It's Wednesday Lunchtime, and it's time for who's brought what.
Kuwait's ALAFCO has opened it chequebook, ordering a further six Airbus A350-900's, taking its orders for the class up to 18 aircraft.
Russian carrier UTAir has signed with Boeing for 40 737NG aircraft, made up of 33 737-800's and 7 737-900ERs.
Meanwhile it seems Hong Kong Airlines has come forward as the owner of the 15 Boeing 747-8I's that have been ordered. In addition, it's being mumbled that they're also ordering six Airbus A380-800's too.
The owning company of Hong Kong Airlines - HNA Group is also ordering 30 787-9s, six 777 Freighters, and two 787-8s in VIP configuration as well. So they have a fair bit of cash to play with from the sounds of it.
In Airbus A320Neo news, Avianca-TACA has signed a MOU for 51 frames, 33 of which will be A320neo's.
Meanwhile, Republic Airways (owner of Frontier as well as a variety of Regional carriers) has has tentatively signed to take 40 Airbus A319neos and 40 A320neos, making them the launch customer of the A319neo series.
As usual, things are fast moving in Paris. In the late evening update, a clearer picture should emerge of what Hong Kong Airlines is actually doing.....
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Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Republic finally decides which brand would survive... and it...
... Frontier Airlines!
Indeed - the airline with the animals on the tail (Frontier Airlines) will be the name of the combined Republic and Midwest Airlines, merging the Airbus fleets of Frontier and ERJ-190 fleets of Midwest together.
So what does this mean (lets get down to the nitty gritty)
Indeed - the airline with the animals on the tail (Frontier Airlines) will be the name of the combined Republic and Midwest Airlines, merging the Airbus fleets of Frontier and ERJ-190 fleets of Midwest together.
So what does this mean (lets get down to the nitty gritty)
- All booking valid.
- Systems have to merge eventually.
- More routes pairs to be introduced.
- Frequent flyers miles - Both Programmes are combining into one. Stay tuned.
- Fleet and Work integration - lots of work ahead, expect fun with the unions. 12 to 18 months of fun.
- Paintwork- Well since it's Frontier, there are going to be a lot more animals on planes - inducing the first ERJ painted with a Badger (the state animal of Wisconsin) - as yet unnamed. The people of Wisconsin will decide the animal's name...
- Midwest Cookies - Believe it or not, they'll be going fleetwide/servicewide.
Friday, 2 October 2009
The Friday News Roundup
It's Friday, and I've been under the weather with a cold, so lets do a roundup before I go for another bucket full of lemsip...
Qantas - From Bad to Worse to Bad
Qantas is having one hell of a rough time it seems, with the latest traffic numbers down again by 1.4% year on year. Things are slowly improving, but it's a hard road for the flying Kangaroo
TUI Group cancels 10 787's - swaps firms for options
TUI Travel cancel 10 of its 23 787 orders, but instead swaps it for 13 options, leading to a possible 13+13 fleet of them. Originally part of the First Choice TravelGroup order, TUI group took these on when they merged with First Choice.
TUI insist they're committed to the 787, however, there is going to have to be a management of expectation of the project, and containment of costs - however good the fit of the aircraft.
BA's Baby Bus goes back n forth across the Pond
BA1 and BA2 have successfully come to life, forming the London City - New York service. Good luck for this service, and lets hope the numbers are good to support it over the coming year.
US Carriers shore up the cash
It seems if what AA can do with getting cash, everyone else can. United, Airtran, Delta and US Airways have been issuing stocks and shoring up cash to improve day to day liquidity.
Air China - Double Digit Growth
August was a good month for Air China - with 29% growth in traffic which includes 11% international traffic growth with load factors at 81.6%.
Pretty good work in this climate - however what is the fiscal numbers mixing in with those growth numbers? They haven't been released alas.
Emirates - the road to the higher density A380
November is going to be an interesting time to Emirates as they recivie the first of their High density 517 seater A380's (for those who collect numbers MSN007 - one of the test units which had Rolls Royce Engines - now with Engine Alliance GP7200's) - with some of the crew rest areas removed. Of course this is for routes under the 12 hour marker.
Knowing Emirates alas, that assignment will accidental move around.
The 600 seater versions for Indian subcontinent hops has been put on hold for now. One less packed sardine can to worry about in that case.
Jetstar respec's A330-200's - goes for High Gross Weight.
