Jetstar Airways : JQ : JST :

Qantas Airways' low-cost subsidiary Jetstar will take another four [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-200s on six-year leases to cater to its long-haul market.
The first aircraft will be delivered in November 2010 and it could add a fifth leased A330 later, says Qantas. Jetstar has a fleet of six A330-200s, and this will increase to seven in December

Jetstar Airways has opted for the new higher gross weight option for its new batch of [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-200s, giving the Australian low-cost carrier the potential to launch services to Europe before it begins taking [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] 787s in 2013.
Korean Air in February became the new 238t [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] launch customer, with six aircraft to be delivered from August 2010. Jetstar chief executive Bruce Buchanan reveals the Qantas subsidiary, which earlier this year committed to leasing five [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], has also opted for the higher gross weight option.
Jetstar now operates six A330s, with a seventh aircraft to be delivered in December as part of an earlier commitment. Jetstar's eight A330 is now due to be delivered in November 2010 and is expected to be the first with the higher gross weight option.
The option provides an extra 3.4t of payload or 610km (330nm) in range compared with the traditional 233t A330-200. [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] began offering the heavier A330 in 2008, aiming to take advantage of [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] delivery delays, and Buchanan confirms its availability was a key factor in [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

SEVRIEN a écrit:Merci, Terrence !

En rapport avec le 787.

Voilà ce qu'on attendait, sans parti pris : Jestar, filiale de QF, opte formelement pour l'A330-200 à masse accrue

Sur Flight :

Jetstar Airways has opted for the new higher gross weight option for its new batch of Airbus A330-200s, giving the Australian low-cost carrier the potential to launch services to Europe before it begins taking Boeing 787s in 2013.

Korean Air in February became the new 238t A330-200 launch customer, with six aircraft to be delivered from August 2010. Jetstar chief executive Bruce Buchanan reveals the Qantas subsidiary, which earlier this year committed to leasing five [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], has also opted for the higher gross weight option.

Jetstar now operates six A330s, with a seventh aircraft to be delivered in December as part of an earlier commitment. Jetstar's eight A330 is now due to be delivered in November 2010 and is expected to be the first with the higher gross weight option.

The option provides an extra 3.4t of payload or 610km (330nm) in range compared with the traditional 233t A330-200.
Airbus began offering the heavier A330 in 2008, aiming to take advantage of 787 delivery delays, and Buchanan confirms its availability was a key factor in [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

Je me souviens d'avoir écrit , en juin dernier, sous d'autres cieux sur Qatar Airways , quand il s'est fâché avec Boeing :

Et Qatar sait maintenant que :
-- les performances des nouveaux A330-200 à masse accrue (HGW) sont, à la limite, meilleures que celles des premiers B787-8, qui vont être produits ;
-- il serait possible de négocier l'acquisition des "A330-200HGW", qui pourront, probablement, commencer à être livrés plus tôt que les B787-8;
-- il pourrait commencer à réaliser le Business Plan;
-- il aurait une flotte tout aussi belle avec 30 x A330-200HGW, et les 80 X A350-XWB qui vont suivre !

Je croyais avoir écrit quelque chose de similaire sur Qantas / JetStar dans le sillage des annulatioins des B767-8/ Mais je ne retrouve pas mes textes pour le moment !
Si quelqu'un d'autre les trouvait .... ! Merci d'avance !

SEVRIEN a écrit:Eureka ! J'ai trouvé : sous d'autres cieux, un éxhange d'écrits vers la fin juin / début juillet 2009, que voici :
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Autre_Forumiste a écrit:Bonjour à tous,

Jetstar la low-cost de Qantas, va-t-elle louer ou acheter des A330 avec les compensations de Boeing ?

Qantas' Jetstar looking to add A330s
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Qantas Airways' low-cost carrier Jetstar is looking to add more [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] A330s now that Qantas group has cancelled some [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] orders and delayed others.A Jetstar spokesman in Sydney says the carrier has six A330s and is receiving a seventh in December.Besides
Airbus A320s, it has no other aircraft coming until mid-2013 when Jetstar receives its first 787, which will also the first 787 for the Qantas group, says the spokesman."We are now looking at our future fleet plan in terms of additional A330s because we see some growth opportunities for Jetstar International," he says.

