Due notizie importanti sulla compagnia portoghese TAP, che fino a ieri era una delle ultime compagnie al 100% statali in Europa:
Sintesi della conferenza di oggi presa da FlyerTalk:
1. Change the company culture to be one more similar to B6 and Azul
2. No layoffs
3. Compete with Ryanair - segment the market better, reduce seat pitch on short-haul (A319/320/321)
4. A350 was changed to A330-900neo, because A350 has higher operating costs and TP doesn't need the range.
5. Cabin: Economy (30-31" pitch), Economy+ (34" pitch) and biz. Skycouch in economy.
6. A321LR - useful for east coast US and northeastern Brazil (it has the range). Very useful in low season.
7. A321LR cabin: 16 layflat biz, 42 E+ (34") 117 Econ (31-32"). Biz seats look like they're staggered.
8. Network:
N.America: +BOS, IAD, ORD,YUL,YYZ, BDL [doesn't Neeleman live there???]
S.America: +JPA, PHB, AJU, more frequencies to existing hubs, cross-pollinate with Azul
Europe: "Rationalize markets and increase frequency and strength in key/largest markets"
Africa: "Grow in constrained markets and strength in key/largest markets
- è stata firmata la privatizzazione del 61% (+5% in una fase successiva) della compagnia, venduto al consorzio Atlantic Gateway dell'imprenditore portoghese H. Pedrosa e di D. Neeleman - articolo Reuters - capitalizzazione iniziale di €150M, altri €120 l'anno prossimo;
- i nuovi azionisti hanno incontrato dipendenti e stampa, parlando di rinnovo della flotta: cancellato il vecchio ordine di A350, compreranno invece 4 A330-900neo e 39 A320neo family (di cui 15 A320neo e 24 A321neo) - link alla press release Airbus; link a un forum portoghese col layout dei nuovi aerei, che includeranno una classe Economy Plus.
Sintesi della conferenza di oggi presa da FlyerTalk:
1. Change the company culture to be one more similar to B6 and Azul
2. No layoffs
3. Compete with Ryanair - segment the market better, reduce seat pitch on short-haul (A319/320/321)
4. A350 was changed to A330-900neo, because A350 has higher operating costs and TP doesn't need the range.
5. Cabin: Economy (30-31" pitch), Economy+ (34" pitch) and biz. Skycouch in economy.
6. A321LR - useful for east coast US and northeastern Brazil (it has the range). Very useful in low season.
7. A321LR cabin: 16 layflat biz, 42 E+ (34") 117 Econ (31-32"). Biz seats look like they're staggered.
8. Network:
N.America: +BOS, IAD, ORD,YUL,YYZ, BDL [doesn't Neeleman live there???]
S.America: +JPA, PHB, AJU, more frequencies to existing hubs, cross-pollinate with Azul
Europe: "Rationalize markets and increase frequency and strength in key/largest markets"
Africa: "Grow in constrained markets and strength in key/largest markets