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Jet Airways To Dry Lease 3 Boeing 777-300 ER To Thai Airways

March 25, 2010: Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, today announced that as part of its strategic fleet and capacity rationalization initiative, the airline signed a new lease agreement, for three of its B777-300 ER aircraft with Thai Airways. The three new wide-bodied 777-300 ER aircraft will be dry leased to the Thai National carrier for a period of three years with immediate effect. The lease agreement with Thai Airways is in addition to the four other 777-300 ER aircraft currently on dry lease with Turkish Airlines.

According to Mr. Nikos Kardassis, CEO, Jet Airways, "Jet Airways has worked with a focused approach over the last two years to more closely align the airline's deployed capacity with current demand, streamlining costs in the process. The leasing of three of our wide-body B777-300ER aircraft is among the last steps to fully achieving this objective. With the improvement in the global economic environment leading to a rise in air traffic, Jet Airways is now optimally positioned to return to profitability and sustain stronger growth, both in India and overseas with the introduction of new routes."

Jet Airways recently registered impressive growth, over five consecutive months (October '09 - February '10), consolidating its leadership position in the Indian aviation industry. The average international seat factor during this period exceeded 80%, while the average domestic seat factor was an impressive 74% - reflecting continued high demand for the airline’s award-winning world-class product and service.
JetLite, Jet Airways' all-economy subsidiary too has been showing significant signs of a turnaround registering an average of over 18% growth in passenger traffic on a seat factor in excess of 78% for the past four months.

Effective April 14, 2010, the airline will launch its planned daily non-stop flight from Mumbai to Johannesburg in South Africa, and a daily flight on the Thiruvananthapuram-Dammam sector, effective March 28, 2010. Domestically, Jet Airways' Konnect service will introduce daily services on the New Delhi-Dehradun and the Kochi-Bengaluru-Ahmedabad sectors, as also five-days-a-week service on the Hyderabad-Chennai-Port Blair sectors, effective March 28, 2010.

Jet Airways offers guests seamless connections between several destinations in India and 21 destinations across North America, Europe, Asia and the Gulf, primarily via its major hubs in Mumbai and Delhi.

About Jet Airways
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 89 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 53 next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900 aircraft and 14 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.66 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world.

Flights to 61 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including New York (both JFK and Newark), Toronto, Brussels, London (Heathrow), Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Jeddah, Sharjah and Riyadh.
Jet Airways (including its all-economy, no-frills Jet Airways Konnect service) operates over 380 flights daily.

About Jet Airways Konnect
Jet Airways Konnect is Jet Airways’ all-economy service on key domestic routes, designed to meet the needs of the low-fare segment with value-for-money fares.

Jet Airways Konnect links five major metros- Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata - with several destinations across India, operating over 195 flights daily.

About JetLite
JetLite is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jet Airways India Ltd. and was acquired by Jet Airways in April 2007. Positioned as an all-economy, no-frills airline, JetLite operates a fleet of 23 aircraft, which includes 16 Boeing 737 series and 7 Canadian Regional Jets 200 Series. The airline flies to 28 domestic destinations and 2 international destinations (Kathmandu and Colombo), operating over 110 flights a day, on average.

Jet Airways, Jet Airways Konnect, its all-economy, no-frills service, and JetLite have a combined fleet strength of 112 aircraft and operate over 490 flights daily.

Le service de Thai Airways sur Paris va connaître une embellie.

La compagnie thaïlandaise va en effet affecter des Boeing 777-300ER de Jet Airways sur la ligne reliant Bangkok à la capitale française à partir du 1er juin.

Thai Airways a en effet acquis trois 777-300ER en dry lease (sans équipage) auprès de Jet Airways le 25 mars dernier.

La configuration de la compagnie indienne offre 312 places, dont huit suites de Première et trente sièges de classe affaires. Les appareils seront placés sur les liaisons vers Tokyo et Paris.

En ce qui concerne Paris, la desserte en Triple Sept sera effective quotidiennement à partir du 1er juin.

Une liaison supplémentaire, réalisée trois fois par semaine, sera ajoutée le 16 juillet. La liaison est aujourd’hui effectuée par un Boeing 747-400 de 375 places, dix en Première (Royal First) , quarante en Business (Royal Silk)
et 325 en classe économique.

