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"Airbus SAS, the world’s largest planemaker, won a firm order from Skymark Airlines Inc. for four A380 superjumbos to tackle Boeing Co.’s stranglehold in the Japanese market.
Skymark, a discount competitor to Japan’s biggest carriers, Japan Airlines Corp. and All Nippon Airways Co., will use the double-decker Airbus to connect Tokyo with London, Paris and Frankfurt, Chief Executive Officer Shinichi Nishikubo said in an exclusive interview in Toulouse, France......."
Skymark's CEO said that they considered the other offerings from Boeing but went for the efficient option.
Good order for Airbus, finally Japan cracks for more Airbus planes. Brave order from Skymark, sterling work from Leahy and the gang.
ebbuk From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (2 years 3 months 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 15883 times:
Quoting francoflier (Reply 1): However, not that I don't trust Skymark's commitment, but this is an A380 order I'll only be confident in when the planes are painted and delivered...
I am as cynical as you on this one, how I want it to work......
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26682 posts, RR: 83 Reply 3, posted (2 years 3 months 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 15756 times:
Yeah, as big a fan I am of the A380, I am penciling this one in with IT and VS in the "I'll believe it when I see it in revenue service" column (and yes, I know SRB continues to say he will take delivery of VS' A380s).
Chiad From Norway, joined May 2006, 907 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (2 years 3 months 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 15648 times:
Quoting ebbuk (Thread starter): Good order for Airbus, finally Japan cracks for more Airbus planes. Brave order from Skymark, sterling work from Leahy and the gang.
Awesome. A great start for the A380 with 10 orders for 2011 already.
Maybe it's true what JL is saying about 2011 to be the year of the A380.
carpethead From Japan, joined Aug 2004, 2769 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (2 years 3 months 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 15376 times:
JL is not in any shape ready to place a big order for heavy jets (except the upcoming 787s).
The 77Ws are sufficient for the time being and they do not need to be replaced anytime soon.
FlyNWA727 From United States of America, joined Jan 2010, 305 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (2 years 3 months 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 15315 times:
Quoting Stitch (Reply 3): Yeah, as big a fan I am of the A380, I am penciling this one in with IT and VS in the "I'll believe it when I see it in revenue service" column
First flight aboard a Northwest B727-251ADV out of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, my hometown airport.
MarcoPoloWorld From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 600 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 14864 times:
Great to see this one firmed up.
“We’ve been frustrated with the situation in Japan,” said John Leahy (of Airbus) in an interview on Feb. 16. “Both JAL and ANA are very traditional, and don’t necessarily support competition. They’ve always bought Boeing planes and don’t see any reason not to continue. But to the degree that the market opens up and independent operators begin putting risk-capital at work in Japan, you’ll see them having free and open competition.”
It's been stuffy in Japan economically for a long time, so hopefully this - along with the imminent A&F LCC startup with Osaka KIX as its base - may signal an opening for a more dynamic aviation market in that part of the region.
col From Malaysia, joined Nov 2003, 2040 posts, RR: 22 Reply 9, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 14746 times:
Quoting carpethead (Reply 6): JL is not in any shape ready to place a big order for heavy jets (except the upcoming 787s).
He is talking about JL - John Leahy, not JL - Bankrupt Airline..
I can see the 380 getting a few orders this year. There are several existing customers needing to get top ups, SQ, LH and QF. With new customers, I would guess end of year sales at 60+
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26682 posts, RR: 83 Reply 11, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 14585 times:
Quoting carpethead (Reply 10): It's possible that NH could go for the A380 but the 748 is a smaller step up from the 77W it flies internationally.
One member swears NH had an MoU with Airbus for 5 (?) A380s, but all my contacts in and around the airline deny it.
I've heard Boeing has told NH and JL to literally name their price to land a 747-8 order, but with JL cancelling the remainder of their 777-300ERs on order, should they survive bankruptcy as an international carrier, I do not believe they will order anything larger than the 777-300ER.
