passenger numbers to justify the A380? That beauty would look even better in their livery.
82 MauriceB: Kingfisher would have to be about the last airline I would have expected to place an order for the A380-800. i guess youre in the aviation for a long
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