Hardiwv From Brazil, joined Oct 2004, 8780 posts, RR: 52 Posted (5 years 3 months 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 3450 times:
Last week TAM took delivery of its 110th plane: an additional A320. TAM's current fleet comprises the following aircraft:
15 x A319
71 x A320
3 x A321
12 x A330
2 x A340
3 x MD11
4 x F100
TAM has a fleet of 103 Airbus. In 2007 TAM received a total of 33 Airbus planes becoming Airbus no. 1 customer (total aircraft delivery/year) putting TAM ahead of deliveries for airlines in China or India.
In June/July TAM is expected to received 4 B77W and the airline should end 2008 with a total 123 planes.
Donzilasse From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 237 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (5 years 3 months 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 2985 times:
LipeGIG From Brazil, joined May 2005, 11201 posts, RR: 61 Reply 9, posted (5 years 3 months 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 2825 times:
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Quoting Jmbarros12 (Reply 8): So it was 4 orders plus 4 options deal, I presume. I thought it was a 8 + 8... My bad.
Yes, but they already confirm the 4 options. So it's a 8 77W as firm order.
Quoting Jmbarros12 (Reply 8): Are the A345´s related to the order of A350?
Joao, i don't know this, i really got the info that the A345 probably will fly MXP route. TAM knows that nowadays the international network provides a better yield and competition is not strong and it also help to increase domestic network with interesting loads and yields. Because of this, all planes are taking into consideration and new routes can be expected. There are rumors about 2 more 763 to be received in July (in addition to 2 which will be used on GIG-MIA)
Felipe
New York + Rio de Janeiro = One of the best combinations !
StarAlliance38 From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 1445 posts, RR: 4 Reply 12, posted (5 years 3 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2761 times:
I still think US Airways will still be the World's largest Airbus carrier. Airbus and US have a tight relationship. Airbus even gave some giant model planes to US. They now sit in the Corporate HQ Lobby in Tempe
And plus, US is the North American launch customer for the A350 and is still ordering more Airbus
LipeGIG From Brazil, joined May 2005, 11201 posts, RR: 61 Reply 13, posted (5 years 3 months 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2726 times:
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Quoting JJMNGR (Reply 10): And GIG/JFK direct. Not JJ8082 with land in GRU but independent flight.
One top manager said to me GIG-JFK non-stop will be A332 with F in order to allow rotation at JFK with the other 2 nowadays used on JJ8080/81/82/83. They believe with less congestion, GIG flight will help to reduce delays at JFK.
Felipe
New York + Rio de Janeiro = One of the best combinations !
C010T3 From Brazil, joined Jul 2006, 3513 posts, RR: 21 Reply 14, posted (5 years 3 months 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2672 times:
Quoting LipeGIG (Reply 13): One top manager said to me GIG-JFK non-stop will be A332 with F in order to allow rotation at JFK with the other 2 nowadays used on JJ8080/81/82/83. They believe with less congestion, GIG flight will help to reduce delays at JFK.
You mean reduce delays of the GRU-bound flights. The 332 that arrives first will immediately be prepared to fly to GRU, leaving the GIG flight delayed.
Hardiwv From Brazil, joined Oct 2004, 8780 posts, RR: 52 Reply 15, posted (5 years 3 months 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 2582 times:
Quoting StarAlliance38 (Reply 12): I still think US Airways will still be the World's largest Airbus carrier. Airbus and US have a tight relationship. Airbus even gave some giant model planes to US. They now sit in the Corporate HQ Lobby in Tempe
No. TAM was Airbus no. 1 customer in 2007 measured by total number of aircraft delivered (TAM received 33 Airbus in 2007).
Quoting StarAlliance38 (Reply 12): And plus, US is the North American launch customer for the A350 and is still ordering more Airbus
TAM will be the launch customer of A350 in Latin America.
Quoting C010T3 (Reply 14): You mean reduce delays of the GRU-bound flights
Quoting LipeGIG (Reply 13): GIG flight will help to reduce delays at JFK
I could not undertand the above point. How would a flight from GIG reduce delays in JFK, honestly?
LipeGIG From Brazil, joined May 2005, 11201 posts, RR: 61 Reply 20, posted (5 years 3 months 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 2422 times:
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Quoting Hardiwv (Reply 15): I could not undertand the above point. How would a flight from GIG reduce delays in JFK, honestly?
Hardi, JFK-GRU is a never end delayed flight as each leg takes about 10h plus 2h15 on ground. Just need to consider 2 flights and we need 24h30min to run the flights.