Jetstar (Qantas) is specificing slightly different A330-200's to everyone else and are going for the High Gross Weight (HGW). Launched by Korean air, these aircraft have an extra payload space for cargo (3.4 tonnes) or more range (610Km).
Perhaps slightly worrying for Boeing is the lack of availability and delays to the 787 project lead JetStar towards Airbus..
Frontier exit Chapter 11 - Formally a Republic Airline.
Frontier - the airline with the animals on the tails - has successfully exited Chapter 11 protection and is formally part of the Republic Airlines Holdings.
It's good to see some survivors out there. Republic seems to have a winner on it's hands if they can manage it..
Qantas - From Bad to Worse to Bad
Qantas is having one hell of a rough time it seems, with the latest traffic numbers down again by 1.4% year on year. Things are slowly improving, but it's a hard road for the flying Kangaroo
TUI Group cancels 10 787's - swaps firms for options
TUI Travel cancel 10 of its 23 787 orders, but instead swaps it for 13 options, leading to a possible 13+13 fleet of them. Originally part of the First Choice TravelGroup order, TUI group took these on when they merged with First Choice.
TUI insist they're committed to the 787, however, there is going to have to be a management of expectation of the project, and containment of costs - however good the fit of the aircraft.
BA's Baby Bus goes back n forth across the Pond
BA1 and BA2 have successfully come to life, forming the London City - New York service. Good luck for this service, and lets hope the numbers are good to support it over the coming year.
US Carriers shore up the cash
It seems if what AA can do with getting cash, everyone else can. United, Airtran, Delta and US Airways have been issuing stocks and shoring up cash to improve day to day liquidity.
Air China - Double Digit Growth
August was a good month for Air China - with 29% growth in traffic which includes 11% international traffic growth with load factors at 81.6%.
Pretty good work in this climate - however what is the fiscal numbers mixing in with those growth numbers? They haven't been released alas.
Emirates - the road to the higher density A380
November is going to be an interesting time to Emirates as they recivie the first of their High density 517 seater A380's (for those who collect numbers MSN007 - one of the test units which had Rolls Royce Engines - now with Engine Alliance GP7200's) - with some of the crew rest areas removed. Of course this is for routes under the 12 hour marker.
Knowing Emirates alas, that assignment will accidental move around.
The 600 seater versions for Indian subcontinent hops has been put on hold for now. One less packed sardine can to worry about in that case.
Jetstar respec's A330-200's - goes for High Gross Weight.
Jetstar (Qantas) is specificing slightly different A330-200's to everyone else and are going for the High Gross Weight (HGW). Launched by Korean air, these aircraft have an extra payload space for cargo (3.4 tonnes) or more range (610Km).
Perhaps slightly worrying for Boeing is the lack of availability and delays to the 787 project lead JetStar towards Airbus..
Frontier exit Chapter 11 - Formally a Republic Airline.
Frontier - the airline with the animals on the tails - has successfully exited Chapter 11 protection and is formally part of the Republic Airlines Holdings.
It's good to see some survivors out there. Republic seems to have a winner on it's hands if they can manage it..
Saturday, 12 September 2009
The News Roundup, US Immigration, EK
It's Friday, so it's time to wrap up this week in Civil Aviation and ponder what people were thinking this week:
US Immigration Considers $10 on ESTA service.
I'm not going to repeat this here - head to my Soapbox entry.
EK Send a A380 to BHX
I wasn't going to cover this.. but hey. Here it is - an Emirates Airbus A380 landing safely at BHX (does that mean BHX now becomes a diversion airport for A380's in the UK? Interesting thought..,..)
Photo Credit - BHX Flight Guide - photo blog with more photos at http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2009/09/ek-380.html. Happy 70th BHX.
Well done to the ground team for organsing this, and to Emirates for having a go at deploying this.
Asia Air 09
Some quick highlights an news in a sentence sort of thing:
Air France: Considering new aircraft for the short haul, but want larger, quicker offloading and much lower running costs - and Open Roter might be nice. and how do you want the moon delivered?
Airbus: A380's for LCC's - In a move to destroy any glamour in flying, Airbus are pitching the A380 as a Low Cost carriers dream of connecting Asian cities. This could work with some routes - but 840 people crammed aboard a tin can isn't my exact idea of fun (ala Air Austal)...
Bombardier - Buy our CSeries... please? Taking aim at Embear and Airbus, the CSeries is hoping to make a competitive splash in China when it launches.
