Intentions de Commandes & Commandes fermes

Boeing is looking to finish flight tests for its much-awaited 787 Dreamliner this weekend, the company's chief of commercial planes said on Thursday.

The 787 is still set for delivery to All Nippon Airways in September and will see a production rate increase later this year, Jim Albaugh said at an industry conference.

Boeing is about three years behind schedule in delivering the first 787, largely because of snags in the unusually complex global supply chain.

Albaugh also said the company plans to go to its board of directors later this month for approval of its plan to make a version of its best-selling 737 narrow-body plane with a new, fuel-efficient engine.

The re-engined model is already seeing strong interest, Albaugh said.

Separately, Boeing said it took 19 new orders for 777s in the week ended August 10, including 12 orders from Cathay Pacific Airways, which were announced a day earlier.

The other seven orders were from an unidentified customer or customers, Boeing said in its weekly order update.

Nineteen 777 wide-bodies are valued near USD$5.4 billion at list prices. Cathay Pacific ordered eight 777 Freighters and four 777-300ERs.

Boeing has taken orders for a net total of 268 commercial planes so far in 2011.
(Reuters)

• (a) non seulement les 8 x B777-300ER constitue "commande de compensation", destinée à régler les impacts des retards colossaux sur le programme B787 (variantr -9, pour SIA), .. mais aussi,
  
• (b) SIA commence à perdre patience devant l'absence de communication fiable et sérieuse émanant du Groupe Boeing vers ses clients, .. dont SIA, qui a des conversations avec ANZ (on voit tout de suite la correspondance), ... et que,
  
• (c) compte tenu du nouveau planning, annoncé par Airbus pour la / les versions A350-XWB-800, et des progrès concrets que SIA constate sur l'A350-XWB-900, et le moteur RR Trent XWB-900 ("centre-line engine" en "commonality" totale avec le(s) RR Trent XWB-800),
  
• (d) SIA pourrait annuler ses B787-9, pour prendre l'Airbus A350-WXB-800, qui correspond parfaitement au B787-9, avec un rayon d'action et d'autres aspects de souplesse, bien supérieurs à celu du B787-9, et, qu'il semblerait être entendu que le -800, grâce à la date plus éloignée d'EIS, ne soit pas, mainternant, un simple "shrink" de la version XWB-900, mais (de nouveau), monté comme une variante jouissant d'une subnstantielle optimlisation.
  

Boeing and Thai Airways have agreed an order for six 777s valued at USD$1.7 billion at list prices, the plane maker said on Thursday.
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Boeing and Thai Airways have agreed an order for six 777s valued at USD$1.7 billion at list prices, the plane maker said on Thursday.

The order was first announced at the Paris Air Show in June, Boeing said.

(Reuters)

La compagnie aérienne basée à Atlanta en Géorgie, a annoncé qu’elle prendrait livraison de ses nouveaux avions à partir du second semestre de 2013.

12 seront délivrées cette première année, puis 19 livraisons sont attendues chaque année entre 2014 et 2017, les 12 derniers arrivant en 2018.

Les Boeing 737-900ER seront configurés en 180 places. Atlanta a indiqué que les nouveaux appareils destinés à remplacer les B757 vieillissants (plus d’une centaine) seraient positionnés sur le réseau domestique.

Il est à noter que Delta a choisi de ne pas opter pour les versions remotorisées d’Airbus ou de Boeing, estimant donc que le Boeing 737 actuel était « très compétitif », selon les propos de Richard Anderson, directeur général de Boeing, avec 15 à 20 % de carburant consommé en moins.

L’autre raison tient aussi en partie au calendrier avec des premières livraisons dès 2014 alors que les NEO d’Airbus ne sont pas attendues avant 2015 au plus tôt pour l’A320NEO, plus un ou deux ans pour l’A321 NEO (le concurrent direct du
B737-900), et plus tard encore pour les B737 remotorisées, Boeing ayant tardé à s’engager dans cette option.

