Posted: June 18, 2013 | Author: sedgie47 | Filed under: Aircraft Engineering/Manufacturing, Airline & Route News | Tags: Aircraft Order, B777, Boeing, Engineering, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Qatar Airways, QR, QTR |
By Phil Davies
Qatar Airways kicked off a week of deals for new aircraft on the opening day of the Paris Air Show by ordering nine extended range Boeing 777s.The additional aircraft will help the airline open new routes and add capacity to its growing network.The airline’s outstanding order for seven 777s will increase to 16 – and boost its current fleet of the model from 35 to 51 aircraft.
Chief executive Akbar Al Baker said: “With its reliability, economics and range capability, the 777 will continue to play a key role in enabling Qatar Airways to operate more direct non-stop flights from our hub in Doha to destinations in many markets including Australasia and the United States.
“We have already shown a desire to open up new destinations in the US and the Boeing 777 will further feature in our expansion plans in this part of the world, in addition to increasing frequency to other destinations.
Qatar Airways has its newest aircraft, a 787 Dreamliner, on static display at the air show having flown direct from Boeing’s assembly plant in Seattle. The new addition takes the carrier’s Dreamliners up to six aircraft.
Tui Travel confirmed a $1.56 billion order for fuel efficient ‘Leap’ engines from manufacturer CFM International to power its 60 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 due for delivery from 2018. The travel group also has options on 60 additional Leap-powered 737s.
Tui Travel chief executive Peter Long said: “The Leap engine will provide outstanding fuel efficiency, along with best-in-class reliability and operating economics. That makes is a great fit for the 737 MAX and for our operations. We look forward to welcoming this new engine into our fleet.”
Airbus reportedly secured more orders than rival Boeing on the opening day of the show.
Airbus announced orders worth $18.3 billion to Boeing’s $6.1 billion. The largest of these was a provisional order of 20 A380s by aircraft financing group Doric.
Sourced from Travel Weekly
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Posted: March 8, 2012 | Author: walesairforum | Filed under: British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC), Cardiff Airport & RAF St Athan | Tags: B777, B777-300, B777-336ER, BAMC, Boeing, British Airways Mainteancne Cardiff, Cardiff, CWL, Delivery, EGFF, Engineering, G-STBF, Maintenance |
The aircraft with the registration of G-STBF arrived at the British Airways Maintenance Center, Cardiff Airport on the 22nd of February.
The 777-300 arrived at Cardiff with World Traveller (economy) and World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy) seating already installed.
The team at BAMC have installed the Club World (Business Class) and new First Cabins, including all seating , sidewalls and in the case of new First, window panels with integrated blinds.
They also load in-flight entertainment software, and perform certain system checks before the aircraft joins the fleet for commercial service.
Our sources are suggesting that British Airways are expecting the delivery of another Boeing 777 aircraft during late 2013.
Written by Wales Air Forum
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Posted: February 22, 2012 | Author: walesairforum | Filed under: British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC), Cardiff Airport & RAF St Athan | Tags: Airport, B777, B777-300, B777-336ER, BAMC, Boeing, British Airways Mainteancne Cardiff, Cardiff, CWL, Delivery, EGFF, Engineering, G-STBF, Maintenance |
British Airways took a delivery of its sixth Boeing 777-366ER aircraft this morning.
The aircraft with the registration of G-STBF arrived at the British Airways Maintenance Center, Cardiff Airport shortly after 9:20am on a delivery flight from Paine Field, America. It joins G-STBA, G-STBB, G-STBC, G-STBD & G-STBE
Our sources are suggesting that British Airways are to take delivery of two more Boeing 777-366ER aircraft however not until late 2013.
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Posted: January 17, 2012 | Author: walesairforum | Filed under: Airline & Route News, British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC) | Tags: B777, B777-200, BAMC, Boeing, Cardiff, Cardiff Airport, CWL, EGFF, Engineering, G-RAES, Heathrow, Maintenance, Test Flight |
Boeing 777-200 'G-RAES' Departing Cardiff Picture credit Phil Woods
On 5th of January we reported that a British Airwys Boeing 777-200 ‘G-RAES’ had performed a test flight from it’s maintenance facility at Cardiff Airport however at the time we were unaware of the reason.
Allthough not confirmed it seems as if it was to test British Airways new First, World Traveller and World Traveller Plus cabins along with a new in-flight entertainment system.
The aircraft departed Cardiff Airport on Friday 13th January believed to be on another test flight before landing at Heathrow and operating it’s first flight to Newark on the weekend.