Thai envisagerait de louer trois autres appareils auprès d’Air India.

Elle pourrait ainsi pallier le retard de livraison de ses A380 et de ses A330-300, occasionné par les problèmes de fabrication des sièges de classe économique du constructeur japonais Koito.

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Air Canada, Garuda, Thai and Air Austral could sublease Air India’s 777s
Air Canada, Thai Airways International, Garuda Indonesia and Reunion Island-based Austral have expressed interest in subleasing [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-200LRs and 777-300ERs from Air India.
Earlier this year Air India announced plans to lease out a large portion of its new 777 fleet as part of a cost cutting programme. Air India chairman and managing director Arvind Jadhav says the carrier has so far received responses from Air Canada, Thai, Garuda and [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
"There are four responses. We are evaluating them," Jadhav told ATI during a Star Alliance event in Sao Paulo.
Air India is in the process of joining Star while Air Canada and Thai are already in the alliance.
Air India initially indicated it was seeking to lease out nine 777s. But Jadhav says the carrier is now negotiating subleases on six aircraft - a mix of 777-200LRs and 777-300ERs.
"We got six to lease out," he says. "The evaluation is going on right now."
Jadhav declined to say when a deal would be concluded. He says the carrier is now looking at when it can remove the aircraft from its operation and when the four interested carriers are able to take the aircraft.
"We are looking at the timelines," Jadhav says. "The timelines have to match up."
According to Flightglobal's ACAS database, Air India currently operates eight 777-200LRs and 10 777-300ERs. All 17 of these aircraft are less than three years old.

Thai Airways International has begun talks with Airbus and Boeing to negotiate discounts and easier terms on orders for 15 high-capacity planes worth more than 35 billion baht.

THAI president Piyasvasti Amranand had separate discussions with top executives at the two aviation companies last week at the annual meeting of the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) in Berlin.
He declined to give details of the talks but indicated that the flag carrier's decision on aircraft acquisition would depend largely on the attractiveness of the financial packages offered by the two planemakers.
Preliminary discussions have already taken place between lower-level managers at THAI and Airbus and Boeing, but the Berlin meetings saw negotiations take a higher level.
Talks will centre on the acquisition of eight long-haul and seven medium-range jetliners with prompt delivery being a critical requirement.
The choices boil down to either Airbus's A330/A340 serial models or Boeing's B777-200 and the larger B777-300ER, said sources at THAI.

THAI is looking for medium-haul jets with a capacity of 300 passengers to serve regional routes. The long-haul planes, each capable of seating 350 passengers, will fly inter-continental flights.
Boeing's B787 "Dreamliner" and Airbus's A350 XWB are both new-generation jetliners. But THAI ruled them out as they are both under development and will take too long to deliver.
A substantial backlog for the new planes, which meet with THAI's requirements, means they are even less likely to meet THAI's timeline to replace existing aircraft within the next three years.
THAI needs to retire 25 old aircraft, including several B747-400 jumbo jets now used on long-haul routes, from now until 2014.
Both Airbus's A330/340 jets and Boeing's B777s are already in production with more predictable manufacturing times than for the new machines.
Europe's Airbus deliver the first A330/A340s to THAI in the second half of next year, a source said, adding that Boeing could match that offer.
As of the end of last month, Airbus had a backlog of 389 A330 models for future delivery.

C admin approuve projet achat 7 Airbus,8 Boeing

Le conseil d'administration de la compagnie aérienne Thai Airways International PCL (THAI.TH) a donné son feu vert au projet d'achat de sept Airbus 330-300 et de huit Boeing 777-300ER pour moderniser sa flotte.
Le président de la compagnie aérienne, Piyasvasti Amranand, a refusé de donner une indication de prix concernant ces opérations.
Il a déclaré à la presse vendredi que Thai Airways acquérrait les avions Airbus par le biais d'un leasing financier - avec deux appareils livrés en 2011, trois en 2012 et deux en 2013 -, et que les avions Boeing seraient obtenus en leasing opérationnel - avec quatre appareils livrés en 2012 et les quatre autres en 2013.

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La compagnie a également annoncé qu’elle avait choisi un nouveau fournisseur pour ces sièges en classe économique.

