Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13606 posts, RR: 25 Posted (8 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 316 times:
Air New Zealand, owned 25% by Singapore Airlines - Now More Than Ever A Great Way To Fly, which in turn owns 100% of Ansett Australia is about to order something.
Aircraft manufacturers gear up to win Air New Zealand/Ansett order
Airline Industry Information - United Kingdom; Jan 24, 2001
Gary Toomey, the CEO of Air New Zealand and Ansett Australia, has apparently told pilots that the group will be placing an order to acquire new aircraft to replace its aging 767 fleet.
Singapore Airlines is expected to have some input into the acquisition as it owns a 25% stake in Air New Zealand, as is Ansett International, in which Air New Zealand has a 49% stake. Toomey is the former deputy CEO of Qantas, an Australian carrier, and is apparently familiar with the deals this carrier was offered by aircraft manufacturers Boeing Co and Airbus Industrie.
Airbus Industrie is expected to make a strong pitch with its A330 aircraft, while Singapore Airlines could convert options for the purchase of some Boeing 777 aircraft and lease these to Ansett/Air New Zealand according to The West Australian newspaper.
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Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13606 posts, RR: 25 Reply 1, posted (8 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 272 times:
Taken from the Singapore (Airlines) Straits Times newspaper:
REVAMP OF AIR NZ FLEET
SIA may lease out aircraft to Kiwi carrier
By Nicholas Fang
TRANSPORT REPORTER
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) could play a significant role in Air New Zealand's planned revamp of its 110-plane fleet by leasing out aircraft to the Kiwi carrier, an SIA spokesman said.
Asked to comment on a Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) newspaper report that plans by Air NZ and its Australian subsidiary Ansett to replace a large part of its fleet could include leasing aircraft from SIA, he said such an arrangement would not be new to the company.
'We have leased aircraft to other airlines all over the region in the past,' he said.
However, he added that even though SIA owned a 25 per cent stake in Air NZ, the New Zealand airline had always charted its own course.
'Air NZ has its own board of directors who will make the decisions on their aircraft requirements.'
Air NZ chief executive Gary Toomey told Ansett pilots last week that the group would revamp both carriers, the SMH report said.
The airline is likely to place an order for new aircraft within the next two months to replace most of the ageing Boeing 767 aircraft which have been grounded several times recently.
The move is expected to generate fierce competition between the world's top two aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus.
The SMH report said that Mr Toomey, Qantas' former deputy chief executive, was also aiming to rid the airlines of 'less fuel-efficient aircraft and lift sagging staff morale with a new aircraft purchase'.
Industry insiders say that the move is long overdue, given the steady decline in public confidence in the airline following the 'multiple grounding fiasco' of Ansett's B767s
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Airnewzealand From New Zealand, joined Oct 2000, 2473 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (8 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 241 times:
The only 767's to get replaced are the 767-200. Not the 767-300. AirNZ has clearly pointed out that they are keeping the 767-300 but are trying to get rid of the 767-200.
Cba From United States, joined Jul 2000, 4460 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (8 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 231 times:
The only real replacement for the 762 is, well, the 762. Boeing recently modified it, so now it has the new advanced 777 interior and avionics. It seems to be the most logical choice. You can't replace a 180 seat 762 with a 250-295 seat A330 or a 777.
BTW, on Boeing's web site, it has plans for a 767-300ERX. Check it out.
Tullamarine From Australia, joined Aug 1999, 857 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (8 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 195 times:
Cba, I think AN want to be seen as making a statement to the public about the airline's commitment to safety and modern planes. I don't think replacing old planes with new planes which look exactly the same would achieve this.
The 764 or A330 are both excellent replacements for the 762. AN have been slaughtered by QF who have poured in extra capacity on its domestic network by upgrading from 762s to 763s and now they plan to get bigger again with A330s. Given SYD is slot restricted the only way AN can match QF is by employing bigger planes such as 764 or A332 on routes such as MEL-SYD, BNE-SYD and PER-SYD.
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