Kenya Airways finalizes order for 10 E-190s

Kenya Airways (KQ) finalized an order with Embraer for 10 E-190s, plus purchase rights for a further 16 E-jets, as part of its long-term expansion plan to fly to all African capital cities by the end of 2013. The order follows a letter of intent signed at the Paris Air Show in June . Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2012.

“The Embraer 190 fleet will be key in ensuring Kenya Airways becomes the leading carrier on the continent, interlinking African cities and— through our Nairobi hub—connecting Africa to the world,” KQ Group MD and CEO Titus Naikuni said. “The Embraer 190’s excellent range, efficiency, size and superior level comfort will allow us to increase frequencies and start new routes, along with improving the overall passenger flying experience throughout Africa.”

The E-190s will be configured in a dual-class layout with 96 seats, comprising 12 in business class and 84 in economy. All seats will be IFE-equipped with individual touch screens.

The finalized E-190 order is in addition to KQ’s LOI with GECAS for the lease of two new Boeing 777-300ERs, expected to be delivered at the end of 2012-early 2013 if the contract is firmed, Naikuni said.

The Nairobi-based airline has also concluded an agreement for a 747-400F expected to arrive next month. KQ additionally has nine Boeing 787s on firm order plus four options. Its Dreamliner deliveries are scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2013.

The carrier currently operates five E-170s and two E-190s, with a further three E-190s (under an existing deal) to be delivered by early 2012.

Ethiopian Airlines set to buy four B777 freighters

The Ethiopian Airlines is concluding a deal with the US aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, for the purchase of four state-of-the art Boeing 777 freighter aircraft.
A senior official of Ethiopian told The Reporter that the management of Ethiopian and executives of Boeing have been negotiating for almost a year for the purchase of the new aircraft. The official said the two parties will announce the deal soon.
A representative of Boeing has confirmed the new deal. The representative said the agreement will be signed in the coming few weeks. The growing demand for cargo flight services prompted Ethiopian to place orders for the new B777 jetliners. Recently Ethiopian signed a lease agreement with GECAS for two B777 aircraft to be delivered in September 2012. The lease agreement for the two B777 is ten years.

The B777 freighter aircraft has the capacity to haul 100 tons of cargo at a time. The catalogue price of the aircraft is 260 million dollars. Boeing will deliver the four aircraft after three years.
With six freighter aircraft (two B757-200F, two B747s and two MD 11s) Ethiopian has the largest cargo fleet in Africa. When the two leased B777 arrive, Ethiopian will sell one of the MD 11 it owns and return the other leased MD11. And when the first two B777 are delivered after three years Ethiopian will return the two leased B747s to Southern Air, the American leasing company.
In the 2010-2011 fiscal year, Ethiopian cargo traffic has grown by 20 percent to 160,000 tons when compared to the previous fiscal year. The growing horticulture and meat exports have significantly contributed to the surge in cargo traffic.

Jeannot a écrit:Ethiopian Airlines va prendre 4 B777 freighters

Ethiopian Airlines set to buy four B777 freighters

The Ethiopian Airlines is concluding a deal with the US aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, for the purchase of four state-of-the art Boeing 777 freighter aircraft.
A senior official of Ethiopian told The Reporter that the management of Ethiopian and executives of Boeing have been negotiating for almost a year for the purchase of the new aircraft. The official said the two parties will announce the deal soon.
A representative of Boeing has confirmed the new deal. The representative said the agreement will be signed in the coming few weeks. The growing demand for cargo flight services prompted Ethiopian to place orders for the new B777 jetliners. Recently Ethiopian signed a lease agreement with GECAS for two B777 aircraft to be delivered in September 2012. The lease agreement for the two B777 is ten years.

