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Post by kronus on Sept 4, 2015 16:25:01 GMT 1
China Eastern will acquire 15 A330s with 7 aircraft being delivered in 2017 and 8 in 2018. I'm guessing these aircraft are probably from the Chinese GTA order. Most likely yes, however there was still a total of two separate UFO orders. One for 3 A330-300 and 2 A330-200 and one for 2 A330-300. Could one of them be for Rwandair? Yes, rwandair order for 2 a330-300, but second UFO order for 3 a330-300 and 2 a330-200 is for South African Airways. |
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Post by XWB on Sept 4, 2015 16:31:15 GMT 1
May I ask where you found this information?
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Post by kronus on Sept 4, 2015 16:42:47 GMT 1
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Post by someone on Sept 5, 2015 11:12:18 GMT 1
If they lease them, they probably will not order them? Looking at Airbus overview the order is from the same day as the 15 A330-300s (probably) for China and is group together. Suggesting a Chinese order here as well |
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Post by philidor on Sept 6, 2015 15:06:19 GMT 1
If they lease them, they probably will not order them? Looking at Airbus overview the order is from the same day as the 15 A330-300s (probably) for China and is group together. Suggesting a Chinese order here as well The situation is unclear, as SAA may be planning a sale-and-lease-back scheme (--> initially, a direct order from SAA), or they may lease aircraft ordered by a lessor, and in that case Airbus' undisclosed order may be from the lessor and still be related to SAA, or the order may concern some other customer. |
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Post by XWB on Sept 7, 2015 8:49:48 GMT 1
According to the ATDB, MSN 1745 will be the first of 5 new A330's for SAA. So this looks like a deal for new aircraft that will be sold to a lessor.
This construction happened before: when Kuwait Airways signed for the A350 they also agreed to lease a few A330's. Airbus then agreed with a lessor to sell them brand new aircraft that can be leased out to the airline.
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Post by Jkkw on Sept 9, 2015 7:00:00 GMT 1
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Post by XWB on Sept 9, 2015 8:23:19 GMT 1
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Post by bmw801 on Sept 11, 2015 20:06:36 GMT 1
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Post by peter on Sept 11, 2015 20:14:14 GMT 1
I'm sure Airbus will have a press release on this BIG order soon, maybe even during the weekend  |
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