How a GIG flight can help ? Just departing on time, GIG is an easy airport to do this, and almost empty by 10 PM with just a few international departures, while GRU, as you're familiar, face one of it's busiest hours. GIG can produce a 1h30 to 1h45 turn around that can help to prevent delays on JFK flights.
Quoting C010T3 (Reply 14): You mean reduce delays of the GRU-bound flights. The 332 that arrives first will immediately be prepared to fly to GRU, leaving the GIG flight delayed.
It will depend on how busy the flights are with connections. Both O&D markets are not a concern.
Felipe
New York + Rio de Janeiro = One of the best combinations !
C010T3 From Brazil, joined Jul 2006, 3513 posts, RR: 21 Reply 21, posted (5 years 3 months 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 2371 times:
Quoting LipeGIG (Reply 20): It will depend on how busy the flights are with connections. Both O&D markets are not a concern
For foreigners is connecting at GIG faster than at GRU and considering the fact that it will be the only NYC-GIG nonstop, it will carry normally more O&D passengers, so there is no way TAM will not set JFK-GRU as a priority over JFK-GIG as to which should leave JFK on time.
LipeGIG From Brazil, joined May 2005, 11201 posts, RR: 61 Reply 22, posted (5 years 3 months 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2335 times:
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Quoting C010T3 (Reply 21): For foreigners is connecting at GIG faster than at GRU and considering the fact that it will be the only NYC-GIG nonstop, it will carry normally more O&D passengers, so there is no way TAM will not set JFK-GRU as a priority over JFK-GIG as to which should leave JFK on time.
TAM expects that JFK-GIG helps to connect better people from VIX (7 flights to GIG, 3 to GRU), CNF (7 flights to GIG, 4 to GRU), BSB (8 flights to GIG, 3 to GRU), CPQ (3 flights to GIG, 1 to GRU), as well as good connections from SSA, POA, FLN, IGU and CWB. Agree that O&D to Rio will be a winner on this flight (with more than 120 daily pax IMO), but the connections will guarantee always higher loads and better yields.
On my last GIG-GRU-JFK, myself and another passenger from Rio were the sole payers for First Class although two more has been admitted with upgrades as both Business Class and Economy were full.
Felipe
New York + Rio de Janeiro = One of the best combinations !
LPSHobby From Brazil, joined May 2007, 139 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (5 years 3 months 5 days ago) and read 2250 times:
TAM is negotiating an A380 order, 4 firm orders and 4 options, to be received in 2012.
25 Jmbarros12: Is that a rumour? Because I heard about this on last December, at the A380 visit to GRU. There was a rumour about a Latin American airline making a h
26 Hardiwv: FRA is expected to be operated with B77W and the A345 currently operating in FRA is expected to be moved to MXP. Rgs,
27 LPSHobby: Joao, This is a good informaton, from a good source, to be exact, the highest and better source possible, and I listened this from this person itself
28 Jmbarros12: Hope that turns out to be true. There´s a thread about this topic already. TAM - To Order 4 A380's + 4 Options? (by WINGS Nov 30 2007 in Civil Aviat
29 Hardiwv: Another important information is that TAM has become the biggest airline in the Southern Hemisphere - Qantas is now second. Measure by pax number of n
30 WINGS: TAM may now be the largest airline, but the Qantas Group ( Qantas, Qantas Link, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia (49%) Air PAcific (46%) is still way ahead. Reg
31 Hardiwv: In my post I mentioned the biggest airline in the Southern Hemisphere - so my posistion holds, as TAM is indeed the biggest airline in the Southern H
32 WINGS: I never stated otherwise. Regards, Wings
33 Jmbarros12: Wikipedia shows that TAM has made a firm order for four A380, plus 4 options, to be delivered in 2014. The website also shows that TAM has a total of
34 Jmbarros12: I forgot to post the website adress. Sorry. http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAM#Frota Joao.
35 Donzilasse: Jmbarros12 Tam has 8 firm orders of 777-300ER,s. To my knowledge no order of A380 however it might not be impossible with a few around 2014. Lasse
36 Cmtehori: The funny thing is that if a flight pushes back in JFK on-time and eventually takes-off right away, it gets in GRU some 40 minutes early. Happens all
37 Jmbarros12: Indeed. The exact same thing happened to me last month. I was flying back to GRU from JFK on DL121 an the plane landed about an hour earlier than est
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