The B777 freighter aircraft has the capacity to haul 100 tons of cargo at a time. The catalogue price of the aircraft is 260 million dollars. Boeing will deliver the four aircraft after three years.
With six freighter aircraft (two B757-200F, two B747s and two MD 11s) Ethiopian has the largest cargo fleet in Africa. When the two leased B777 arrive, Ethiopian will sell one of the MD 11 it owns and return the other leased MD11. And when the first two B777 are delivered after three years Ethiopian will return the two leased B747s to Southern Air, the American leasing company.
In the 2010-2011 fiscal year, Ethiopian cargo traffic has grown by 20 percent to 160,000 tons when compared to the previous fiscal year. The growing horticulture and meat exports have significantly contributed to the surge in cargo traffic.

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SEVRIEN a écrit:Bonjour, chers tous. Merci, Jeannot.

C'est un excellent "freighter", sur le plan de "l'airframe".

Ce sont les moteurs qui laissent à désirer (GE90-110B).

• L'A330-200F va marquer le pas jusqu'à ce que les clients, qui le souhaitent, auront pu exercer la possibilité de convertir leurs A330-300 en version "F", ou ceux de leur flotte qu'ils souhaitent convertir ;
  
• l'A330-200F est un "freighter" bien plus souple à l'exploitation que ne le sera l'A330-300F (avion convertis ; pas de "new-build" en perspective), et aura toute sa place dans une flotte de "freighter" A330 mixte (-200F / -300F) ;
  
• le -200F apporte des combinaisons 'distances franchissables / poids emportés' , susceptibles d'apporter, en supplément, une efficacité et une souplesse accrues, aux honnêtes performances que la version -300F pourra offrir ;
  
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• "Ethiopian Airlines" a besoin de modules de fret de dimension intrinsèquement plus importante à ce stade ; la Cie. n'est pa convaincue par sa propre capacité à tirer la quintessence des freighters B747, et juge le B747-8F trop gros pour ses besoins prévisionnels ;
  
• tout comme Martinair et Lufthansa, la Cie. "Ethiopian" a apprécié la "rationalité" du fuselage des versions 'fret' DC-10 et MD-11, et regrette que Boeing ne les fasse plus ; tant pis ; mais, les B777-200F offrent une excellente solution de remplacement ;
  
• son fuselage est très rationnel, et permet un emport en fret avec un bon ratio de "densité" (ratio poids-volume, pour 'vulgariser', facile à optimiser) , rivalisant avec ce ratio chez le B747-8F (très peu de place / volume perdu, pour des poids emportés frôlant le maximum).
  

Hugot2 a écrit:Bonjour,

AF/KLM aurait donc annoncé une commande d'A 350XWB-900 et B 787-9

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Rolls Royce confirme sur son site, concernant les A 350

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AF/KLM aurait donc annoncé une commande d'A 350XWB-900 et B 787-9

SEVRIEN a écrit:Bonjour, chers tous. Voilà la cofirmation qu'il faut ! Mais, ..... ! "Read on" !

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Rolls-Royce welcomes Air France-KLM to Trent family
Friday, 16 September 2011

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today welcomed Air France-KLM Group to its family of Trent XWB engine operators, following an announcement of the airline’s intention to select the Airbus A350-900.

"Intention" ? LoI ? Obligation de négocier pour AF-KLM ! AF-KLM ne peut pas 's'en aller' impunément !

Rolls-Royce will now work closely with Air France-KLM Group to finalise an agreement linked to this announcement, which covers up to 60 aircraft, 25 of which are planned to be firm orders in the near term.

Ceci ressemblerait, sous réserve d'imprévus et de détails, certes, complèxes plutôt à un accord du genre TotalCare, sans doute complèxe, qu'à un accord MRO, qui octroie de larges activités à AF-KLM !

Mark King, Rolls-Royce President – Civil Aerospace, said: “This will be the first time we have supplied large engines to Air France-KLM Group and we look forward to building on the positive relationship we have established during the aircraft evaluation process. The Trent XWB test results are already showing it to be the most efficient large aero engine available on the market today.”

"Now, wait & see" ! ;)

COMAC expects new C919 orders in October

Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) expects to get new orders for the CFM Leap-X-powered C919 next month, according to chief accountant Tian Min.

