oltre a Transaero anche Aeroflot sembra considerare l'A380
Transaero Airlines considers A380, 747-8 orders
                                                                           By 
Cathy Buyck | August 19, 2011  
Transaero Airlines is analyzing possible orders for the Airbus A380  and/or the Boeing 747-8, CEO Olga Pleshakova revealed at the MAKS  Airshow in Russia.
      “In 2008, Transaero received a commercial proposal from Airbus on the  A380,” she said. “Our team has studied it very carefully and we deem it  to be quite interesting. Nevertheless, we’ll also consider the Boeing  747-8 as our choice. The final decision will be made closer to the date  and it will be based upon deep research of commercial offers, the  Russian aviation market situation and airport infrastructure  development.”
      The A380s/747-8s would be used to replace older 747s and expand the carrier's fleet from 2015 onward, Pleshakova said.
      Privately held UN is the largest operator of widebodies in Russia, CIS  and Eastern Europe with 17 747s, 777s and 13 767s. A further six 747s  are scheduled to be added over the next several months (
ATW Daily News, April 29).
      The carrier operates some former Japan Airlines 747-400s with 522  seats. Pleshakova said, “Starting from 2015 we’ll phase out all our  classic Boeing 747-300s. After 2020 most of our oldest Boeing 747-400s  will be also taken out of operation. To both replace them and further  develop our fleet, we plan to acquire additional extra-large aircraft  within the period of 2015-2025.”
      The carrier deploys a mostly Boeing fleet, but earlier this week signed  an MOU with Airbus for eight A320neos plus four options (
ATW Daily News, Aug. 17).
      Pleshakova also said that UN backs the idea, announced by United  Aircraft Corp. President Mikhail Pogosyan, to launch a new  Russian-built, long-haul widebody aircraft. If “it become a success,  Transaero will think of acquiring those jetliners as well,” she said.
      
Earlier this week, Airbus Executive VP-Europe, Asia and the Pacific  Christopher Buckley told reporters at MAKS that Aeroflot is interested  in the A380, Reuters reported. “We are studying the possibility of  Aeroflot's use of the A380,” said Buckley. “This does not mean that we  will sell any A380s tomorrow.”
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