Or they do have information and have already sacked them... Fred Reinforcing the culture of do something wrong we fire you? This leads to cover ups and fear. What needs to be in place is a culture where you can report that the instructions are vague, all the tools/materials are not available, that ...
Jump to postI bet that airlines which opted out from 737MAX in favour of A320family such as Qantas and KLM sits with a big smile in their faces. To me it makes no sense to heavily rely on 737MAX in the fleet planning but at best as complement to an A320 fleet. The MAX has been a disaster ever since beginning an...
Jump to postHow important was SK to Star Alliance? To what extent is this is a loss to them and a gain to AF-KL? SK operates relatively small hubs so I guess it has more to do with them providing feed from Scandinavia and more importantly Sweden and Denmark. With Norwegian not going anywhere, I don't think SK ...
Jump to postThink it's worth pointing out that Airbus finding vacant slots, for instance by agreeing with other airlines to delay their deliveries, does not necessarily translate into a new order from United. It’s perfectly possible that Airbus and United are merely looking into reshuffling the sequence of the...
Jump to postBy law, the certification process doesn't follow that logic. The 737-7 and -10 are considered "new design" and are simply not compliant with current standard. And frankly, that proves once again that despite still being verry efficient thanks to it's wings and engines, the 737MAX is of an...
Jump to post12 undisclosed A320neos alongside 137 A321neos. What if those orders comprise of two or more airlines? The 12 A320neos could be from a totally different airline and the 137 A321neos could very well be from American. They were expecting a large narrowbody order to replace their ageing A321s & 73...
Jump to postSomeone has been out shopping NBs in Dec. Boeing reports 150 undisclosed 737, while Airbus reports 137 undisclosed A321 plus 12 A320.
Can the rumored Akasa order already been signed? Who else? Any ME airline?
Latest movements for 5 January 2024: MSN 643 Air France A359 F-WZFK/F-HUVG, delivered TLS->CDG. #1 for January…#1 for 2024…#579 total (both versions)…totals still need to be confirmed by Airbus: https://aviation.flights/aib/A350/643 Is this the earliest delivery in any calendar year so far? It coul...
Jump to postaudidudi wrote:Latest movement for 29 December 2023:
MSN 358 China Airlines (ex-SAS Scandinavian Airlines) A359 F-WZHJ/SE-RSA/OE-IEA/B-18919, ferried BOD->TPE:
https://aviation.flights/aib/A350/358
Wow, very out of the blue! I wonder where the MAXs will be allocated. Doesn't seem like they'll end up at LH, but LX and OS already have neos, and probably aren't large enough to justify a second fleet type. A fairly high-profile customer added for the A220 is good to see. Wasnt LX one of the first...
Jump to postA shame for the A350, seems that it’s either feast or famine when RR does deals now. Not impossible that it could change as TG will operate A350s at least in the medium term, but looks like no way back for now. I wonder why RR has either got a lot of deals (LH, AF/KL, PR, QF) or has the customer do...
Jump to postA shame for the A350, seems that it’s either feast or famine when RR does deals now. Not impossible that it could change as TG will operate A350s at least in the medium term, but looks like no way back for now. I wonder why RR has either got a lot of deals (LH, AF/KL, PR, QF) or has the customer do...
Jump to postAm I alone in being a bit deflated at the end of the show? :frown: Depends whose fanboy you are, one side did pretty well unexpectedly I doubt Airbus themself is too disappointed. They have to go home and finalise the order for 345 planes with TK, agree about 150 A320 with Saudis and close the deal...
Jump to postRiyadh Air is planning to announce a narrowbody order within coming weeks says their CEO. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-riyadh-air-announce-narrowbody-125230151.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJqYXIALhV4AX0A9ukhyUgxm5ufIRQBYf2K1c7XbBb...
Jump to postSome new entriss in Türkiye. PEGASUS (PC/PGT) is getting it’s 36th A321neo • TC–RDU Airbus A321–251NX, msn 11468 , „Berfin“, ex D-AVZA, dd 20/10/2023 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/tc-rdu ANADOLUJET (TK/THY) takes it’s 7th A320neo • TC–LUV Airbus A320–271N, msn 11163 , ex D-AUBA, (ntu ...