Tian declined to identify the customers but noted they include Chinese and overseas carriers. He said that orders would be for more than 50 aircraft.

Tian also said that Ryanair, International Lease Finance Corp., and others had shown a lot of interest in the C919 and signed MOUs with the Chinese manufacturer.

COMAC booked orders and commitments for 100 C919s from four Chinese carriers (Air China, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines), GE Capital Aviation Services and China Development Bank Leasing Co. at the Zhuhai Air Show inNovember. China Aircraft Leasing Co. reportedly signed a LOI with COMAC to purchase 20 CFM Leap-X-powered C919 aircraft in August.

The C919 will enter the final design definition phase this year. Detailed design will be completed by 2012 and first flight is slated for 2014.

According to COMAC's timeline, the aircraft should receive type certification by 2016, followed shortly thereafter by first delivery.

COMAC said in a recent forecast that China will need 4,700 new aircraft in the next 20 years. “We hope [the] C919 will account for one-third shares of the Chinese market in the next 20 years,” COMAC marketing director Dang Tiehong said.

(Boursier.com) -- CHC Helicopter a commandé 20 EC225 à Eurocopter, livrables d'ici 2016, et posé 4 options pour des appareils identiques.

Les hélicoptères seront exploités par des entreprises du secteur pétrolier et gazier en Mer du Nord, en Australie et au Brésil.

"L'EC225 est un appareil exceptionnel qui nous aidera à élargir notre présence internationale, à améliorer notre capacité de réaction et à conforter notre leadership en matière de sécurité.

Toutes ces qualités nous permettront d'apporter une valeur ajoutée accrue à nos clients", a expliqué le président de l'opérateur, William Amelio.

Ce contrat portera la flotte d'EC225 de CHC à 50 unités, elle qui est déjà le plus gros opérateur mondial de "Super Puma".

Dans sa version "Offshore" convertible destinée aux opérateurs du secteur pétrole et gaz, l'EC225 est doté de fonctionnalités et d'équipements qui facilitent sa transformation en configuration Recherche et Sauvetage (SAR).

The aircraft will be deployed across the Qantas Group on short-to-medium haul domestic and international operations, said Airbus and Australia's national carrier in a joint statement.

This order confirms a commitment for the A320s that Qantas announced on 16 August 2011.

The Oneworld alliance member has also confirmed that the A320 will be the aircraft used to launch a new premium airline based in Asia. Qantas is deciding between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur for the base of this new subsidiary.

All of the aircraft, including 32 regular A320s (Sevrien : des "Legacy") , will also be deployed across the Qantas Group's fleet. This includes its low-cost subsidiary Jetstar, Singapore-based Jetstar Asia, and the upcoming Jetstar Japan.
Qantas has not selected an engine for the A320neo.

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a share of an order from Jetstar Airways for V2500 engines to power up to 90 Airbus A320 family aircraft. The order is worth up to $1.2bn to Rolls-Royce if all options are exercised.

Jetstar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qantas Airways, has selected the engine for a new fleet of 50 additional aircraft, with options and purchase rights on up to 40 more. Rolls-Royce share of Jetstar V2500 order worth up to $1.2 billion

Embraer (booth N5132) has clinched a firm order from executive aviation leasing company China's Minsheng Financial Leasing for 13 Legacy 650 business jets. The deal comes three months after the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding for 20 aircraft across the Embraer portfolio. Deliveries of the large-cabin Legacy 650s are set to begin at the end of the year and will continue until 2016. Speaking at the show this morning, Ernest Edwards, president of Embraer Executive Jets, said: "This order marks a significant advancement, not only in terms of partnership between the two parties, but also in terms of Embraer's business development in China."

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(PARIS (MarketWatch) -- European commercial aircraft builder Airbus confirmed Monday it has received an order from China Eastern Airlines Corp... for 15 of its wide-bodied A330 jets.

The order is potentially worth $3 billion based on Airbus's list prices, but airlines typically negotiate deep discounts or package deals including training and maintenance for bulk purchases.