When asked of the airline will lease or buy A330s, he says Jetstar in recenttimes has leased A330s because this aircraft was originally suppose to be interim lift until the 787s come.Jetstar was originally suppose to receive the first of 15 787-8s in August 2008 but delays to the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] programme pushed deliveries back to May 2010.Then last month Qantas announced it was cancelling 15 787-9s on order and delaying delivery of 15 787-8s.Jetstar's spokesman says Jetstar was originally planning to have 15 787-8s and then replace these with 787-9s but under the new schedule it is going straight to 787-9s.He says the -9 is a more suitable for services into Asia and for the services to Europe.The reason it went with -8s to begin with is because that is the firstmodel in the 787 family that Boeing is producing, he adds.

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Post rédigé vers le début du mois de juillet, 2009.

Sevrien a écrit:Merci pour ce post !

On dirait que la variante d'A330 ciblée pourrait être l'A330-200 à masse accrue.

La question est : avec quels moteurs ? CF-6, pour empêcher GE de râler ?

Ou avec des RR Trent 772B-EP, pour tirer la quintessence de ces appareils ?

Voilà ! Cela confirme bien votre remarque, Terrence !

Terrence a écrit:En rapport avec le 787.

Voilà ce qu'on attendait, sans parti pris : Jestar, filiale de QF, opte formelement pour l'A330-200 à masse accrue

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QANTAS has provided its biggest signal yet its Jetstar operations could service the bulk of its international routes within the next decade, after confirming half of its $9 billion order of Boeing 787 Dreamliners would be diverted to the low-cost offshoot.
The airline yesterday was forced to clarify a presentation given by its head of operations Lyell Strambi to analysts and fund managers this week, which outlined that Qantas expected to have 25 of the fuel efficient jets - with a list price of up to $US205 million each - in its fleet.
Some aviation trade journals interpreted it as meaning Qantas would slash its orders for the jets from 50 to 25. But in rejecting the reports, Qantas confirmed for the first time that 25 of the jets would be in Qantas livery, while the other 25 would be operated by Jetstar.
This means Jetstar will become the biggest user of the jet internationally within the group, given Qantas wants to fly most of its 787s domestically.
Jetstar already handles one-third of the group's domestic services and has already replaced Qantas as the main carrier on some international routes, such as Japan.
Yesterday's confirmation comes five months after Qantas cut its order from 65 787s to 50, and pushed back the delivery of its first of the jets from 2010 to mid-2013.
While Qantas is expected to deploy its future fleet of 20 Airbus A380 superjumbos on its high-yielding business passenger-dominated Los Angeles and London routes, the first batch of shorter-haul 787-800s (instead of going into the Jetstar fleet as originally intended) are now due to replace Qantas's domestic fleet of 767s from 2014.
The longer-range 787-900s to be delivered to Jetstar from 2013 are expected to help the airline's expansion into Europe, North America and several new Asian destinations.
However, Jetstar is believed to be looking to fly to Europe as early as next year, when it takes delivery of the first of its longer-range batch of five Airbus A330s, which will boost its wide-body fleet to 12.
Aside from looking to fly into unprofitable routes long abandoned by Qantas, such as Athens and Rome, Jetstar has been considering destinations such as Munich and Milan.
With the Jetstar's seventh A330 expected to be used to bolster its Bali and Honolulu services next month, Jetstar has declined to say where it plans to fly the additional aircraft.
''We're making no decisions beyond aircraft number seven,'' said Jetstar spokesman Simon Westaway. The airline has not ruled out the prospect of its part-owned Singapore- and Ho Chi Minh City-based subsidiaries using the jets.
The key attraction Jetstar has towards the lightweight 787 is its fuel efficiency, which is touted as having 25 per cent lower fuel costs than existing jets of a similar size.

