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India has granted low cost carrier IndiGo international traffic rights, which are likely to commence after the carrier's fifth year of operations in August.

The rights will allow IndiGo to operate from several Indian cities to Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai, and Muscat, says IndiGo. Specific schedules will be announced in coming months.

According to Indian regulations, a carrier must be operational for five years before it can operate international services.
The carrier recently received in-principle approval from the Indian government for its large order of 180 Airbus A320s, and expects to firm up the purchase within the next few weeks.

On 11 January IndiGo announced a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus for the order, which comprises 150 of the new re-engined A320neo and 30 regular A320s.

Last May, IndiGo said it was seeking government approval for the purchase of up to 150 new aircraft which will be used to expand its network. The narrowbody jets will be delivered between 2016 and 2025.

Beaucoup de questions sans réponses ! / "Many unanswered questions " ! Pourquoi ?

In a major coup for [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] launch customer, Indian low cost carrier IndiGo, is to announce it has selected the PW1100G to power up to 150 of the updated [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] narrowbodies, say those familiar with the deal.

P&W en fait cadeau ? De toutes façons, INDIGO va, peut-être trouver qu'il lui faudre prendre livraison d'avions, qui ne seront pas équipés des moteurs qu'il a cru commander !

While the official announcement for 300 engines is expected as early as today, the win by the East Hartford-based engine maker comes on the heels of a hard-fought campaign to secure the right to provide 300 engines and associated service contracts to power what Airbus touts as the "largest single firm order" for large jets in commercial aviation history.

IndiGo signed an 11 January memorandum of understanding with Airbus for up to 180 [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] aircraft, including 150 of the re-engined A320neos, making it the European airframer's launch customer for the new variant due for entry into service in 2016.

2016 ? Avec le GTF de P&W ?

Missing from the initial MoU was an engine selection, kicking off a fierce behind-the-scenes competition between the CFM International Leap-X and Pratt & Whitney PW1100G as both vied for the massive contract.
The selection represents the second win for Pratt & Whitney on the re-engined jet, having been chosen by International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) to power at least 60 of its 100 A320neo and A321neo aircraft.
The selection as launch customer also establishes the PW1100G as the lead powerplant to fly first for Airbus's certification campaign.

Airbus says the new engine option for the A320 will reduce fuel burn up to 15%, compared to today's A320, a savings of over 1,510,000 litres (400,000gal) of Jet A and 3.600t CO2 per year.

The PW1524G, the first model of the P&W's PW1000G engine family, is currently in ground testing at two facilities in Manitoba, Canada and West Palm Beach, Florida as it progresses toward its first assignment to power the 110 to 125-seat [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] CSeries CS100 aircraft on its 2012 first flight and subsequent 2013 entry into service.
The PW1000G has also been selected to power the 70 to 90-seat Mitsubishi Regional Jet MRJ70 and MRJ90, as well as the 150-seat Irkut MS-21.

Columbiana a écrit:Bonjour,

Le soucis avec les feuilles exel de tableaux de commandes concaténés de divers supports est qu'elles ne correspondent pas ( jamais, en fait ) avec les montants facturés mensuellement

Que nous corrélons avec les...services des douanes, oui, étrange, mais c'est comme cela ( et c'est aussi un support de calcul pour le commerce extérieur français : autre débat; vaste sujet ).

Ici, il semble que le parti pris ne soit pas de mise et que le sensationnel ne l'emporte pas sur le rationnel.

Qui, ici ou ailleurs, se souviendra de ce qu'est devenu la commande initiale IndiGo pour 100 A 320 legacy ( ou regular ).

Comme déjà vu dans ces colonnes, on imagine assez mal 280 Airbus en flotte chez IndiGo, à date contractuelle.

Nous savons que sur les 40 / 45 appareils reçus, un petit paquet ( 4 ou 5 ) a fait l'objet de replacement.
ma
Je ne sais pas trop quoi penser de la valeur de cet engagement IndiGo

Comme bon nombre, ici

Où est la pertinence à l'heure actuelle des actions de la Direction d'Airbus et / ou d'EADS dans ce chapitre (péripétie, si vous aimez mieux ! ) qui s'appelle le NEO ? :lol:

Toucan a écrit:Concernant la flotte réelle d' IndiGo

Les msn :

3004
3050
3259
3308
3676

ont été retirés de l'inventaire opérationnel d' IndiGo

Et sont utilisés par

Etihad

THY ( Kibris )

Turkuaz

Sur les 45 A 320 classiques ( V-2527 ) réceptionnés, 39 sont en exploitation chez IndiGo. Sauf mise à jour supplémentaire.