G-RAES was the first of 18 British Airways Boeing 777-200 fleet to be upgraded with the new cabin and in-flight entertainment system which will no doubt boost the workload at British Airways Maintenance Cardiff
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Posted: January 6, 2012 | Author: walesairforum | Filed under: Airline & Route News, British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC), Cardiff Airport & RAF St Athan | Tags: B777, B777-200, BAMC, Boeing, Cardiff, Cardiff Airport, CWL, EGFF, Engineering, G-RAES, Maintenance, Test Flight |
Boeing 777-200 'G-RAES' Departing Cardiff Picture credit Ginge Little
Yesterday Thursday 5th January 2012 saw one of the British Airways Boeing 777-200 registration G-RAES being used on a test flight.
The flight departed British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC), Cardiff Airport at 11:41 and arrived back at 15:21 where it seemed to route over the East of Northern Ireland around the coast north of the UK before heading back on the west coast and back towards Cardiff.
The Cardiff Airport flight information boards displayed both the departure and arrival as Cardiff-Local Area suggesting that there were passengers on board the aircraft however this cannot be confirmed.
A request was sent to British Airways for information of the test flight however they refused to disclose the details of individual flights however they did say that there were numerous projects being worked on at BAMC at any one time.
Written by Wales Air Forum
Sources used: South Wales Aviation Group & Plane Finder App for iphone
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Posted: December 30, 2011 | Author: walesairforum | Filed under: British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC), Cardiff Airport & RAF St Athan | Tags: Airport, B777, B777-300, B777-336ER, BAMC, Boeing, Cardiff, CWL, Delivery, EGFF, Engineering, G-STBE, Maintenance |
Boeing 777-300 'G-STBE' Departing Cardiff Picture credit RichT
The aircraft with the registration of G-STBE arrived at the British Airways Maintenance Center, Cardiff Airport on the 10th of December.
The 777-300 arrived at Cardiff with World Traveller (economy) and World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy) seating already installed.
The team at BAMC have installed the Club World (Business Class) and new First Cabins, including all seating , sidewalls and in the case of new First, window panels with integrated blinds.
They also load in-flight entertainment software, and perform certain system checks before the aircraft joins the fleet for commercial service.
Our sources are suggesting that British Airways are expecting the delivery of another Boeing 777 aircraft during February 2012.
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Posted: December 11, 2011 | Author: walesairforum | Filed under: Airline & Route News, British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC), Cardiff Airport & RAF St Athan | Tags: Airport, B777, B777-300, B777-336ER, BAMC, Boeing, Cardiff, CWL, Delivery, EGFF, Engineering, G-STBE, Maintenance |
Boeing 777-300 'G-STBE' Delivery to Cardiff Picture credit RichT
British Airways took a delivery of its fifth Boeing 777-366ER aircraft yesterday Saturday 10th of December.
The aircraft with the registration of G-STBE arrived at the British Airways Maintenance Center, Cardiff Airport shortly after 10am on a delivery flight from Paine Field, America. It joins G-STBA, G-STBB, G-STBC & G-STBD
Our sources are suggesting that there was due to be another British Airways delivery of a Boeing 777 aircraft during December 2011 however this date has now been moved to February 2012.
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Posted: November 14, 2011 | Author: sedgie47 | Filed under: Aircraft Engineering/Manufacturing, Airline & Route News, European Aviation News, UK Aviation News, Welsh Aviation News, World Aviation News | Tags: B737, B737 MAX, B777, B777-300ER, Boeing, Engineering, Orders |
By Jon Ostrower
Many say that Emirates is to the 777 as Southwest is to the 737 and
Sunday’s order for 50 more 777-300ER aircraft cemented that status further. The order, the largest in Boeing’s history, is worth up to $26 billion when factoring in the 20 additional options, though the company’s largest customers receive heavy discounts for their purchases.
With 95 777s in operation today and another 41 777-300ERs on order, Emirates has accounted for 9.7% of the program’s total deliveries since 1995. That share will grow to 10.2% in March 2012 when the airline takes delivery of the 1,000th 777, the airline’s 102nd of the type. When factoring in the 50 new orders, Emirates is responsible for 24% of the 777′s backlog, which stands today at 375.
Emirates also holds the largest share of the A380 backlog at 41%, 73 on order, and the second largest for the A350 at 12.3% with 70 on the books.