Jetstar has ordered International Aero Engine IAE [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] engines for the 50 [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] A320s it has on order, further cementing its relationship with IAE.
Qantas Airways' low-cost carrier says it has chosen V2500 engines to power "a new fleet of 50 additional [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-family aircraft with options and purchase rights on up to 40 more aircraft".
If all the options and purchase rights are exercised, this deal is worth $1.5 billion, it says.

"In addition, the airline has signed a $2 billion long-term, IAE aftermarket services agreement covering these new engines and also those installed on 40 IAE-powered aircraft" that Jetstar already operates.

The IAE sales and service agreements cover the A320s in Jetstar Australia's fleet as well as thos e assigned to Jetstar's affiliate carriers in New Zealand and Singapore, it adds.

Australia's Jetstar has picked Singapore as its key air hub in Asia, basing its largest number of [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] A320s in the region at the island's Changi Airport and commiting itself to introducing long-haul services using Airbus A330s.

Jetstar, which has a Singapore-based associate Jetstar Asia, says that it will increase flight frequencies to existing destinations and offer new services out of Singapore under a three-year agreement with the Changi Airport Group.
"We're committed to growth in Asia and in Singapore," says Jetstar CEO Bruce Buchanan. "We're able to grow the business aggressively, and can start to evaluate more opportunities."

He adds that Singapore is of "high strategic importance to Jetstar and equally of great importance to the Qantas Group". "We want to make sure our competitive situation in this region remains strong and we grow out of here".

Changi says that it is committed to helping Jetstar grow and keep its costs low by offering it various incentives under its "Growth Initiative".
"By hubbing at Changi, Jetstar will gain from inter-lining opportunities with the many airlines that fly here, including its parent, Qantas, which already uses Chanhi as an Asia hub," says Lee Seow Hiang, CEO of the Changi Airport Group.

Jetstar h/as eight A320s based in Singapore with Jetstar Asia and has another four aircraft serving the country from Australia. It will add another two in June, and says that it will continue to build the fleet over the coming year. The carrier is due to receive six A330s over the next three years, including three in the last quarter of 2010, but Buchanan declines to say when the first will be based in Singapore. "It all depends on when we get the rights to begin the long-haul flight," he adds. "We're keen on a few services but we must wait to get approval."

Low-cost carrier Jetstar Asia will receive its first Airbus A330 by year-end, and plans to launch long-haul flights from Singapore before Christmas.

It is in talks with several authorities and airports in north Asia, Australia and Europe to secure rights to fly there, says
Jetstar Asia's CEO Chong Phit Lian.

The airline, which operates nine A320s, expects to receive its first A330 in December and a second A330 in the first quarter of 2011, she adds.

"The two aircraft will give us an additional 400,000 seats per year out of Singapore," says Chong.

The aircraft will be leased by Jetstar's parent Qantas Airways, which said last year that it planned to allocate some A330s to Jetstar.

Chong says Jetstar Asia is in talks with authorities and airports to secure landing rights and slots for flights, and adds that these will be firmed up in "the coming weeks".

On the list of potential destinations is Tokyo Narita, which Jetstar Asia has already secured rights for.

The carrier is also considering destinations in China, Korea, France, Italy and Greece, says Chong.

"We are looking at Rome and Athens, but with the situation in Greece at the moment, it might not be feasible," she adds, referring to the ongoing debt crisis in Greece.

A Jetstar spokesman says the carrier will likely launch double daily flights from Singapore with the A330s to two
destinations.

"There is a relatively high utilisation rate with the A330s, which can fly up to 16 hours a day," he says.Jetstar had announced in January that it is making Singapore its main hub in Asia, and plans to start more flights from the country.

It will commence flights between Singapore and Osaka via Taipei from 5 July.

Qantas is expected to receive three more leased A330s next year, on top of the two that have been set aside for Jetstar Asia.

However, it is not clear yet if Jetstar Asia will receive more A330s in the future, says a Jetstar spokesman.

Qantas' Jetstar in alliance with Air France-KLM

SYDNEY, June 2, 2010 (AFP)Jetstar, the budget offshoot of Australian flag carrier Qantas, Wednesday announced an agreement with Air France-KLM which the airline hopes will expand its customer base in Europe.