Airbus could wrap up two major orders for its revamped A320neo by the Paris air show in June, sales chief John Leahy said.

"Firm orders, .... save for, ..... & cela peut se terminer en "Legacy + "Sharklets" ! ;)

The deals include a final version of a 180 plane, USD$16 billion deal that Airbus reached with Indian budget carrier Indigo earlier this year.....

.........as well as another potentially big new deal with Malaysia's AirAsia.

"I think we will have the Indigo order finalised and announced by the Paris Air Show," Leahy told reporters.

"We are in final discussions with Air Asia. We hope that too will be concluded in time for the Paris Air show."
Airbus has called the Indigo order the biggest commercial jet deal in history by number of planes involved.
AirAsia has talked of buying a similar number of planes and its chief executive said this week a deal could be "imminent".

It was not immediately clear whether the AirAsia order would be a firm order or a provisional agreement. Purchases go into the plane maker's order book, contributing to annual targets and boosting the backlog of parent EADS, when finalised.
Leahy was speaking on the sidelines of an event marking the 200th Airbus delivery to UK low cost carrier easyJet.

(Reuters)

Comme disent les Indiens, d'Amérique : "He speak mainly with forked tongue" ! :P 8)

Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has firmed up its order for 180 [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] A320s, including 150 A320neos, following a memorandum of understanding signed in January.
The order comprises 150 A320neos and 30 A320s, for delivery from 2015 to 2024.

Airbus chief operating officer John Leahy puts the order's worth at $16.2 billion, calling it the "largest aircraft transaction" ever.

IndiGo has previously said it has chosen [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]'s PW1100G geared turbofan engine to power the A320neos.

The airline will acquire the aircraft through a mix of operating and financial leases, said its president Aditya Ghosh.

IndiGo will take 10 to 12 aircraft a year and use the new orders to expand its network. It will begin international services from September with flights to Dubai, Singapore and Bangkok. Ghosh said the airline will also launch flights to Muscat and Kathmandu in the fourth quarter.

Deliveries from the airline's previous 100 aircraft [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] order will end in 2015, said Ghosh. "So it perfectly dovetails with the new order's deliveries beginning that year," he said.

European plane maker Airbus has orders worth USD$35 billion from India, a senior company executive said on Friday, with recent record order wins in the fast-growing market accounting for more than half of the total orders.

Indian carriers are rapidly expanding their operations as an economy growing at nearly 9 percent spurs business travel and the middle class, long accustomed to rail travel, increasingly takes to the air.

Airbus has an order backlog of more than 400 planes to be delivered to Indian carriers over the next 15 years, Joost Van Der Heijden, Airbus's head of airline marketing for Africa, India, South East Asia and Japan, told reporters in Mumbai.
He said India is the seventh-largest market for Airbus but expected it to climb in coming years.

"India will move up with traffic growth higher than anywhere in the world," Heijden said.

"The Indian fleet will certainly more than double and could even triple in the coming years," he said on the sidelines of an industry conference.
Indian budget carriers Indigo and GoAir last month placed orders worth nearly USD$23 billion in total with Airbus.
Rival Boeing has existing orders of about USD$15 billion with airlines in India, the senior official in its Indian unit said on Thursday.

Boeing expects India's commercial plane market to reach USD$150 billion over the next 20 years, as a burgeoning middle class is expected to drive demand in Asia's third-largest economy.

(Reuters)

C'est la bonne vieille "Compta' " qui va causer ! Pas les Economistes ("Business Economists" ou autres). Chez eux, ... il n'y aura plus personne !

Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo will enter the international market with the launch of seven services to Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Thailand.

The carrier's first international flight will be from New Delhi to Dubai on 1 September. IndiGo will subsequently launch services from New Delhi to Bangkok on 8 September and from New Delhi to Singapore on 15 September.

The carrier will launch services from Mumbai in October. IndiGo will start services from Mumbai to Bangkok and Dubai on 2 October, and from Mumbai to Singapore and Muscat on 10 October.

IndiGo will operate [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] aircraft on all international services. All the new services will be daily except for its Mumbai-Muscat service, which will be a four-times-weekly service.

Airlines in India need to fly domestically for five years before they are permitted to fly internationally. "IndiGo passed its five-year operation mark on 4 August," said Sanjay Kumar, the carrier's chief commercial officer.

"IndiGo sees huge commercial opportunities in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. These are regions that IndiGo will have its eye on as the company expands," Kumar added.

