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Post by xxxx on Mar 17, 2016 11:40:51 GMT 1
Apparently Air Caraibes will get a new livery with the arrival of the A350...
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Post by philidor on Mar 17, 2016 18:26:36 GMT 1
Is Air Caraïbes planning to operate two A350 fleets, one themselves, the other through French Blue ? I see that we have two different threads ...
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Post by xxxx on Mar 17, 2016 19:10:40 GMT 1
Well they are two different airline brands, so I guess we should. Also Frenchblue will be a LCC and I think they also have different seating. Base of Frenchblue will be in ORY though for obvious reasons.
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Post by anthonys on Mar 17, 2016 19:19:57 GMT 1
The configuration on the 2 A350 of French Blue will be different : 415 for French Bleu when Air Caraibes will have 389 seats. I hope that the 10 abreast is only for French Blue !
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Post by XWB on Mar 17, 2016 19:39:20 GMT 1
The configuration on the 2 A350 of French Blue will be different : 415 for French Bleu when Air Caraibes will have 389 seats. I hope that the 10 abreast is only for French Blue ! Air Caraibes will be 10-abreast too. The different is three-class cabin versus two class on FrenchBlue.
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Post by XWB on Mar 17, 2016 19:40:03 GMT 1
Is Air Caraïbes planning to operate two A350 fleets, one themselves, the other through French Blue ? I see that we have two different threads ... FrenchBlue is the new low cost carrier of Groupe Dubreuil, the parent company of Air Caraïbes.
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Post by philidor on Mar 18, 2016 0:01:27 GMT 1
Is Air Caraïbes planning to operate two A350 fleets, one themselves, the other through French Blue ? I see that we have two different threads ... FrenchBlue is the new low cost carrier of Groupe Dubreuil, the parent company of Air Caraïbes. I know that, I am puzzled that this small airline group is operating two separate A350 'fleets' - if two aircraft of the same type deserve to be called a fleet. Did they say anything about buying MSN 5 as widely speculated ?
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Post by stealthmanbob on Mar 18, 2016 0:14:45 GMT 1
FrenchBlue is the new low cost carrier of Groupe Dubreuil, the parent company of Air Caraïbes. I know that, I am puzzled that this small airline group is operating two separate A350 'fleets' - if two aircraft of the same type deserve to be called a fleet. Did they say anything about buying MSN 5 as widely speculated ? TUI do the same thing, they have a "fleet" of B787s split between Uk, Netherlands and Belgium (only one) !
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Post by xxxx on Mar 18, 2016 8:21:28 GMT 1
Ok just my idea, but I'm just trying to make sense of it somehow: They'll definitely have one maintenance operation for both airlines (anything else would just be throwing money out the window). So now the speculation: They are going to get operating costs as low as possible and wanna see first how LCC works on Long Haul, then after a few years they could move operations (and maybe keep two airline brands to the public, but both with very low operating structures). I know there are a lot of IFs in this equation, but it's just the most realistic answer for me right now (haven gotten up 20 minutes ago )
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Post by anthonys on May 25, 2016 13:07:39 GMT 1
The new Air Caraibes livery (found on the Groupe Dubreuil's website)
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