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Dubai Aerospace Industries a annulé une commande de 35 Boeing 737

La société de leasing aéronautique Dubai Aerospace Industries a annulé une commande de 35 Boeing 737, a annoncé le constructeur américain lors de son bilan hebdomadaire.
Cette opération avait une valeur catalogue de 2,8 milliards de dollars.
Dubai Aerospace a déjà supprimé l'ensemble de ses commandes d'Airbus, pour un montant catalogue de 5,8 milliards de dollars.
Ne restent au groupe que 15 ordres sur des Boeing 747, et six sur des 777. L'avionneur n'a pas souhaité faire de commentaires sur ces commandes.
Par ailleurs, Boeing a enregistré au cours de la semaine écoulée deux nouvelles commandes, sur un 737 et un 747.
Fondée en 2006, Dubai Aerospace avait déjà annulé en mars de nombreuses contrats auprès d'Airbus comme de Boeing, et ouvert des négociations avec les deux constructeurs sur ceux qu'il maintenait.
A l'apogée du marché en 2007, Dubai Aerospace s'était engagé sur plus de 200 avions, mais la crise financière qui a touché Dubai l'a poussé à réviser ses plans à la baisse.

[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] is poised to defect to the larger [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], becoming the latest in a series of customers to shift away from the shrunk -800 variant.

• TAP a besoin de PUC 'à date' ;
  
• le fait de repousser plus loin l'EIS des A350-XWB-800 l'incommode ;
  
• aussi, il est un fait que TAP Portugal déclare ouvertement sa perception que la reprise du transport aérien, et de son trafic, dera plus forte que prévue, et que cela ne présente aucun risque significatif de 'faire voler trop des sièges vides' en optant pour la variante plus grande, ... soit l'A350-XWB-900;
  
• enfin, dans son contrat de commande, TAP avait prévu, d'un commun accord avec Airbus, la possibilité / l'option de convertir, sans frais, vers une variante autre que celle initialement commandée !
  

[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] parent [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] insists it remains committed to the -800, and is not reviewing the business case, but is discussing options with customers interested in taking the larger -900 following postponement of the -800's development.

TAP had been one of the early signatories for the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], signing up for 10 of the original [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] in 2005 when the type was effectively conceived as a re-engined [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

The Portuguese flag-carrier subsequently firmed options on another two -800s before Airbus overhauled the A350 design and relaunched it as a new aircraft family, the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], in late 2006. Although intended to be an optimised aircraft in its own right, the new version of the A350-800 was revised last year as a smaller version of the -900.

Airbus chose this strategy to increase the -800's range but the airframer also acknowledged that it would raise the type's fuel burn.

While the manufacturer had secured orders for 182 A350-800s in mid-2008 the backlog started sliding away last year as customers began switching to the larger -900. Brazil's TAM and Kuwait's ALAFCO converted 24 -800s to -900s in 2010 and Asiana, Synergy Aerospace and International Lease Finance have all switched either partially or fully to the -900.

Airbus has since pushed back development of the -800 by about two years, postponing entry into service to mid-2016. TAP said its initial deal with Airbus enables it to convert to other variants. "Considering actual and forecasted traffic trends, the A350-900 will better match with TAP's future capacity needs," the airline told Flightglobal.

It has not indicated how many -800s might be switched. Airbus's latest order data also shows lessor CIT - another customer for the original A350 - cancelled its outstanding -800s after converting most of its order for five to the -900 in June. TAP has 12 A350-800s on order and a move to the -900 could potentially bring the -800 backlog down from 135 to 123 aircraft, just two-thirds of the peak total.

EADS chief Louis Gallois, during the company's first-half presentation, said the company was "not questioning the viability" of any of the A350 variants, including the -800.

Amending the development schedule for the -800 would enable EADS to concentrate on the two larger family members, EADS said. Gallois added that the response from airlines has convinced the company to "maintain the three versions", but admitted: "We are in discussions with airlines on the -800 because some of them could be interested in having the -900 before."

Key customers for the -800 include [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], US Airways, Hawaiian Airlines and Aeroflot, holding 62 orders between them. Irish lessor Aircraft Purchase Fleet, which took over Italian carrier [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]'s order for 12 -800s said it still intends to take the twinjets. Uncertainty surrounds other -800 orders - notably for 10 from two Libyan carriers.