Jump to postUnited nearing to place new order for A321s. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-03/united-closes-in-on-large-order-for-airbus-a321-narrowbody-jets United Airlines Holdings Inc. is near an agreement to purchase a double-digit number of Airbus SE A321 narrowbody jets, according to people...
Jump to postHuge win for Airbus. AF/KL will have a very efficient fleet with A350 on top already existing 787. Big congrats to both Airbus and AF/KL.
Jump to postOn page 17 of the QF investor presentation, they have listed the 12 A350-1000ULR (Project Sunrise) aircraft starting FY26, then under that they have 8 A350-1000LR aircraft for FY29. These seem to be in addition to the orders being discussed in this thread, being the 787-9/10/A350-1000. Does that ma...
Jump to postPerhaps I have missed something here but How exactly are 12 787s and 12 A350s going to be a replacement for the current fleet of 26 A330s along with the Finair one This number does not even cover the existing fleet let alone allow for year on year growth or any new routes There are a bunch of young...
Jump to postThere is also rumours of a 35K order too - maybe we should just change this thread title to speculation of announcements linked to QF results tomorrow? Lots of duplication with Aussie thread, 380-JNB route (changes to 789 utilisation) ? Just a thought? I’m hoping for a 789 top up order too, and 78X...
Jump to postOfficial delivery dates from Airbus for 4 A359 and 3 A35K in June : 06/JUN #618, A359 Turkish TC-LGM, fly away 06/JUN TLS-IST. 09/JUN #609, A35K British G-WXBN, fly away 10/JUN TLS-LHR. 09/JUN #409, A35K Qatar A7-AOA, fly away 09/JUN TLS-DOH. 16/JUN #619, A359 Southern B-32EE, fly away 17/JUN TLS-C...
Jump to postFor us aircraft geeks, LH is still giving us a treat with its fleet diversity. I thought I possibly did my last Boeing 744 passenger flight ever from from Toronto to Frankfurt before the pandemic, but boy how wrong I was. Flying FRA - PVG coming Sunday on a 744 and going back via PEK -FRA on an A343...
Jump to postStill awaiting news on the much-speculated huge TK order, or is that one for another time and not during the PAS ? It was announced before PAS that their orders had been deferred for a couple/few months. Also the rumored order for A320neo by Viva Aerobus will happen after PAS. Latest info is that t...
Jump to postAir India has now firmed up the 250 aircraft order with Airbus https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/AIRBUS-SE-4637/news/Airbus-Air-India-firms-up-order-for-250-Airbus-aircraft-selects-new-services-44151046/ Paris - Air India has firmed up its order for 250 Airbus aircraft and selected an Airbu...
Jump to postPhilippine Airlines places order for the 9 A350-1000 as expected. From Reuters: Philippine Airlines finalises order for nine Airbus A350-1000s - Reuters News 20 Jun 2023 10:27:50 PARIS, June 20 (Reuters) - Philippine Airlines said on Tuesday it had finalised an order for nine Airbus AIR.PA A350-1000...
Jump to postgatibosgru wrote:So we have, rumored:
60 A320NEOs for a leasing company
10 A350s undisclosed
500 A320NEOs for Indigo
100 A320 NEOs for Viva Aerobus
Not a bad start, if these actually materialize.
Not sure its been mentioned here, but Bloomberg reported on June 6 that both JAL and ANA are in advanced talk with manufacturers for new orders. JAL is looking for A321neo and 787s while ANA is negotiating for a substantial A321neo order. 50 aircraft was mentioned for the ANA order, which ANA declin...
Jump to posthttps://www.reuters.com/business/aerosp ... 023-05-31/
Not to spoil the party but the MAX 7 is nowhere close to yet be certified.
https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-06-air-algerie-orders-five-a330-900s-and-two-a350-1000s Air Algérie, the national airline of Algeria, has signed a firm order for seven widebody aircraft to support its commercial development. This order will allow Air Algérie to take full advan...
Jump to postElroyJetson wrote:majano wrote:This is ridiculous. Who orders 400 wid-body aircraft at once?!
It was mis-stated at the beginning of the thread. 200 widebody and 400 narrowbody.
Does PAL really need the 77W and the 350K? Surely these should be replacements? Would have thought their 330s were in more urgent need of replacement? I would have thought a smaller more P2P fleet would have been better suited for PR - is there any info on their loads out of YYZ and JFK? From the p...