To look at the historical ordering patterns of Boeing’s largest narrowbody customer, Southwest behaves similarly to the aircraft-maker’s largest widebody customer. On an backlog-to-backlog comparison, the 92 outstanding orders held by Southwest represents 4.2% of Boeing’s future 737 deliveries.
According to its orders and delivery website, Southwest has placed direct orders with Boeing for 676 737s (of all generations). Though the most frequently occurring order quantity may surprise: Three. Yes, in that total there are huge blocks of orders for 63, 59 and 94 aircraft, but
Southwest’s Red DNA - its steady methodical growth – has defined its time as a Boeing customer.
Similarly, even with Sunday’s mega-order for 50 777s, Emirates’ direct buying behavior matches Southwest’s, with a median order total of just 11 777 aircraft at a time since 1992.
With their massive stakes in the future of the Boeing backlog, both customers have already laid out their respective capacity bridges to the company’s future products. The launched and
yet-to-be-defined 737 Max and yet-to-be-launched but
more defined 777-9X have met different reactions by the airframer’s biggest customers.
Emirates’ propensity for public commentary with its aircraft suppliers’ product strategies are well documented. President Tim Clark’s
displeasure with the latest iteration of the A350-1000 and its
advice to Boeing about the future of the 777-9X, the composite winged 777-300ER successor, are hallmarks of its methods of persuasion.
The Dubai-based carrier’s own relationship with Boeing remains fundamentally different from Southwest’s. Despite the mega order and the deep involvement in the -9X’s development,
Applying a
Red or Blue label to Emirates isn’t as straightforward as it seems. While Emirates could be called Red, with its tightly integrated growth strategy with the Emirate of Dubai, it exists in a developing (immature) market, where innovating its products rather than processes yields a high return. For its relationship with Boeing and Airbus, the relationship is zero-sum: ”All I have to do is pick up the phone and order more Boeing 777s,” he warned in 2010 Airbus
regarding delays to the A350.
Though Emirates eagerness to serve as launch customer for the -9X stands in contrast to Southwest’s reservation of judgement over the 737 Max: ”We are just now being briefed on what it does, what it doesn’t do, and it’s just too early to give you an answer on either our evaluation of that or what we might do,” said Southwest CEO Gary Kelly on the airline’s
third quarter 2011 earnings call.
For Boeing, there remains a marked difference between the inception of the 737 Max and the 777-9X and how the company has developed each product. Both are intended to be incremental evolutions of today’s products, with an estimated three years between them, but how each have come about with the input of the airframer’s largest customers could not be more different.
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Posted: November 13, 2011 | Author: sedgie47 | Filed under: Aircraft Engineering/Manufacturing, European Aviation News, UK Aviation News, Welsh Aviation News, World Aviation News | Tags: 50, B777, B777-3OOER, Boeing, Dubai Airshow, Emirates, Orders |
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Emirates has ordered an additional 50 Boeing 777-300ERs valued at $18 billion, the largest commercial aircraft order in the airframer’s history.
The Dubai-based carrier is already the largest 777 operator with a fleet of 94 aircraft. It had another 41 on order before the latest announcement, which also includes options for another 20 aircraft.
“The 777′s reliability, performance and operating economics have firmly established it as the backbone of our fleet,” said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman and CEO of Emirates.
“We have an ambitious and strategic plan to continue growing our international network and especially increasing our long-haul non-stop routes. This order supports our fleet expansion and reiterates our commitment to operating a modern fleet for the benefit of our passengers and to ensure operational efficiency as well.”
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Posted: November 1, 2011 | Author: sedgie47 | Filed under: Airline & Route News, World Aviation News | Tags: Airline, Airlines, B777, Boeing, Launch, No-Friss, Scoot, Singapore |
1 November 2011 | By Rob Gill
Singapore Airlines is to start a no-frills brand called Scoot which will begin flying next year.
The carrier made the announcement today when it said that Scoot will initially operate with four Boeing 777s from mid-2012.
Scoot will operate on mid and long-haul routes from Singapore’s Changi airport with the first services likely to be to destinations such as Australia and China. It said flight prices would be around 40% lower than legacy carriers.
The plan is to then grow the airline “steadily” to expand to destinations such as India and Europe, before looking at markets such as Africa and the Middle East.
Scoot will offer two cabins onboard its flights and the airline will operate separately from its parent company from Changi’s Terminal Two.
Chief executive Campbell Wilson said: “The team building Scoot is passionate about this new airline, what it stands for and how it can change the way people travel long distance.”
Sourced from TTG Digital
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