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CIT adds ten A350 XWB aircraft to its portfolio


CIT Group Inc. (NYSE CIT), a global leader in transportation finance has placed a firm order for 10 A350-900s. This is the second time CIT has ordered A350 XWBs and brings the lessor’s total backlog for the type to 15.

“This order for Airbus A350 XWBs will further expand our portfolio of medium-to-long haul aircraft,” said C. Jeffrey Knittel, President of CIT Transportation Finance. “As one of the leading lessors in the world with more than 110 twin aisle aircraft currently in our portfolio and on order, CIT Aerospace maintains one of the youngest, most fuel efficient fleets in the industry. This new order underscores our commitment to delivering highly efficient aircraft to our global customer base.”

“We are very confident that our A350 XWB Family will perfectly meet long haul operators’ needs by offering them the highest levels of comfort and efficiency,” said John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer, Customers. “This repeat order for the A350 XWB from CIT clearly demonstrates this to be the case.”

Including this latest announcement, CIT has ordered a total of 253 Airbus aircraft comprising 187 A320 Family, 51 A330 Family and 15 A350 XWB Family.

The A350 XWB (Xtra Wide-Body) is an all-new mid-size long range product line comprising three versions and seating between 270 and 350 passengers in typical three-class layouts. The new Family will bring a step change in efficiency compared with existing aircraft in this size category, using 25 per cent less fuel and providing an equivalent reduction in CO2 emissions. Scheduled for entry-into-service in 2014, with CIT’s order included, the A350 XWB has already won 572 firm orders from 34 customers worldwide.

Hawaiian to Add Fleet of Long-Range, Single-Aisle Aircraff Deliveries of New Airbus A321neo Aircraft Starting in 2017

HONOLULU — Hawaiian Airlines today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with airframe manufacturer Airbus to acquire 16 new A321neo aircraft between 2017 and 2020, with rights to purchase an additional nine aircraft

The long-range, single-aisle aircraft will complement Hawaiian’s existing fleet of wide-body, twin-aisle aircraft used for long-haul flying between Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast.

“Everyone at Hawaiian wants us to keep our position as the market leader in service quality, cost efficiency and choice of destinations. Ordering the A321neo will secure this legacy on routes to the U.S. West Coast beyond the middle of this decade,” said Mark Dunkerley, president and CEO of Hawaiian Airlines. “The A321neo will be the most fuel-efficient aircraft of its type after its introduction in 2016. With its slightly smaller size we’ll be able to open new markets that are not viable for wide-body service, while also being able to augment service on existing routes to the West Coast of North America.”

At 146-feet-long, the A321neo will seat approximately 190 passengers in a two-class configuration (First and Coach) and has a range of 3,650 nautical miles. The aircraft will offer the more comfortable seat widths found in the twin-aisle Airbus A330. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, however, the aircraft have a total list-price value of approximately $2.8 billion if all of the purchase rights are exercised.

The new acquisitions are also contingent upon Hawaiian signing new agreements with its pilots and flight attendant unions covering operation of the new aircraft type. If new agreements are reached, the fleet expansion is expected to generate roughly 1,000 additional jobs at Hawaiian.

“This is a significant investment in the future of both Hawaiian and Hawaii. Our tourism-based economy and local employment will benefit as we continue our strategy of diversifying our business while improving the efficiency of our operation,” Dunkerley commented.

“We have come to think of Hawaiian Airlines as ‘ohana’ (family) and are very pleased to add yet another branch to our tree with this pending expansion of the Hawaiian Airbus fleet,” said John Leahy, Airbus chief operating officer, customers. “Hawaiian has gotten great results with their A330s. The passengers, the employees and the accountants for the airline all recognize the advantages of Airbus aircraft, and now they will benefit even further by flying the most popular single-aisle family in the sky.”

Hawaiian currently operates a fleet of 43 aircraft, comprised of 25 wide-body, long-haul aircraft (294-seat Airbus A330-200 aircraft and 264-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft), and 18 narrow-body 123-seat Boeing 717-200 aircraft for Neighbor Island flights.

Hawaiian’s existing orders include an additional 13 new A330s between 2013 and 2015, and six next-generation, longer-range A350XWB-800 aircraft starting in 2017. The existing fleet of 16 Boeing 767s will phase out over the next 10 years.[/size]

[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] has reduced the range specification slightly for the A321neo after more than two years in development.

Hawaiian Airlines signed a memorandum of understanding to buy 16 A321neos and the purchase rights for an additional nine on 7 January and quoted a range for the twinjet in a 190-seat layout as 3,650nm (6,760km).

That figure represents a 70nm reduction compared to Airbus' original range estimate of 3,720nm in a 188-seat layout.

The A321neo is still estimated to fly slightly farther than its future rival - the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] 737-9 Max. In July, Boeing revealed the range of the 737-9 should be 3,595nm, a 17.8% range improvement over the 3,055nm range of the 737-900ER.

The [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Max family achieves its range improvement primarily by replacing the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] engine with the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Leap-1B, adding the split-tip advanced technology winglets and redesigning the tail cone.

By contrast, the range improvement for the A321neo is derived almost entirely by introducing new engines - either the Leap-1A or the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G - to an already sharklet-equipped A321.

The new range figures show that Airbus expects the new engines to provide a 13.3% range improvement for the A321neo compared to the roughly 3,220nm range of a sharklet-equipped A321.

Efis a écrit: L'A 321 NEO est donné pour 3,110nm, 185 places ( 2 classes ) à Mach 0.78 avec Sharklets.

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Sevrien a écrit: Aussi, nos histoires de 'périodes conventionnelles' de 12 mois produisent des effets pervers, liés souvent aux notions et réalités de "timing differences".

Etant donné les "timing différences" inéluctables, que l'on constate, en raison du séquencement des événements (Airbus à tiré le 1er avec son ATO concernant les NEO, et Boeing le 2ème, quand il avait obtenu son ATO du B737-MAX), c'est comme s'il y avait eu, dès le début de ce 'concours', un 'genre de timing difference', plus favorable au début à Airbus que pour Boeing.

Si nous additionnions ensemble les chiffres des 2 années 2011 et 2012, le total devrait être plus ou moins comparable, ou faciles à comparer, sans véritable "timing difference" pour les raisons évoquées ci-dessus !

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