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Qantas begins US A380 service

Tuesday October 21, 2008
Qantas yesterday launched A380 service to the US West Coast when its inaugural Melbourne-Los Angeles flight, QF93, departed Australia at 11:15 a.m. local time and landed at LAX at around 7:30 a.m.
QF94 was scheduled to depart LAX late last night. Qantas will operate its first Sydney-LAX A380 flight Friday and it said using the A380 on routes to the US is "a mark of its commitment to growing the transpacific market." It currently offers 47 weekly flights to the US.
QF's A380 features 450 seats: 14 in first, 72 in business, 32 in premium economy and 332 in economy. It will have three A380s by year end and eight in service by the close of 2009. At that point it will offer daily A380 flights between MEL and LAX. Its entire order for 20--the second-largest commitment to the aircraft--is scheduled to be delivered by 2014.
CEO Geoff Dixon said service to London Heathrow via Singapore will commence in January. Yesterday's flight also marked the North American debut of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900.

by ATWOnline Staff
 
AA 787 order indicates Boeing primed for production ramp-up

Tuesday October 21, 2008
American Airlines' order for up to 100 787s for delivery between 2012 and 2020, announced last week, begins to answer questions about the program's potential production ramp-up.
Last month ATWOnline revealed that two airlines were quoted 2020 as the earliest delivery date for a new 787 order. Boeing confirmed the timeline, stating that it "has said publicly that first availability for new orders of the 787 is around the end of the next decade."
At that time it had orders and options for 1,209 787s with 25 deliveries scheduled for next year, 69 in 2010, 103 in 2011 and 120 per year in 2012-19. That schedule would result in 1,157 aircraft being produced over the period, just under the number required to meet commitments assuming that no existing orders and options are for delivery beyond 2020. AA's order, which takes commitments, excluding price rights, to 1,309 aircraft appears to confirm that the manufacturer will go beyond the 10-per-month rate targeted for 2012, possibly to as high as 14.
Last year, former program manager Mike Bair and some Boeing partners indicated to ATWOnline that 14-per-month was possible without massive investment in infrastructure. A Boeing spokesperson told this website last month, "As we gain greater knowledge about this new production process and our partners' capabilities, we will continue to assess how we improve availability."
Analysts believe that further delivery positions are being protected for possible orders from other blue chip carriers like Air France KLM, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. AA appeared to take advantage of such a scheme, with Executive VP-Finance and Planning and CFO Tom Horton telling reporters and analysts last week that "based on our relationship with Boeing we had access to 787s."

by Geoffrey Thomas
ATWOnline
 
FedEx breaks ground on Cologne air hub

Tuesday October 21, 2008
FedEx Express yesterday broke ground on its new European air hub at Cologne/Bonn.
The express carrier's primary Central/Eastern European hub currently is located at Frankfurt, but a potential ban on night flights at the airport led it to make the move. The new hub is slated to be completed in 2010.
"Moving to Cologne enables FedEx to plan effectively for the future," President-Europe, Middle East, Africa and Indian Subcontinent Robert Elliot said, citing "the availability of space to expand and more flexible night flight regulations." Rival UPS's European hub is in Cologne.
FedEx's 50,000-sq.-m. facility will feature new ramp space and be equipped with automated sorting equipment. The hub will include a 1.4-megawatt solar power system that the carrier said will generate approximately 1.3 gigawatt hr. of electricity annually, "equivalent to the annual consumption of 370 households." Solar panels will cover a surface area of 16,000 sq. m.
FedEx currently operates a solar-electric system at its US West Coast hub in Oakland. Operational since 2005, "the system can provide approximately 20% of the facility's total electricity needs and can meet 80% of its peak load demand," the company claims.

by Aaron Karp
ATWOnline
 
Bmi cuts winter capacity, calls full-year profit 'unlikely'