BMI Baby steps in at EMA
As Easyjet throws in the EMA towel, BMI Baby are moving in anohter 3 737's for extra duty at their base at EMA with links to Barcelona, Cork, Malta, Venice, Dubrovnik, Sardinia, Corsica and .. umm... Newquay.
What will Mother Lufthansa say? We'll see...
Jet Airways Staff "Fall sick"
Jet Airways staff have "fallen sick" in a labor dispute for two pilots joining a new Union, with a total of 186 flights cancelled - the bulk dometic, but 32 international services cancelled to. A follow-on sick day costed another 31 flights cancelled.
Talks are continuing.
Frontier to send Flip and Hector Back to Mexico!
Yup. Now Frontier is out of Bankruptcy, they're making a bid for Mexico again with A319's servicing Cancun with a daily return flight.
Hopefully this will be the first of a lot of good news for Frontier.
LOT has almost hat their LOT with Boeings 787.
Oh dear. With the continuing delays to the 787, LOT is getting annoyed with Boeing, and has opened up a few options - deploy 777's, a major overhaul of the 767 fleet, or talk to Airbus.
Whilst Boeing may crow about how many of these aircraft have been ordered - there is a monumental messup in design and rollout of this aircraft - something that other airlines will get more annoyed at. It'll only take a big name to pull out to watch the cards fall on this game.
More roundup next week.
US Immigration Considers $10 on ESTA service.
I'm not going to repeat this here - head to my Soapbox entry.
EK Send a A380 to BHX
I wasn't going to cover this.. but hey. Here it is - an Emirates Airbus A380 landing safely at BHX (does that mean BHX now becomes a diversion airport for A380's in the UK? Interesting thought..,..)
Photo Credit - BHX Flight Guide - photo blog with more photos at http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2009/09/ek-380.html. Happy 70th BHX.
Well done to the ground team for organsing this, and to Emirates for having a go at deploying this.
Asia Air 09
Some quick highlights an news in a sentence sort of thing:
Air France: Considering new aircraft for the short haul, but want larger, quicker offloading and much lower running costs - and Open Roter might be nice. and how do you want the moon delivered?
Airbus: A380's for LCC's - In a move to destroy any glamour in flying, Airbus are pitching the A380 as a Low Cost carriers dream of connecting Asian cities. This could work with some routes - but 840 people crammed aboard a tin can isn't my exact idea of fun (ala Air Austal)...
Bombardier - Buy our CSeries... please? Taking aim at Embear and Airbus, the CSeries is hoping to make a competitive splash in China when it launches.
BMI Baby steps in at EMA
As Easyjet throws in the EMA towel, BMI Baby are moving in anohter 3 737's for extra duty at their base at EMA with links to Barcelona, Cork, Malta, Venice, Dubrovnik, Sardinia, Corsica and .. umm... Newquay.
What will Mother Lufthansa say? We'll see...
Jet Airways Staff "Fall sick"
Jet Airways staff have "fallen sick" in a labor dispute for two pilots joining a new Union, with a total of 186 flights cancelled - the bulk dometic, but 32 international services cancelled to. A follow-on sick day costed another 31 flights cancelled.
Talks are continuing.
Frontier to send Flip and Hector Back to Mexico!
Yup. Now Frontier is out of Bankruptcy, they're making a bid for Mexico again with A319's servicing Cancun with a daily return flight.
Hopefully this will be the first of a lot of good news for Frontier.
LOT has almost hat their LOT with Boeings 787.
Oh dear. With the continuing delays to the 787, LOT is getting annoyed with Boeing, and has opened up a few options - deploy 777's, a major overhaul of the 767 fleet, or talk to Airbus.
Whilst Boeing may crow about how many of these aircraft have been ordered - there is a monumental messup in design and rollout of this aircraft - something that other airlines will get more annoyed at. It'll only take a big name to pull out to watch the cards fall on this game.
More roundup next week.
Friday, 31 July 2009
Airline news Roundup
Well it's near the end of the week (and it's been awful here) so lets do some news that might affect you.. or not
BA's food Debcale
Need I say much more? No signs of climbdown or anything alas.
Qatar Wuss out - I mean "reassured by Boeing" over 787
Showing that indeed airlines are slaves to airframe makers sometimes, it seems Qatar are happy with the "reassurance" of the 787 programme, with the threat of cancellations (30+30) seem to be put aside for now.