Si la société japonaise Koito ne parvient pas à résoudre ses problèmes de production et livrer les sièges commandés par Thai à temps, la compagnie se tournera vers la société allemande Zim Flugsitz.

SEVRIEN a écrit:Quelle motorisation choisira MAS pour les 17 x A330-300 qu’il a récemment commandés ? P&W (PW4100 Advantage) ou RR Trent 700-EP (772-EP?) ?

Les actuels (anciens) A330-300 dans la flotte sont à moteurs P&W de l’ancienne série PW4000. Mais cela n’a ni importance ni signification déterminante.

P&W amélioré son produit ; le PW4100 est une offre bien meilleure, à tout point de vue, que les précédents membres de la série PW4000, ….mais encore bien loin derrière celle qu’est le RR Trent 700-EP.

Mais cela n’a pas grande importance, car P&W, avec le soutien de sa maison mère, UTC, pourrait proposer un accord du genre « TotalCare » ou « Power By the Hour », et assurer l’entretien à un tarif défiant toute concurrence ! En ce moment, P&W serait « prêt à tout » !

De ce côté, RR doit avoir des arguments, aussi !

Mais P&W serait très déterminé !

Pour MAS, il y aurait un problème avec une sélection en faveur de P&W :

----- · La valeur résiduelle dégringolerait bien plus rapidement que dans le cas des A330-300 en question, motorisés par le RR Trent 772B EP !

Aussi, il semblerait que, sans les conditions « hot & high » les PW 4100 soient bien moins performants que les RR Trent 772B EP !

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Thai Airways International to order seven more A330s
21 July 2010


Thai Airways International (THAI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus for the purchase of seven more A330-300s. The aircraft will be delivered from the end of 2011 and will join an existing fleet of 20 A330-300s flying to destinations across the Asia-Pacific region.

The MOU was finalised today at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK by Captain Montree Jumrieng, THAI Managing Director of Technical Department and John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer, Customers.

“THAI has selected the A330-300 to meet our medium haul requirement. This will lead to improved efficiency as well as reducing the average age of our fleet. As our objective is to be a first choice airline, we would like to enhance our customer's experience with new aircraft and the best service available on board,” said Capt. Montree Jumrieng. “Our fleet strategy aims to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions by matching aircraft size to market demand, while working on fleet simplification in the long-term.”

"We are extremely pleased to sign this MOU with one of our longest-standing customers and most experienced A330 operators," said John Leahy. "THAI's latest commitment once again underscores the A330's status as the most efficient mid-size widebody aircraft in-service today and the right aircraft right now for airlines across the globe."

The modern and efficient A330 is one of the most widely used widebody aircraft in service today. To date, Airbus has won more than 1,000 firm orders for the various versions of the aircraft. More than 700 A330s have already been delivered and the aircraft is currently flying with over 80 operators worldwide

Thai Airways International (THAI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus for the purchase of seven more A330-300s. The aircraft will be delivered from the end of 2011 and will join an existing fleet of 20 A330-300s flying to destinations across the Asia-Pacific region.


The MOU was finalised today at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK by Captain Montree Jumrieng, THAI Managing Director of Technical Department and John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer, Customers.

"THAI has selected the A330-300 to meet our medium haul requirement. This will lead to improved efficiency as well as reducing the average age of our fleet. As our objective is to be a first choice airline, we would like to enhance our customer's experience with new aircraft and the best service available on board,” said Capt. Montree Jumrieng. “Our fleet strategy aims to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions by matching aircraft size to market demand, while working on fleet simplification in the long-term.”

"We are extremely pleased to sign this MOU with one of our longest-standing customers and most experienced A330 operators," said John Leahy. "THAI's latest commitment once again underscores the A330's status as the most efficient mid-size widebody aircraft in-service today and the right aircraft right now for airlines across the globe."

The modern and efficient A330 is one of the most widely used widebody aircraft in service today. To date, Airbus has won more than 1,000 firm orders for the various versions of the aircraft. More than 700 A330s have already been delivered and the aircraft is currently flying with over 80 operators worldwide.

• Compagnies asiatiques (Thai International Airways);
  
• Boeing : Famille 777 ;
  
• Airbus A330-300 : concurrent du B777-300ER :
  
• RR Trent 700....... (rubrique : "Propulsion").
  