Tuesday October 21, 2008
Bmi likely will not be profitable for the full year and will trim winter capacity in response to declining passenger demand, Deputy CEO Tim Bye told ATWOnline.
"I think [a profit] will be unlikely owing to the high fuel prices combined with falling demand. [Bmi Chairman] Michael [Bishop] said it's the worst he has seen in the 30-plus years he's in the business," Bye said, confirming that mainline winter seat capacity will come down 10% year-over-year. Bmi regional will reduce seats by 8% and bmibaby by approximately 15%. "I think the industry will look quite different in twelve months time," he added.
Bmi chartered several A320s from its mainline operations out for the winter and will shift some Embraer RJs from its regional division to the mainline at London Heathrow.
Best-performing segment is the medium-haul business, Bye said, noting that the carrier has enjoyed "some excellent results" from a number of those routes. "They are obviously all different, but in general if there is one thing that has been working well it's the medium-haul strategy." Bmi added two 757-200s on a two-year wet lease to support the growth of its medium-haul operation and the aircraft will stay in the fleet "for the time being," he said. It has taken delivery of the first of five A321-200s on order by former British Airways franchisee BMED, which bmi acquired one year ago. The second will come next spring.
However, it will not order the five A330s for which it received board approval in July 2007. It currently operates three A330s. "The A330s have not been ordered and I think for the time being we are cautious about adding any additional capacity frankly," Bye conceded. "We have taken two good decisions in the past year. One was not to order the A330s and the second one was not starting US services from LHR" when the EU-US open skies agreement entered into force.
He also said the carrier is, despite the current environment, still receiving "regular approaches" to sell some of its LHR slots, but he stressed, "No, we are not selling any." Bmi is Heathrow's second-largest slot holder after British Airways. In its latest balance sheet, the company increased its net assets by £770 million ($1.33 billion) against its LHR slot holding. Bmi Group reported a pre-tax profit of £15.5 million in 2007.

by Cathy Buyck
ATWOnline
 
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Last month ATWOnline revealed that two airlines were quoted 2020 as the earliest delivery date for a new 787 order. Boeing confirmed the timeline, stating that it "has said publicly that first availability for new orders of the 787 is around the end of the next decade."
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E' veramente impressionante, ma nello stesso tempo frustrante, che non si possa avere un 787 prima del 2020.
 
Il 787-8 è l' aereo ideale per risolvere il cronico problema dei bassi LF da FCO e MXP, ma la nuova AZ non ha nessuna chance di comprarlo, neanche se avesse una fortuna da spendere!
 
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Il 787-8 è l' aereo ideale per risolvere il cronico problema dei bassi LF da FCO e MXP, ma la nuova AZ non ha nessuna chance di comprarlo, neanche se avesse una fortuna da spendere!
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Bassi load, non bassi LF: il LR di AZ ante-dehub aveva LF da metrò in orario di punta.
 
Certo, perché usava aerei piccoli su rotte grandi e con frequenze ridotte. Però è impossibile aprire rotte secondarie o fare due voli al giorno come i concorrenti, volare sia da Roma che da Milano e uscire dagli scarsi limiti del 767 senza il grattacapo di riempire 291 sedili.
 
Scusate ma perchè si parla del 2020 per il 787? E BV che l'ha ordinato?

Cmq io credo che AZ non ha nessun problema a rempiren i suoi voli, basta farlo con aerei giusti e siprattutto con una buona nomea! Ad oggi AZ non è più concorrenziale perchè il servizio è scarso rispetto ad grandi major! Basta recuperare mercato per riempire gli aerei, del resto non sarà un caso se siamo il primo mercato per molte compagnie aeree tipo BA LH e AF
 
Questo therad è un caos, l'argomento era il primo volo del A380 di Qantas poi è stato postato di tutto dal nuovo hub cargo di Fedex a CGN agli ordini di 787 di AA, non si capisce piu' nulla....
 
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Come mai il primo 380 lo mettono sulla MLB-LAX?......Scusate ma l'hub di Qantas non era Sydney?...
 
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E' il thread "Notizie varie di oggi" :D
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Mmmm il Qantas è arrivato ieri, l'HUB FEDEX a CGN pure, AZ che compra 787 e fa rotte bigiornaliere è lontano futuro, BV ha ordinato i 787 da anni. e AA l'ha fatto la scorsa settimana.

Mettiamo qualcosa di oggi. Ho preso 7 e 1/2 in Latinooooooooo:birthday2::birthday6::super::dance::dance::dance:

Promesso non lo faccio più :o
 
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