Saying that, they're accepting only frames from 2012, and not the overweight planes. Boeing have their work seriously cut out I suspect...
Southwest heads to the Frontier
Seems as though its bargin time in the US Aviation industry as SouthWest Airlines are putting in a bid for Frontier Airlines, citing as strongest bid by all interested parties, including Frontier employees, management and its creditors.
How they'll operate it is anohter matter - SouthWest is 737-xxx shop, where as Frointier is an Airbus A32x and a Dash shop - be it as wholey owned to start with. However, with economies of scale - I doubt that a mixed fleet will last for long for...
Of course - the courts could just sell everything to Republic Airlines... Speaking of which...
Republic of Hawiai. A bit of Mokulele anyone?
With Republic Airlines seemingly spreading itself far and wide, it investment in Mokulelele is paying off with higher passenger numbers. However profit is eluding them (which lets face it - not many airlines are turning that much of a profit these days)
And speaking of losses....
Singapore looses money behind the sofa, Lufthansa tries not to loose much more
Seems like all the big airlines are feeling at the moment, with SIA loosing over $212 million, and Lufthansa making a small profit of $8 million. Seems like cargo, pax and trade is down across the board.
Stand by for more cuts.
Ethiopian Airlines go for it - Orders A350's and 777's
I'll freely admit this was off my radar, but Ethiopian are going for a major expansion with the orders of 5 777-200LR's and 12 A350's. With what longhaul fleet they have a the moment (767's) this is one heck of an expansion combined with the 787 fleet on order.
And they've tied up with Lufthansa to share M+M earning and rewards - Who can sniff a possible entry into Star Alliance here?
Turkish Airlines have spare cash to splash - Orders 777's
It seems the experience of leasing the Jet Airways 777's is paying off with TK ordering an extra 7 aircraft, taking the ordering commitment to 12 777-300ER's. Depending on the configuration used, I suspect this is going to work out very well for TK with a good First class product and reasonable C and Y....
That's it for news. I'll think of some airplane p0rn to go online tomorrow...
BA's food Debcale
Need I say much more? No signs of climbdown or anything alas.
Qatar Wuss out - I mean "reassured by Boeing" over 787
Showing that indeed airlines are slaves to airframe makers sometimes, it seems Qatar are happy with the "reassurance" of the 787 programme, with the threat of cancellations (30+30) seem to be put aside for now.
Saying that, they're accepting only frames from 2012, and not the overweight planes. Boeing have their work seriously cut out I suspect...
Southwest heads to the Frontier
Seems as though its bargin time in the US Aviation industry as SouthWest Airlines are putting in a bid for Frontier Airlines, citing as strongest bid by all interested parties, including Frontier employees, management and its creditors.
How they'll operate it is anohter matter - SouthWest is 737-xxx shop, where as Frointier is an Airbus A32x and a Dash shop - be it as wholey owned to start with. However, with economies of scale - I doubt that a mixed fleet will last for long for...
Of course - the courts could just sell everything to Republic Airlines... Speaking of which...
Republic of Hawiai. A bit of Mokulele anyone?
With Republic Airlines seemingly spreading itself far and wide, it investment in Mokulelele is paying off with higher passenger numbers. However profit is eluding them (which lets face it - not many airlines are turning that much of a profit these days)
And speaking of losses....
Singapore looses money behind the sofa, Lufthansa tries not to loose much more
Seems like all the big airlines are feeling at the moment, with SIA loosing over $212 million, and Lufthansa making a small profit of $8 million. Seems like cargo, pax and trade is down across the board.
Stand by for more cuts.
Ethiopian Airlines go for it - Orders A350's and 777's
I'll freely admit this was off my radar, but Ethiopian are going for a major expansion with the orders of 5 777-200LR's and 12 A350's. With what longhaul fleet they have a the moment (767's) this is one heck of an expansion combined with the 787 fleet on order.
And they've tied up with Lufthansa to share M+M earning and rewards - Who can sniff a possible entry into Star Alliance here?
Turkish Airlines have spare cash to splash - Orders 777's
It seems the experience of leasing the Jet Airways 777's is paying off with TK ordering an extra 7 aircraft, taking the ordering commitment to 12 777-300ER's. Depending on the configuration used, I suspect this is going to work out very well for TK with a good First class product and reasonable C and Y....
That's it for news. I'll think of some airplane p0rn to go online tomorrow...
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