Flying-Tiger From Germany, joined Aug 1999, 4111 posts, RR: 39 Posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 2357 times:
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Quote: Day flights will help SAA grow its network and add frequencies without having to add aircraft. But Ngqula says it also needs more widebodies to fully meet its growth ambitions. In a few months it will take back the three A340s subleased to Jet Airways and plans to add nine widebodies by 2008.
I´m not fully current on SAA´s backlog, but I understand that they don´t have any current orders placed. That would mean that we are looking at a minimum of 6 additional widebodies for 2008 (nine minus 3 A340-300s coming from 9W), possibly 9. Anyone willing to place bets? I go for A330-200s and additional A340-600s.
RichardPrice From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 2335 times:
They tried to secure more new A340 series aircraft from Airbus earlier this year, but the production schedules dont allow it in the timeframe SAA want. Expect secondhand A340s to be sourced and added instead.
SA7700 From South Africa, joined Dec 2003, 2918 posts, RR: 20 Reply 4, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 2218 times:
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Quote: In IT, SAA is behind other Star carriers. While SAA has completed a painful transition to the Apollo reservations system, it still takes SAA staff several minutes longer than most of their Star counterparts to check in the average passenger..
Maybe SAA staff should try using the Amadeus system, It's actually the reservations-and inventory system they migrated to...
Quote: One option under study is day flights to Europe.
IMHO this will not work - customer demand will show the way.
Quoting Express1 (Reply 2): Im Wondering when SAA will replace their B744s on the LHR route,surly thay are getting near their frame time?
4x of the planes are about 8 years old, while the remaining 2 are respectively 13 and 14 years old. IMMHO they still have quite a few years of active service in them.
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Flying-Tiger From Germany, joined Aug 1999, 4111 posts, RR: 39 Reply 6, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 2180 times:
Quoting Jfk777 (Reply 5): SAA should think beyond the A340-600, a fine plane in 2000. 787 & 777 would do wonders for SAA fleet for the next 20 years.
The A340-600s have barely been delivered... They have another 15 years of life ahead with SAA at minimum. Besides - a combined A330/340/350 fleet could do wonders for SAA for the next 20 years.
Andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 8298 posts, RR: 11 Reply 8, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 2160 times:
Quoting Express1 (Reply 2): Im Wondering when SAA will replace their B744s on the LHR route,surly thay are getting near their frame time?
SAA's first 744 was delivered in January 1991.
Quoting SA7700 (Reply 4): Quote:
One option under study is day flights to Europe.
I agree with SA7700, no matter what the economics for the airlines, daylight flights between SA and Europe are just not popular. I did it once and never again.
Quoting Jfk777 (Reply 5): 787 & 777 would do wonders for SAA fleet for the next 20 years.
Well they looked at 777s many years ago, why not now? My wife's boss has a 787 model in SAA colours on his desk
After Monday and Tuesday even the calendar says WTF...
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