philidor
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Post by philidor on Jul 16, 2015 15:14:21 GMT 1
What struck me is that SQ does not seem to have decided whether the 5 A380s they have on order are to replace older aircraft or to increase their fleet. From the Flightglobal interview :
"We would like them [RR and/or Airbus - my comment] to look at how to [improve the fuel burn]. Whatever it is, we still have this fleet of 19. These first five new A380s, which are on lease, could actually be released if we choose to. We will make a decision later on about extending them or when to release them."
Did he say 're-leased' (= a lease extension) or released (= let go of) ? Anyhow, they still have to make a decision, whereas we believed the new orders were for replacement.
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jul 16, 2015 15:27:22 GMT 1
I read these lines as meaning - Our next five NEW A380s are / will be leased. But we have the option to release ourselves from this or push them back. We will decide later on ?
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Post by Jkkw on Jul 17, 2015 5:32:55 GMT 1
I read these lines as meaning - Our next five NEW A380s are / will be leased. But we have the option to release ourselves from this or push them back. We will decide later on ? I read it differently, the first five are on lease and we will decide whether we extend the lease or return them as the next 5 aircraft are delivered.
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Baroque
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Post by Baroque on Jul 17, 2015 13:08:05 GMT 1
I read these lines as meaning - Our next five NEW A380s are / will be leased. But we have the option to release ourselves from this or push them back. We will decide later on ? I read it differently, the first five are on lease and we will decide whether we extend the lease or return them as the next 5 aircraft are delivered. I always thought the plan was to use the new 5 to replace the first few frames that are supposed to be overweight. If they are indeed looking to extend their leases instead, it is better news to me.
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jul 17, 2015 15:16:09 GMT 1
I guess the answer lies in the translation ? My reason for thinking he was referring to the 5 due to be delivered was the fact the transcript said "These 5 new A380s". You could not call their oldest 5 new !
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Post by FabienA380 on Jul 17, 2015 15:18:57 GMT 1
I read it differently, the first five are on lease and we will decide whether we extend the lease or return them as the next 5 aircraft are delivered. I always thought the plan was to use the new 5 to replace the first few frames that are supposed to be overweight. If they are indeed looking to extend their leases instead, it is better news to me. To me the plan since the order (October 2013) was unknown, either adding either replacing.... Obviously then the decision hasn't been made (public) yet......
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Post by Jkkw on Jul 17, 2015 15:23:20 GMT 1
I guess the answer lies in the translation ? My reason for thinking he was referring to the 5 due to be delivered was the fact the transcript said "These 5 new A380s". You could not call their oldest 5 new ! Good point, In my haste in reading it, I skipped over the word new and mainly focused on the words first five especially since the next sentence was about the first 5 A380s delivered.
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jul 17, 2015 15:42:28 GMT 1
I guess the answer lies in the translation ? My reason for thinking he was referring to the 5 due to be delivered was the fact the transcript said "These 5 new A380s". You could not call their oldest 5 new ! Good point, In my haste in reading it, I skipped over the word new and mainly focused on the words first five especially since the next sentence was about the first 5 A380s delivered. I think it could be either way round, depends on how good or bad the translation / transcript are ? Same as with the re-leased or release bit The english language is hard enough, even before someone try's to translate from / to it !
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philidor
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Post by philidor on Jul 17, 2015 22:41:12 GMT 1
In my opinion, the quoted text does not make any sense. The speaker's intent is therefore anybody's guess.
The only way it makes sense to me is if he intended to say he still had to decide whether to keep the oldest frames in his fleet or ask for a lease extension, though this is hardly more than my own guess.
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Post by FabienA380 on Aug 2, 2015 2:00:17 GMT 1
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