Et l'A350-XWB-800 va être un concurrent direct efficace du B787-9 !

Six [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] 787s have been struck from the airframer's order book, although the manufacturer has not disclosed the identity of the customer cancelling the twinjets.

The latest backlog figures from Boeing, which include the large 737-900ER order for 100 aircraft from Delta Air Lines, also confirm the loss of half a dozen 787s.

At the end of July the airframer had a backlog of 827 787s. The latest cancellation, which brings the net reduction in 787 orders this year to 26, would take the figure down to 821.

In addition to the Delta 737s, Boeing booked orders for two 777s from an unidentified customer.

Boeing has secured overall gross orders for 472 aircraft during 2011, including 344 737s, with adjustments resulting in a net order total of 370.

UK holiday carrier Monarch Airlines has emerged as the latest customer to cancel its [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] order, confirming it was the carrier behind last week's axing of six aircraft from the twinjet's backlog.

The company said it has "reassessed its decision" to purchase the aircraft, following plans disclosed in June to concentrate on reinforcing its scheduled short-haul operations.

But it added that the cancellation "does not affect" the plan by its maintenance arm, Monarch Aircraft Engineering, to support the 787.

Monarch said the maintenance division was "committed" to providing line and base services for the twinjet from early next year, along with its support for [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], 757, 767 and [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] jets.

"[We] will see further expansion into new UK bases and new routes from 2012, while remaining dedicated to supporting [our] long-standing tour operator partner needs," said the airline.

"Further consideration will be given to developing and strengthening long-haul options in the future."

Monarch, which revealed its plan to acquire the Rolls-Royce Trent-powered 787s in 2006, had originally intended to take delivery from 2010. But it recently said that delays to the programme had pushed their introduction back to around 2014.

Its order cancellation brings the number of 787s in the firm backlog down to 821.

Debt-ridden national carrier Air India does not have the funds to pay for the 27 Boeing 787s it has ordered, Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi said Sept. 9, a day after the country’s nodal public auditing agency flayed the state-run airline’s hasty expansion plans.
“The decision to acquire a large number of aircraft was risky and has contributed predominantly to the airline's massive debt liability,” the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) said in a report sent to parliament on Sept. 8. The fleet acquisition process also took an “unduly long time,” the CAG said (Aviation Daily, Sept. 9).

Il était facile de vendre à n'importe qui dans ces conditions ! Que vaut vraiment le carnet de commandes (B787) de Boeing ?

Ravi, in reacting to this report, says that the delivery of the 27 aircraft had been delayed by Boeing for three years. He did not specify whether the order would be confirmed or canceled, but made clear that if these aircraft were delivered, there is no mony to pay for them.

“I don’t have the money to pay ... I cannot beg the finance minister all the time for the money. It is difficult. This is the position now.

The government cannot say we are confirming or we are rejecting,” the minister said in an interview on a local news channel. The delivery of the first Boeing 787 to Air India is reported to have been further delayed by two months to December.

The CAG report tabled in parliament last week takes the Civil Aviation Ministry to task for a faulty and hasty expansion plan that involved funding the purchase of new planes with debt or loans, calling it a “recipe for disaster.” The CAG said this led the airline to its current financially crippled state. To a suggestion by the CAG that Air India be left alone by the government to have a chance for survival, Ravi says the ministry will intervene to look at profitability, admitting that it is currently difficult to meet payroll. “This is the situation, that is the interference. You must understand our problem,” he said.

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has opted to exercise termination rights for three [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-8Fs that were part of a larger 12 aircraft order placed in September 2006.

"As prudent asset managers, terminating the first three aircraft was the right decision for our fleet, our customers and our stockholders. We expect the remaining 747-8Fs in our order to be better-performing aircraft than those we have terminated," said company CEO William Flynn.

Atlas stated the three early production freighters were scheduled to be the carrier's first deliveries in 2011. But [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] subsequently rescheduled these aircraft to early 2012 and three more-recently built, better performing 747-8Fs were moved to the 2011 delivery positions.