IndiGo operates 42 A320s. At the Paris air show, it firmed up orders for 180 A320s, of which 150 will be A320neos.

Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has launched its first international flight to Dubai from New Delhi.

The flight, which carried 162 passengers, departed from New Delhi eight minutes earlier than its scheduled departure time and landed in Dubai nine minutes before scheduled arrival time.

"We are indeed very excited about our new journey as a part of our expansion programme. We wish to thank our customers for their enduring trust and support.

"Dubai is a key market for us and holds a lot of promise. We hope to provide the much needed avenue for countless Indians to explore wider horizons and at the same time open up the doors to more and more overseas travellers to experience India," said IndiGo's President, Aditya Ghosh.

IndiGo will launch services to Oman, Thailand and Singapore using [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] A320s as part of its international expansion plans.

Lenders have no plans for a second restructuring of loans to India's struggling Kingfisher Airlines, India's junior minister of finance said on Friday, in a move that indicates relief may not be easy for the debt-laden firm.

In March this year, India's third largest airline had issued shares to a consortium of 13 banks led by State Bank of India and allotted shares to its founders in a restructuring process that helped pare debt.

"State Bank of India, leader of the consortium, has stated that at present there is no such plan," federal minister of state, finance, Namo Narain Meena said in Parliament, in answer to a query whether banks are planning to carry out a second restructuring of loans.

Government documents show that 19 banks have an exposure of INR64.19 billion rupees to the airline. SBI, India's largest lender, has the maximum exposure of INR14.57 billion rupees as of end November.

SBI has exceeded its exposure limit of INR14.36 billion rupees, the documents show.

"The repayment to SBI in respect of advances by Kingfisher Airlines will commence from September 2012. Servicing of interest is being done with some delay," Narain Meena said in a written reply to Parliament.

Kingfisher, owned by flamboyant drinks tycoon Vijay Mallya, is desperately scouting for funds from potential investors and more cushion from its banks to stay afloat.

"Debt is not an option at all for Kingfisher. At the end of the day, debt and interest payments have overburdened the airline," said Kapil Kaul, chief executive for the Indian subcontinent and Middle East at the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA), an aviation consulting firm.

"What Kingfisher needs is an equity infusion of USD$200 million - USD$250 million urgently. Without bringing in equity there is no game."

The airline, which has been late in paying salaries, hit national headlines when it cancelled hundreds of flights in November in a move to cut costs and exit loss-making routes.

However, its problems multiplied with Mumbai airport putting it on a cash-and-carry basis and service tax officials freezing 11 of its bank accounts for non-payment of dues.

"We are considering taking legal action against Kingfisher for not paying service tax," S K Goel, chairman of India's central board of excise and customs said on Friday.

A Kingfisher Airlines spokesman declined to comment.

Most Indian carriers, including state-run Air India, are troubled by rising fuel costs and price wars emanating from intense competition.

India's airlines are on course to post record losses of more than USD$2.5 billion for the year ending March 2012, and investors have become wary of an industry that, just a few years back, ordered hundreds of aircraft in an ambitious bet on the future.

ASSETS AS COLLATERAL

Kingfisher Airlines has pledged its brand as collateral with its lender consortium for INR41 billion rupees, government documents showed. The brand valuation was done by Grant Thornton in 2010.

Kingfisher is one of India's most successful brands, ranked 116 by Campaign magazine in its top 1,000 Asia brands list for 2011, with only one Indian brand - Amul - higher.

Over and above the brand hypothecation, Kingfisher has also pledged collateral security worth about INR11.3 billion rupees, including properties in Mumbai and Goa, helicopters and ground support and office equipment.

Chairman Mallya has given personal guarantees of INR2.48 billion rupees to the banks while the airline's parent United Breweries Holdings has given corporate guarantees worth INR16 billion rupees.

Kingfisher, which has a negative net worth, aims to cut its current debt by 42 percent to INR37.2 billion rupees through the sale and lease-back of aircraft, sale of a property in Mumbai and conversion of rupee loans into lower interest foreign loans.

The airline is targeting an interest cost reduction of INR3.94 billion rupees per annum.

(Reuters)

Ceci est certainement plus raisonnable et plausible que le délire de 150 x A320-NEO ! D'autant plus qu'IndiGo n'a pris livraison que de 49 de sa première commande de 150 "legacy" à IAE-V2500, d'il y a on ne sait plus combien d'années !

La compagnie aérienne low cost IndiGo a confirmé s’intéresser de près à l’Airbus A330, même si les discussions n’en sont qu’au stade préliminaire.