Jetstar Says No News From Boeing on 787

Jetstar has received no official word from Boeing on whether there will be a further delay to the 787 program, Jetstar CEO for Australia and New Zealand, David Hall, told Aviation Week yesterday on the sidelines of an event at Singapore Changi Airport to promote Jetstar’s inaugural nonstop flight from Melbourne to Singapore.
Hall says Jetstar is still hoping to receive its first 787 in mid-2012, as scheduled. If there is a further delay to the 787 program, then it could lead Jetstar and other carriers to seek Airbus A330s for interim lift.
Jetstar has eight A330s, with a ninth coming in March, when it launches its Auckland-Singapore service, and it expects two more in 2011, says a Jetstar spokesman.
Hall declines to say if Jetstar will be seeking more A330s on lease and says the decision also depends on how much the market for air travel grows.
Jetstar has been busy, too, growing its short-haul operation, by taking delivery of Airbus A320s on order.
The carrier's A320s are powered by International Aero Engine IAE V2500s. When asked if Jetstar is considering the AirbusNEO, Hall says, “We have a good relationship with IAE, so we are not considering the NEO.”
The NEO involves using either CFM International CFM LEAP-X or Pratt & Whitney GTF engines. IAE is not part of the NEO program because its partners were unable to reach an agreement.

Jetstar Evaluating Airbus NEO

Jetstar is seriously considering ordering the Airbus A320NEO, a potential blow to its current engine supplier International Aero Engines.
The Australian carrier’s group CEO, Bruce Buchanan, made the disclosure during a conference call with Aviation Week and other Singapore-based journalists. He declines to say when Jetstar will make a decision on NEO. “It is a complicated decision” but Jetstar is in discussions with Airbus and both engine-makers, he adds.
CFM International and Pratt & Whitney are the only ones allowed to offer NEO. If Jetstar orders the NEO, then it means its A320 fleet will have two different types of engines.
Buchanan says Jetstar already outsources engine maintenance and support to the engine-makers, so ordering NEO will add no major complexity or additional costs to the Jetstar business. Low-cost carriers generally keep to one aircraft and engine type in an effort to simplify the business and keep costs down.
Jetstar in recent years has added additional aircraft types such as the Airbus A330. Buchanan says the Qantas board this month granted approval for Jetstar to get an additional A330 on lease. This is required so the carrier can continue to expand in spite of the delay in Boeing 787s on order. Buchanan says the additional A330 is likely to arrive in 2012’s second half. Its first 787 is due to arrive in late 2012, he adds.

JAL to launch low-cost carrier with Qantas unit

[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Airlines Corp (JAL) will enter the low-cost carriers market through a joint venture with Australia's Jetstar group, and launch domestic flights next year, Nikkei reported.
The venture will be capitalized at 10-20 billion yen ($123.8-$247.7 million), with JAL and Jetstar, a Qantas Airways subsidiary, holding 30 percent stakes each, the daily said.
A decision on which company will have management control will be taken later, the business newspaper said.
Mitsubishi Corp and Toyota Tsusho Corp have been invited to invest in the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], which JAL and Jetstar aim to finalize next month, Nikkei reported.
The new discount airline -- expected to eventually fly international routes -- may serve Tokyo's Narita airport, which is expanding its landing slots, the business daily said.
Osaka's Kansai International Airport and Central Japan International Airport outside Nagoya both of which operate around the clock, are also in the fray, the report said.
JAL took a variety of restructuring steps after filing for bankruptcy in January 2010, including reducing the number of routes, the newspaper said.
Although it logged a record consolidated operating profit of 188.4 billion yen for fiscal 2010, the company's revenue and profit are likely to plunge this year as a result of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] said.
JAL had kept its distance from the low-cost-carrier market, with Chairman Kazuo Inamori saying the airline would differentiate itself by offering a high level of service, the report said