Of the nine remaining aircraft, Atlas plans to take delivery of three this year four in 2012 and two in 2013.
The company plans to accept delivery of one of the better-performing 747-8Fs in October followed by two in November. The first three will enter ACMI service with [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

The decision by Atlas to nix the three aircraft is another blow to Boeing's 747-8F programme as last minute contract wrangling forced the cancellation of a delivery ceremony planned for aircraft launch customer [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] on 19 September.

Boeing in 2010 reportedly shifted control of its [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Large Cargo Freighters that ferry oversized components of the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] from Evergreen International Airlines to Atlas as part of compensation to Altas for delays incurred in the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] development programme.

Citing the extended delivery delays in the Boeing 787 programme China Eastern has cancelled orders for 24 of the widebody aircraft, and has opted to convert those positions to 45 737 narrowbodies.

The move drops Boeing's 787 backlog below 800 for the first time, ....

....and is the first publicly acknowledged cancellation due to the delays to the programme. Previously, customers had cited economic instability as the reason for cancelling orders.

China Eastern in a statement to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong said the order for 45 "brand new" 737 aircraft is worth $3.3 billion at list prices, but the company extracted "significant price concessions" from the airframer.

The carrier stated the aircraft will be used primarily to satisfy rising domestic demand and increasing demand on international and regional medium and-short-haul routes.

The order for the 24 widebody aircraft was split between nine 787s for subsidiary Shanghai Airlines and 15 for China Eastern.

The 45 new 737s are expected to be delivered in stages from 2014 to 2016, and will increase the airline's capacity by 8.65% based on 31 December 2010 levels.

Il s'agit, donc, de B737-NG.

Jeannot a écrit:Même si China Southern conserve sa commande de 787s Boeing s'attend à d'autres annulations

China Southern sticks with 787 but Boeing expects cancellations

A day after [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] for 24 [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], China Southern said it would stick with its order, despite an anticipated delay, [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

Boeing recently told China Southern that the first of its 10 787s would arrive in July, seven months later than previously planned, airline Chief Financial Officer Xu Jiebo told Dow Jones. He expressed disappointment with the new delay (the 787 program [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] to launch customer All Nippon Airways three and a half years late) and said he expected compensation.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes marketing Chief Randy Tinseth, meanwhile, said his company expects more 787 cancellations as it adjusts delivery dates.

“Frankly as we look forward, we expect to see the Dreamliner order base increase, we expect to see more orders, we expect to see more cancellations, especially as we go through mitigation with our customers,” Tinseth told a briefing in Seoul, [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

The story included speculation that other Chinese airlines might cancel 787 orders.

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Boeing's third-quarter earnings report on 26 October will provide the first concrete details about the company's expectations on the 787's long-term financial health.

It will also see the disclosure of Boeing's initial accounting quantity for the new twinjet, which is widely expected to spread its investment over as many as 1,000 deliveries to maintain a position of profitability.

"Given the tremendous success of this product in the marketplace with more than 820 airplanes in backlog, the initial accounting quantity will be substantially higher than previous new program initial quantities," said chief financial officer James Bell in the company's earnings report on 27 July.

The move to considerably increase the accounting block is a break from Boeing history. Every new Boeing aircraft, including the 747, 757, 767 and 777 have all begun with a block of 400 aircraft, according to the company's annual reports. Even the 737NG, which saw record sales of more than 700 aircraft before its service entry in 1997, maintained an initial accounting quantity of 400.

With the first two 787s in the hands of launch customer All Nippon Airlines, Boeing is also readying itself to embark on global marketing tour designed to reinvigorate the Dreamliner's sales campaign, said several company sources familiar with the plan.

The world tour is a chance for Boeing to reconnect with its block of more than 50 787 customers, and in part bolster the long-range health of its backlog with fresh sales****** and pricing that reflects the massive investment made in the programme. Cancellations from the economy and delays have seen the 787 backlog shrink to 797 from its peak of more than 900.

While the 787 will see its first scheduled service on 1 November with All Nippon Airways, the third Boeing test aircraft, ZA003, will begin a global tour with an itinerary of an estimated 30 or more cities.

The aircraft will see its flight-test instrumentation racks removed and replaced with a variety of premium and economy seating, highlighting the options available to customers.

The aircraft, which performed as the company's cabin and environmental systems test bed during its 20-month certification campaign, was repainted earlier this month, and now wears a slightly modified version of the blue company colours on ZA001.