La compagnie aérienne chinoise China Eastern Airlines a annoncé lundi qu'elle annulait une commande de Boeing 787, dont les livraisons ont pris beaucoup de retard, pour acheter des moyen-courriers B737, et qu'elle souhaitait acquérir 15 nouveaux Airbus A330.

China Eastern Airlines has agreed to purchase 15 Airbus A330 aircraft, and will dispose of five A340-300s.

The SkyTeam carrier's announcement was followed shortly by a statement that it would drop orders for 24 Boeing 787s, and convert them to 45 737s.

China Eastern's 15 A330s will be delivered from 2013 to 2015, said the airline, which did not specify an engine choice for the aircraft.

The carrier stated the listed price of the purchase as $2.53 billion, and plans to use the aircraft to meet increasing demand in its domestic, regional and international medium and long-haul passenger markets.

Along with the A330s order agreement, China Eastern will dispose of five A340-300s, which had been scheduled to be delivered in 2012.

The A330s purchase and the A340s disposal will lower the unit operation cost of the airline, said China Eastern. Dropping the A340s would decrease the available tonne kilometres (ATKs) of the airline by about 3.68%, it added, but the A330s purchase would grow ATKs by 9.41%.

China Eastern operates a fleet of 20 A330s comprising 15 -300s and five -200s, Flightglobal's ACAS database shows. All are powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700s.

CarrK a écrit:Bonjour

Concernant les A 330 pour China Eastern, "Hong Kong Regulatory" confirme
- l'annulation de 24 B 787,

- Et l'achat, garanti, de 12 A 330-200 et 3 A 330-300, avec, en effet, la reprise par EADS de 5 A 340-300 en 2012.

Mais les deux "dépôts" sont séparés, bien-sûr.

• annulation des 24 x B787 ; substitution = 45 x B737
  

• la combinaison des 12 x A330-200 (vraisemblablement des 'HGW'), fiables (surtout s'il s'agit de moteurs RR 772B-EP), avec leur rayon d'action 'allongé' , ..... et des 3 x A330-300, est une composante de flotte intéressante, compte tenu des détails de la flotte actuelle d'A330 de China Eastern :

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• la reprise des 5 x A340 par Airbus / EADS-Airbus aurait tous les ingrédients d'une opération dite ' de remarketing'.
  

• le retour vers l'Airbus A330, dans la combinaison des versions -300 / -200 précitée, pourrait indiquer que China Eastern (et, qui sait, ... peut-être d'autres Cies. chinoises ? ) prépare le chemin vers une commande future, basée sur une sélection d'Airbus famille A350-XWB, ... car,...
  
• étant donné, aussi, la forte présence des moteurs RR Trent dans la flotte de China Eastern, un choix d'Airbus A350-XWB pourrait être 'tout indiqué' !
  

ICBC Leasing orders 45 C919s, becomes launch customer

Chinese leasing company ICBC Leasing has inked an order for 45 Comac C919 narrowbodies and agreed to become the launch customer for the aircraft.

This is the largest order for the aircraft, which is being developed in China as a possible competitor to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 family of aircraft.

Neither ICBC Leasing nor Comac revealed the financial details of the order.

"As launch customer, ICBC Leasing will actively participate in projects related to C919 research and development, and aircraft design," said Comac in a statement.

Jiang Jianqing, chairman of ICBC Leasing's parent company, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, said that his company's order reflected its support of the development of China's aviation industry.

"This signing is bound to promote the smooth implementation of China's large aircraft project, the national aviation industry, the development of the leasing industry which has a very important role," he added.

It gives Comac 145 firm orders for the aircraft, almost all from Chinese airlines and leasing companies.

The C919 is scheduled to make its first flight in 2014 and receive its certification in 2016, but that is widely expected by industry sources to be delayed.

CFM International's Leap-X1C will be the sole powerplant to launch the C919. Several other western suppliers have also come on board as suppliers of various key components of the aircraft.