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Post by FabienA380 on Jul 24, 2014 23:43:22 GMT 1
Why would it go back to Iqaluit in fact, with no extreme temperatures?...
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Post by philidor on Jul 25, 2014 0:21:56 GMT 1
Why would it go back to Iqaluit in fact, with no extreme temperatures?... More broadly, how were the destinations selected ? Obviously, Airbus picked mostly long flights (along with a few short ones) covering all continents, including ETOPS-like flights, as well as flights to some early customer hubs. Iqaluit probably makes sense as a remote northern airport, yet I am surprised that it is the only North-American destination.
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Post by LM72C on Jul 25, 2014 1:01:03 GMT 1
Why it does not visit Shanghai?I think it is a efficient way to promote the A350XWB aircraft to China. How many cities do you think a single aircraft can visit in a few days?? Well,I just think that Shanghai is better than HK
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Post by philidor on Jul 25, 2014 1:30:38 GMT 1
Well,I just think that Shanghai is better than HK I disagree. CX is a major A350 buyer, they might have resented being left out.
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Post by LM72C on Jul 25, 2014 1:44:55 GMT 1
Well,I just think that Shanghai is better than HK I disagree. CX is a major A350 buyer, they might have resented being left out. But the airlines in the main land of China like CA,MU,CZ,HU and so on,could also buy many aircrafts.In the early of this year,the president of China,XiJinping ,visited France.It reported that China would order a large mount of wide body aircrafts,maybe 70-200 A330s as well as A350XWBs.However,we just bought 70 aircrafts including 21 A330s,which made me disappointed.So,if the A350XWB should visit some cities such as Beijing,Shanghai and Guangzhou,it could get some orders.
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Post by FabienA380 on Jul 25, 2014 1:59:03 GMT 1
LM72C I would agree with you if in fact the tour was mostly 'promotional tour', trying to engage more airlines with some orders... Though, these tours are "just" 'proving flights' tours, where indeed Airbus may have prioritised 'existing' A350 customers... I would guess that maybe Airbus conduct other promotional tours around the world in months to come, to cities hosting airlines that have not yet ordered the plane?...
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Post by LM72C on Jul 25, 2014 2:09:38 GMT 1
LM72C I would agree with you if in fact the tour was mostly 'promotional tour', trying to engage more airlines with some orders... Though, these tours are "just" 'proving flights' tours, where indeed Airbus may have prioritised 'existing' A350 customers... I would guess that maybe Airbus conduct other promotional tours around the world in months to come, to cities hosting airlines that have not yet ordered the plane?... Thanks a lot!I just be eager to see more airlines can order the aircraft!
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Post by Baroque on Jul 25, 2014 2:14:26 GMT 1
Just echoing what philidor and fabien said. Keep in mind that SQ and CX are going to be major major operators of the aircraft and they're going to get them fairly soonish. So its good to test their readiness for airline operations with the type.
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Post by Jkkw on Jul 25, 2014 3:56:40 GMT 1
Why would it go back to Iqaluit in fact, with no extreme temperatures?... With Iqaluit being a diversion airport, maybe they are flying there to prove how small diversion airports would handle the aircraft (although given that the aircraft has been there before I'm not sure if my theory holds). It could also be a 'thank you' from Airbus for previously hosting the aircraft during cold weather trials. LM72C I would agree with you if in fact the tour was mostly 'promotional tour', trying to engage more airlines with some orders... Though, these tours are "just" 'proving flights' tours, where indeed Airbus may have prioritised 'existing' A350 customers... I would guess that maybe Airbus conduct other promotional tours around the world in months to come, to cities hosting airlines that have not yet ordered the plane?... I agree, whilst route proving is a great way to show the aircraft to potential customers (and I believe that is what they may be doing in Sydney), it is also an opportunity to prepare existing customers to integrate the aircraft into their fleets and familiarise the airports that will first see the aircraft and hence facilitate EIS. Also I would not be surprised if airline pilots are invited to fly the aircraft. Regarding the multiple SIN-HKG flights, keep in mind that as mentioned, both airports will see heavy A350 usage and both SQ and CX seem to use their entire fleet on the route. A few other observations -JNB-SYD was also a route performed by the A380 when it did its route proving campaign. The A380 also used the flight to fly over the south pole although I'm not sure if the A350 has the range for that. -SYD-AKL-SCL is currently operated by LAN with A340-300s. The 787 has replaced the A343 on many routes however they have yet to announce any equipment change for this route so perhaps the airline is waiting for the A350 to replace the A343 on the route. -DOH-PER has been mentioned by QR as an early A350 route (although I don't think it said it will be the first A350 route) -The route proving campaign will visit the home bases of Qatar (EIS 2014), Singapore Airlines (EIS 2015), Finnair (EIS 2H 2015), Cathay Pacific (EIS Feb 2016), Hong Kong Airlines, LATAM (EIS 2016), Lufthansa (EIS 2016) and Aeroflot (EIS 2018) If anyone is interested in comparing A380 route proving with A350, this website details the A380's route proving routes events.airbus.com/a380/technical_route_proving_november07/page.html
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Post by K on Jul 25, 2014 4:41:44 GMT 1
Why it does not visit Shanghai?I think it is a efficient way to promote the A350XWB aircraft to China. Beijing was in the previous plan but canceled.
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