I feel much the same for NH, to be honest. They're tossing their 747-400s, as well, and their 777-300ERs in the "Inspiration of Japan" configuration is extremely low-density and premium-heavy.
centrair From Japan, joined Jan 2005, 3597 posts, RR: 21 Reply 12, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 14489 times:
On top of these orders, Skymark has launched connecting service between NGO and HND (first in a long time).
NGO-HND
SKY062 B737 23:40 00:40
HND-NGO
SKY061 B737 22:55 23:55
These times line up with HND international departures, right?
Yes...I am not a KIX fan. Let's Japanese Aviation!
Burkhard From Germany, joined Nov 2006, 4248 posts, RR: 2 Reply 14, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 13416 times:
Quoting col (Reply 9): With new customers, I would guess end of year sales at 60+
And this without an Emirates top up
Quoting carpethead (Reply 10): Getting back to the topic, the order maybe firmed up now but I will believe it when there is an actual Skymark-painted A380 in Toulouse.
What I read about Skymark they are no hazards, but very professional long established in Japans tourism industry, they know what they are doing. They complain since long that the lethargy carriers are not able to provide them with the seats they could sell - and now they solve the problem themselves. I'm sure these aircraft will be delivered earlier than Kingfishers.
PM From India, joined Feb 2005, 6715 posts, RR: 66 Reply 15, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 13296 times:
Interesting airline, Skymark. I sat at Hanada a few weeks ago watching a foreign guy (i.e. not Japanese) dressed in a pair of jeans walking around his 737 and kicking the tyres. Subsequently, he walked up the steps, appeared in the cockpit and revealed himself as the pilot.
eraugrad02 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 1227 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 13263 times:
Quoting Stitch (Reply 11): One member swears NH had an MoU with Airbus for 5 (?) A380s, but all my contacts in and around the airline deny it.
I've heard Boeing has told NH and JL to literally name their price to land a 747-8 order, but with JL cancelling the remainder of their 777-300ERs on order, should they survive bankruptcy as an international carrier, I do not believe they will order anything larger than the 777-300ER.
I feel much the same for NH, to be honest. They're tossing their 747-400s, as well, and their 777-300ERs in the "Inspiration of Japan" configuration is extremely low-density and premium-heavy.
This would def follow the stories I've recently read. Even to the color of the roll out 747-8i helps to try selling the aircraft in Arab countries and far east Countries.
col From Malaysia, joined Nov 2003, 2040 posts, RR: 22 Reply 17, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 13099 times:
Quoting Stitch (Reply 11): One member swears NH had an MoU with Airbus for 5 (?) A380s, but all my contacts in and around the airline deny it.
I think this may have been the 343 order from many years back.
Quoting Stitch (Reply 11): I've heard Boeing has told NH and JL to literally name their price to land a 747-8 order, but with JL cancelling the remainder of their 777-300ERs on order, should they survive bankruptcy as an international carrier, I do not believe they will order anything larger than the 777-300ER.
Bad news if they are asking JL to name a price, they would probably like to accept the plane and a payment for taking it..
PM From India, joined Feb 2005, 6715 posts, RR: 66 Reply 19, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 12812 times:
Quoting col (Reply 17): I think this may have been the 343 order from many years back.
No, no. It was definitely an A380 order. (At least, it obviously wasn't 'definite' but the rumour - in fact, more than that - was specific in terms of the model.) The A340 order was real and was years ago.
Aesma From France, joined Nov 2009, 4774 posts, RR: 9 Reply 21, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 7204 times:
Good that it's firmed up !
Quoting col (Reply 9): I can see the 380 getting a few orders this year. There are several existing customers needing to get top ups, SQ, LH and QF. With new customers, I would guess end of year sales at 60+
60 seems quite optimistic, especially as long as production is ramping up slowly. I would be happy with 30-40.
New Technology is the name we give to stuff that doesn't work yet. Douglas Adams
garpd From UK - Scotland, joined Aug 2005, 2293 posts, RR: 4 Reply 22, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 5337 times:
Quoting Stitch (Reply 3): Yeah, as big a fan I am of the A380, I am penciling this one in with IT and VS in the "I'll believe it when I see it in revenue service" column (and yes, I know SRB continues to say he will take delivery of VS' A380s).