Devenue depuis son lancement en 2006 la plus grande compagnie à bas coûts en Inde, IndiGo opère actuellement une flotte de 49 Airbus A320, mais son carnet de commande en comprend 81 supplémentaires, et surtout 150 A320neo, livrables entre 2016 et 2025. Selon les média indiens, le constructeur européen essaierait de vendre à IndiGo entre cinq et dix A330, qui peuvent emporter plus de 300 passagers contre 180 pour le monocouloir.

Pas question en revanche de se lancer dans l’aventure du low cost long-courrier: IndiGo a clairement exprimé son désir de s’en tenir à des vols de cinq ou six heures maximum, afin de conserver intact le modèle low cost pratiqué (pas de nourriture, pas de divertissement en vol). La low cost ne suivra donc pas l’exemple d’AirAsia X (qui utilise les A330 mais vient d’annuler ses liaisons les plus longues vers l’Inde ou l’Europe pour se concentrer sur les marchés régionaux), de Jetstar Airways (en A330 également) ou de Scoot, filiale de Singapore Airlines qui devrait effectuer ses premiers vols vers Sydney cette année (en Boeing 777-200). Si des vols low cost entre Paris et l’Inde doivent un jour exister, ils ne seront donc pas opérés par IndiGo.

La low cost a d’autre part annoncé le lancement de deux nouvelles routes le 1^er février 2012, avec des vols quotidiens entre Ahmedabad et Goa d’une part, et entre Bangalore et Lucknow d’autre part. Rappelons qu’elle a lancé en septembre 2011 ses premiers vols vers l’international, reliant désormais Katmandou, Bangkok, Dubaï, Mascate et Singapour.

• Au Salon du Bourget (2005) Indigo avait commandé 100 x A320 "legacy" (le choix de moteurs finit par être an faveur de l'IAE V2500).
  
• En octobre, 2011, Indigo place une commande pour 180 x A320, dont 30 "legacy", qui seront équipés de la version la plus récente de l'IAE V2500, et 150 x A-NEO, à être équipés du GTF de P&W.
  
• Aujourd'hui, la position de son Carnet de "Commandes à Recevoir" est : 80 x A320 "legacy" & 150 x A320-NEO.
  
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• Hier, le 10 février, 2012, Indigo a reçu seulement son 50-ème A320 "legacy". Bien sûr, la Cie. confirme qu'elle compte prendre livraison de tous les avions commandés. Cela signifie, entre autres, que les 50 x A320 "legacy", de la toute première commande, continueront à être réceptionnés (5 en 2012, et 45 au rythme de 15 par an pour chacune des années, 2012, 2013 et 2014 ?) par Indigo jusqu'à la fin de 2015, au plus tôt.
  
• Pendant les années 2016 et 2017 (ou seulement 2016 ?), ... les 30 x A320 "legacy" continueront à être réceptionnés par Indigo, .. et il semblerait que les livraisons par Airbus des premiers A320-NEO puissent commencer à partir de 2016 / 2017.
  
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• Mais, est-ce que ceci sera le cas ?
  

NEW DELHI: [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] on Friday took delivery of its 50th [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], with which it would launch additional flights connecting Mumbai, Coimbatore, Bhubaneswar and Kolkata next week.

With this addition in its fleet, the no-frill carrier would start the new flights connecting Mumbai to Coimbatore and Bhubaneswar and one new flight from Kolkata to Bhubaneswar from February 16, an airline spokesperson said.

Inducting the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] into its operational fleet, IndiGo President Aditya Ghosh claimed the airline had the youngest fleet and was the fastest growing carrier in the country.

"Having flown over 39.46 million in over 277,900 flights since launch, IndiGo has achieved immense success in the Indian skies, and continues to show steady growth. The induction of its 50th aircraft is yet another proof of the commitment to customer experience and growth," he said in a statement.

The airline would take delivery 45 brand new Airbus A- 320s of an earlier order of 100 of these planes, till 2015.

IndiGo, which placed one of the world's largest airplane orders last year by announcing to buy 180 Airbus aircraft, would have deliveries scheduled between 2016 and 2025.

The spokesperson said the same type of Airbus planes shared the same cockpit and had operational commonality, allowing airlines to use the same pool of pilots, cabin crews and maintenance engineers, bringing operational flexibility and resulting in significant cost savings.

IndiGo has the second largest market share of 20.4 per cent among all Indian carriers. The airline currently offers 307 daily flights connecting 31 destinations in India, apart from its international services which started last September.