  

Mucray a écrit:Bonjour Sevrien et tous,

Thai a déjà trois B 777-300ER en sous location sans équipage chez Jet AW. Affaire bouclée en mars dernier.
Sur Paris-Tokyo; effectif depuis le 1 juin.

Mucray a écrit:Une autre liaison en 777-300ER est effective depuis trois jours en remplacement de B 747.

La raison est le choix des sièges Koito sur les 7 A 330-300 encore à recevoir ( total : 15 + 7 A 330 sans les 7 supplémentaires en MoU ).
Modèles -321; -322; ( P&W 4164 & 4168 )
-323X et 343X. ( RR Trent 772/ 772 B 60 )

Mucray a écrit:Pour l'heur, les 3 B 777-300ER d'Air India intéressent toujours Thai sur une période n'excédant pas 16 mois.

Il a été aussi question de remettre en service les 4 A 340-500.

Mucray a écrit:Corrigez moi si mes chiffres sont inexacts.

SEVRIEN a écrit:Pour THAI Airways, ceci est une opération "stop-gap", .... d'opportunité financière.

Ceci n'a rien à voir avec une opération "new build" ou de "nouvelle fournée" de B777-300ER.

THAI a besoin de PUC, et de profiter promptement des autorisations données par le Gouvernement de son pays.

Singapore's budget carrier Tiger Airways and Thai Airways will jointly launch a low-cost airline that is expected to start operations next year, they said in statement on Monday.

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Thai Airways International and Singapore-based Tiger Airways have agreed to form a new low-cost carrier based in Bangkok.

The new airline, to be called Thai Tiger Airways, will start operations in the first quarter of 2011 pending regulatory approval, say the two carriers after signing a memorandum of understanding.

It will operate domestic and international flights within a five-hour flying radius out of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport using Airbus A320 aircraft.

"The route network and further information on the corporate structure will be announced in due course," say the airlines.
Thai, and an undisclosed Thai entity, will hold a 51% stake in the new carrier while Tiger will own the remaining 49%, says Thai's president Piyasvasti Amranand.

"We believe that this move will provide revenue opportunities for Thai, and allow Thai to be more competitive in the region with the anticipated growth in the low cost market," he adds.
This growth will come from the Association of South-east Asian Nations' [Asean] air liberalisation policies, which will come into effect by 2015 and should help grow air travel in Asia, says Piyasvasti.

Thai will hold the chairmanship on the new airline's board, which will have three nominees from Thai and two from Tiger.
Tiger's group president and CEO Tony Davis says: "Thai Tiger will be well positioned to offer low fares to even more parts of the Asia-Pacific region from its base in Asia's tourism leader, Thailand. Bangkok is a key gateway to the whole of Southeast Asia and from its base at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Thai Tiger will be well positioned to also serve destinations in North Asia and the Indian sub-continent."

Tiger, in which Thai's fellow Star Alliance partner Singapore Airlines has a 34% stake, which was established in 2004. It has a fully-owned subsidiary in Australia offering domestic services, and Bangkok will be its third base.
It had plans to set up associate carriers in South Korea and the Philippines a few years ago, but dropped those citing the economic downturn and regulatory uncertainty.

Malaysian low-cost rival AirAsia has Bangkok-based associate, Thai Air Asia, which operates both domestic and international services.
Thai's low-cost subsidiary, Nok Air, also operates flights out of Bangkok but from the smaller Don Mueang Airport.

Thai Airways International has finalised a firm order with Airbus for the purchase of seven Airbus A330-300s, following a memorandum of understanding signed at last month's Farnborough Air Show.
Deliveries of the new aircraft will start from end-2011, says Airbus.

"Thai has ordered the additional A330-300 aircraft to meet our medium haul requirement and enable us to continue to operate one of the most modern and efficient fleets in the region," says the airline's president Piyasvasti Amranand.
"Our fleet strategy aims to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions by matching aircraft size to market demand, while working on fleet simplification in the long-term. The popular A330 remains an important part of that strategy."

Thai has said it plans to use the new aircraft to replace its A300-600s. It already operates 20 A330-300s.
"This latest order from Thai is another vote of confidence in the proven efficiency, low operating costs and wide passenger appeal of the A330," says Airbus' chief operating officer John Leahy.