Jeannot a écrit:JAL va lancer une LCC avec Jetstar

JAL to launch low-cost carrier with Qantas unit

[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Airlines Corp (JAL) will enter the low-cost carriers market through a joint venture with Australia's Jetstar group, and launch domestic flights next year, Nikkei reported.
The venture will be capitalized at 10-20 billion yen ($123.8-$247.7 million), with JAL and Jetstar, a Qantas Airways subsidiary, holding 30 percent stakes each, the daily said.
A decision on which company will have management control will be taken later, the business newspaper said.
Mitsubishi Corp and Toyota Tsusho Corp have been invited to invest in the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], which JAL and Jetstar aim to finalize next month, Nikkei reported.
The new discount airline -- expected to eventually fly international routes -- may serve Tokyo's Narita airport, which is expanding its landing slots, the business daily said.
Osaka's Kansai International Airport and Central Japan International Airport outside Nagoya both of which operate around the clock, are also in the fray, the report said.
JAL took a variety of restructuring steps after filing for bankruptcy in January 2010, including reducing the number of routes, the newspaper said.
Although it logged a record consolidated operating profit of 188.4 billion yen for fiscal 2010, the company's revenue and profit are likely to plunge this year as a result of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] said.
JAL had kept its distance from the low-cost-carrier market, with Chairman Kazuo Inamori saying the airline would differentiate itself by offering a high level of service, the report said

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The historic tie-up between AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines could be a precursor to unprecedented consolidation in the Asian airline market, according to the Sydney-based Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation.

In a special report issued following the announcement of the share-swap transaction ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]), CAPA said the deal would have been unthinkable just a few years ago and posited that "a move of this nature typically guarantees a host of flow-on impacts on the plans of other airlines and partnerships … Often there is no broad strategy behind each new move as the airlines react to local circumstances." At the same time, "other players are quick to re-assess the opportunities and whole new permutations arise."

CAPA said the deal "could prove more beneficial to MAS and invigorate the flag carrier," which has seen its stock price drop significantly over the last several months, reaching a nine-year low in May. It added that there is no evidence yet of a clear grand plan beyond a need for MAS to find another way ahead, noting that "the cultures of the two airlines remain very different and a total merger seems unlikely in the short term."

The report stated, "For AirAsia, the deal potentially opens a whole new world beyond its core market. Regulatory hurdles, which have always been AirAsia's biggest challenge to growth, will also be eliminated as AirAsia benefits from its new link with a government-owned investment firm."

CAPA sees significant ramifications from the AirAsia-MAS deal for Qantas and its low-cost subsidiary Jetstar. QF's recent tie-up with MAS, including sponsoring it for oneworld membership, is a component of the Australian airline's new international strategy, which will formally be unveiled Aug. 24, it noted. CAPA said the AirAsia/MAS cooperation also has "hugely significant ramifications for extensive cooperation between AirAsia and Jetstar well beyond the [back room support] agreement announced last year" ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]).

Qantas is ordering a staggering 110 new Airbus A320s -- the largest single aircraft order in Australian aviation history -- to enable it to rapidly grow its Asian travel strategy.

CEO Alan Joyce said this morning that in addition to the 110 firm orders, it had reserved options to buy another 194 of the planes.

The model ordered by Qantas is the A320 NEO (New Engine Option), which Joyce says is 8% cheaper to buy than current-model A320s, .....

........ features 15% lower fuel burn and has 20% lower engine maintainence costs.

Because the fuel consumption is lower, the planes can fly up to 950km further, too.

The A320 fits 150 passengers in a typical two-class arrangement, or up to 180 with high-density seating plan. It is the workhorse of the Jetstar fleet, typically with 177 seats in a 3-3 configuration, and is used for interstate and short-haul international flights.

The large number of smaller planes will give Qantas the ability to offer more frequent flights without having to work so hard to fill up its largest international planes on routes where the demand doesn't match the size of the aircraft.

The new planes will be used in Qantas' new, [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], Jetstar Australia and Qantas' own flights.

To free up cash for the massive order, the airline has elected to delay the delivery of six of its flagship Airbus A380 superjumbos by five to six years.

The airline will have 12 A380s in service by end of this year, focused on the Australia to Los Angeles and London via Singapore routes.