You're not alone.
Like I did with IT, I'm putting this order under the "CEO's eyes is bigger than their means" column of my orders list.
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26682 posts, RR: 83 Reply 23, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 4058 times:
This blog claims that Skymark will only put 398 seats into their A380-800s: 118 Business Class and 280 Economy.
This has to be a mistake, otherwise I can't see how it would seriously negatively impact CASM. I mean KE's birds hold more folks, and it's a three class bird!
Thorben From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (2 years 3 months 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 3930 times:
Quoting Stitch (Reply 23): This blog claims that Skymark will only put 398 seats into their A380-800s: 118 Business Class and 280 Economy.
This has to be a mistake, otherwise I can't see how it would seriously negatively impact CASM. I mean KE's birds hold more folks, and it's a three class bird!
25 Stitch: With a 50m main deck length, at 28 rows of 10 abreast in Economy, each row would have almost 1.5m of pitch! Even at 8-abreast with say 51cm wide seat
27 Stitch: Called it. But with such a low-density seating schema, their CASM will be much higher and while it might be a nice hard product, are they going to be
28 Aesma: You think leisure, but what about companies ? Surely a comfortable seat, allowing work/sleep, but far cheaper than business, would interest them.
29 airfrnt: This is it? Really? With all the hype on A.net, I figured it would be Easyjet or something. Oh well. Chalk it up to another Leahyism.
30 CHRISBA777ER: It was six not five and it was an MoU not an LoI - six plus six options. We shall see....
31 mariner: What "hype" on a.net? I don't think an order for 4 x A380 (plus a couple of options) is to be sneezed at, but I'm quite surprised by the amount of se
32 centrair: Question: Where are they going to fly these planes? HNL? PVG? HKG? ICN? Could they take advantage of another international airport as well such as NGO
33 col: Yes Really. But you could read through all the topics again to make sure.
34 N14AZ: LHR, CDG and FRA, it's written in the first post of this thread and in the bloomberg article.
35 Thorben: 394 compared to 526 (LH) and 538 (AF) isn't that much less. That means about 26% less seats. Against others such as SQ (471 seats), QF (450 seats) or
36 centrair: Very prime markets. Wow. For an LCC jumping into international these are prime. Here I was thinking they would go for the popular tourism markets. Th
37 columba: Odd that there focus seems to be in Europe instead of the US.
38 Thorben: OK, here it is again: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-1...ernational-expansion-update1-.html First destinations: London Frankfurt New York Later:
39 N14AZ: But these destinations only if they receive additional A 380s, correct? In the interview linked in the first post Chief Executive Officer Shinichi Ni
40 Thorben: Of course. Unless they do all their destinations only once per week, what I doubt. OK. Maybe they're not 100% sure yet themselves. The interview is o
41 Aesma: Well, the order this thread is about is known since November, so no, this is NOT it, if you're referring to LCCs ordering A380s in the near future.
42 tayser: Tulla will welcome you with open arms. Ever since QF ditched NRT, we've been Japanless non-stop out of MEL. another potential partner for DJ?
43 BOACCunard: Given the stated configuration of the aircraft it certainly sounds like it. J and Y+ only.
44 Stitch: 26% less people is a pretty big spread. The premium cabin is the real money-maker for airlines, and BC will have the largest Business Class cabin of
45 Thorben: Compare it to UU with 853 seats. That's more than 50%. But ORY-RUN and CDG-HND are not similar markets. BC aims at the market of: -People going O&
46 Stitch: Then why did you state this ten replies earlier?
47 Thorben: Because these planes normally have less than 394 seats. NH 77W has 233 seats, BA 744 has 291 seats, JL 77W has 246 seats, LH A343 has 221 seats, AZ 7
49 Stitch: Yes. They were also the first (and so far, only) A321 operator in Japan.
50 PlymSpotter: I have to wonder what the eventual configuration of these A380s will be - they did after all previously operate the 767 with 8 abreast seating, even i
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