Jump to postPhilippine Airlines to buy 9 Airbus A350-1000 https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/philippine-airlines-buy-9-airbus-a350-1000-wide-body-jets-2023-05-10/ This is also confirmed as a MOU by Airbus. Good timing to announce as firm order on the airshow this summer. https://www.airbus.com/...
Jump to postUnbelivable! Doesn’t Boeing have any moral compass at all?
Jump to postGreat News for Air India and Airbus. AI will order in total 470 planes from Boeing and Airbus as per Reuters article below. BENGALURU, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Air India has agreed to buy 250 jets from Airbus AIR.PA, including 210 narrowbody planes and 40 widebody aircraft, N Chandrasekaran, chairman of T...
Jump to postBoeing is behind here as well. Modern driven companies outsourced to India 10-20 years ago and are now insourcing again. Technical and process development has driven finance functions to work digitally in their HR and business systems and hence the need for outsoutcing to low cost countries is going...
Jump to posthttps://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/pres ... e-fleet-of
Posted on Airbus website as well... but the press release does not mention the three A359 passenger jets
I have to say that the deeper industrial ties by Airbus gives very little extra benefits in this deal, at least as it looks on the surface. Can you elaborate please? But India is also purchasing military aircraft for their new carrier. It was going to be F18 vs Rafale. So who knows how all these ar...
Jump to postAirbus pledges deeper industrial ties with India "Air India is in the advanced stages of negotiating a major fleet renewal and expansion under new owner Tata Group that industry sources say could involve 250 Airbus jets including 200-210 A320neo-family jets and over three dozen A350s. Airbus a...
Jump to postThanks for all great updates during the year @audidudi. You are doing an amazing job, keeping us updated here. How many more deliveries can be expected before year end? Looks like Air China MSN 570,572 and 574 are doing CAF plus Iberia MSN 556, so those might be possible. In that case it will be 8 d...
Jump to postSAS will open new routes from Aalborg and Gothenburg (Western Denmark) to Newark from April 2023: https://check-in.dk/sas-aabner-rute-fra-aalborg-til-new-york/ Really don't understand they choose AAL it's placed so far from other cities that it makes no sense at all. Maybe that is the point here? S...
Jump to postScanexpert wrote:SAS will open new routes from Aalborg and Gothenburg (Western Denmark) to Newark from April 2023:
https://check-in.dk/sas-aabner-rute-fra ... -new-york/
Hasn't there been enough money lost in Norwegian airline market past few years? Who is really willing to put money into another airline that has to compete with Norwegian who has a very strong market position?
Jump to post177 gross orders - big for NB: 15x A223 Air Canada 25x A320 Xiamen Airlines 15x A321 Xiamen Airlines 35x A320 Jet2.plc 28x A321 undisclosed 31x A320 International Airlines Group IAG 28x A321 International Airlines Group IAG 14 cancellations - related to IAG order: -11x A320 International Airlines G...
Jump to postDoes anybody know what time this happened? Yesterday evening's METARs for RPVM show passing storms. Nothing very serious from the looks of it, but these tropical thunderstorms are very localized and can be quite disrupting when they pass right overhead the field. Pilots used to operating in SE Asia...
Jump to postNot without a stop somewhere. Those A339s don’t have the legs especially with 377 passengers. Pretty much Hawaii is the only realistic destination for AAX. Is Hawaii even realistic for AAX economically? Hawaii's expensive even by U.S. standards and both Malaysians and Thais need a visa to visit the...
Jump to postThe passenger in me wants United to order the A350 in order to make their long-haul routes less miserable than their current 10-abreast economy on 777s and 9-abreast economy on 787s, but the aviation analyst in me says that it probably won't happen, as they don't have pilot or engine commonality wi...
Jump to postThat is about enough to replace all their 32X CEO planes with 321Neos without expanding their fleet so it probably doesn't represent an existential risk to them...unless the pay too much for them and a320 CEO values plummet. Perhaps, but nowhere do Wizz Air state anything about replacement of anyth...
Jump to postStrange, I saw my first A 340 in Frankfurt at the beginning of the 90’s. After it had touched down my view went to a B 707 in the background that had once served at a major airline (PA, TW, you name it..) and was now flying for a cargo airline, as almost all 707‘s. At that time I was convinced that...
Jump to postGreat to see. The best airport in the world is about to get even better!!
PHLspecial wrote:Is that all that land sand fill?