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Aspire Aviation understands that Singapore Airlines (SIA) is currently negotiating with Boeing to be the launch customer of the 787-10X and a launch order could come as soon as this November, sources at Boeing and Singapore Airlines (SIA) confirmed.
The rationale behind being the 787-10X launch customer, the Singapore Airlines source says, is to replace the Airbus A330-300s in its fleet as they come off lease later this decade and enable intra-Asia growth to tap into the premium air travel demand of burgeoning economies in the Asia/Pacific region. The Star Alliance member currently operates 19 Airbus A330-300E (Enhanced) aircraft delivered in 2009 and 2010 on a 5-6 years lease term and has another 15 examples due to join its mainline fleet between 2013 and 2015 on a lease term of at least 6 years to be deployed on routes within Asia, to the Middle East and Australia.
Moreover, being the launch customer of the 787-10X enables the Singapore Airlines Group to secure early availability of the medium to long-haul airplane on attractive commercial terms for its namesake unit as well as its wholly-owned low-cost subsidiary Scoot Airlines, whose second-hand Boeing 777-200s need to be replaced later this decade and which the 787-10X’s 25% lower block fuel burn than an Airbus A330-300 could help Scoot Airlines gain a competitive edge with the lowest cash operating cost (COC) per seat amid intensifying low-cost, long-haul competition with Malaysia-based AirAsia X and Singapore-based Jetstar Asia of which Jetstar is expected to receive the first of its 15 787-8 Dreamliners on order by the summer of 2013.
The rationale behind being the 787-10X launch customer, the Singapore Airlines source says, is to replace the Airbus A330-300s in its fleet as they come off lease later this decade and enable intra-Asia growth to tap into the premium air travel demand of burgeoning economies in the Asia/Pacific region. The Star Alliance member currently operates 19 Airbus A330-300E (Enhanced) aircraft delivered in 2009 and 2010 on a 5-6 years lease term and has another 15 examples due to join its mainline fleet between 2013 and 2015 on a lease term of at least 6 years to be deployed on routes within Asia, to the Middle East and Australia.
Moreover, being the launch customer of the 787-10X enables the Singapore Airlines Group to secure early availability of the medium to long-haul airplane on attractive commercial terms for its namesake unit as well as its wholly-owned low-cost subsidiary Scoot Airlines, whose second-hand Boeing 777-200s need to be replaced later this decade and which the 787-10X’s 25% lower block fuel burn than an Airbus A330-300 could help Scoot Airlines gain a competitive edge with the lowest cash operating cost (COC) per seat amid intensifying low-cost, long-haul competition with Malaysia-based AirAsia X and Singapore-based Jetstar Asia of which Jetstar is expected to receive the first of its 15 787-8 Dreamliners on order by the summer of 2013.
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