Speaking in Seoul, South Korea, Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of marketing Randy Tinseth expected additional orders and additional cancellations as the airframer worked to mitigate the impact of delays in delivery to its customers, reported Reuters. Company sources indicated that Tinseth was speaking more broadly about long-term trends in the backlog.

Though the service entry of the 787 with All Nippon Airways will be on 26 October on a special charter between Tokyo-Narita and Hong Kong, United Airlines, China Southern and LOT Polish Airlines have all reported fresh delays of six months or more until the arrival of their first 787s.

United, having expected its first in early 2012, now says it will see delivery in the second half of the year, while according to reports in the Polish media, LOT will take delivery in 2013 instead of spring 2012, while Bloomberg reported that China Southern's first 787 will be delivered in July 2012, instead of the end of 2011.

Boeing declined to comment on the delivery delays, citing US Securities and Exchange Commission rules and the proximity to the company's quarterly earnings call.

Air Berlin repousse la livraison de certaines commandes

Air Berlinn a repoussé à 2015 et 2016 la date de livraison d'une vingtaine d'appareils Airbus et Boeing , afin d'étoffer sa trésorerie pour rembourser sa dette.
Cette décision touche 11 Airbus A320 et huit Boeing B737 livrables à l'origine en 2012 et 2013. Elle permettra à Air Berlin de réduire ses besoins d'investissement de 508 millions de dollars en 2012 et de 1,13 milliard en 2013.
Air Berlin, deuxième compagnie aérienne allemande derrière Lufthansa , connaît une année compliquée, marquée notamment par la démission en août de son président du directoire et fondateur Joachim Hunold pour n'avoir pas réussi à la rendre à nouveau rentable.

Hong Kong Airlines said on Wednesday it plans to delay delivery of six Boeing cargo aircraft to after 2015 from 2013-14.
The company has had a tough few weeks, with Hong Kong's aviation regulator halting the expansion of its 20-strong fleet following complaints about its service standards. The carrier has also announced the closure of its business-class only flights between London Gatwick and Hong Kong from September.

President Yang Jianhong also said the company would gradually replace its existing Boeing aircraft with Airbus planes.

Hong Kong Airlines was not planning an initial public offering in Hong Kong this year, but may consider one in 2013, he added.
(Reuters)

Virgin America Inc., the low-fare airline partly owned by Richard Branson, will cut one purchase of Airbus SAS jets by two-thirds and delay deliveries of a newer model as it focuses on long-term survival over expansion.

The carrier will now take 10 Airbus A320 planes, down from its original order for 30, in 2015 and 2016, according to a statement today.

Those 10 aircraft are the last of the original batch, as the first 20 were to be handed over to the Burlingame, California-based airline from 2013 through 2015.

Deliveries of 30 upgraded A320neo-model jets will be pushed to 2020 through 2022 from a range of 2016 through 2019.

The fleet changes followed last month’s disclosure for a capacity pullback from January through March, the first such reduction since Virgin America began flying began in 2007, and were announced as the airline posted a wider third-quarter loss.

Lufthansa has canceled one of the 20 Boeing 747-8Is it has on order. The aircraft was part of the Intercontinental certification flight test program.

The 747-8 had been scheduled for delivery to Lufthansa last year but Boeing said it “needed to retain the airplane for additional flight testing associated with the 747-8 Performance Improvement Package,” which would have resulted in a two-and-half year delivery delay.

“We think it is a good solution for both companies, in part because of Boeing’s need for this airplane for a flight test program in 2013—and in part because of the chance for Lufthansa to adapt to reduced growth plans,” a Lufthansa spokesperson told ATW. “Nevertheless we remain absolutely committed to the 747-8.”

Lufthansa has taken delivery of four 747-8Is and is scheduled to receive an additional 15.

“Boeing expects that it will be able to find a new customer for this airplane, but is not in a rush to deliver it as it has meaningful work to do in the flight test fleet to certify future product upgrades,” a Boeing spokesperson said. “Subsequent to post-flight test refurbishment, we expect the airplane to be available for redelivery to a new customer in early 2015.”

The German carrier began 747-8I passenger service in June.

Romanian Blue Air cancels order with Boeing: company

Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air on said Thursday it had cancelled an order for five Boeing 737-aircraft owing to financial problems.