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    SIA signs deal for nine more Airbus A380 superjumbos
    Posted: 20 December 2006 1722 hrs


    SINGAPORE : Singapore Airlines committed Wednesday to buy nine more double-decker A380 aircraft from European aircraft maker Airbus despite delays in delivery.

    The agreement signed Wednesday confirmed an order announced in July and includes an option for six more of the superjumbos.

    "Singapore Airlines today signed agreements with Airbus for purchase of a further nine A380s, with six more options," the airline said in a statement.

    It also signed a deal to lease 19 A330-300 jets from Airbus.

    Confirmation of the A380 deal follows an initial order of 10 superjumbos made in 2001, and commits SIA to buy a total of 19 of the giant passenger liners.

    Singapore Airlines (SIA) is set to be the first carrier to get the A380 in October 2007 after a series of delays blamed on wiring problems pushed back delivery from earlier this year. - AFP/ms

  • #2
    What about the A350?

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    • #3
      A 350 XWB orders !

      SIA brings pre-Christmas cheer to Airbus, firming nine A380 options, leasing 19 A330s and placing 20-A320 deal for SilkAir subsidiary
      By Nicholas Ionides

      Singapore Airlines (SIA) has delivered an early Christmas present to Airbus, firming up a follow-on order with the troubled manufacturer for nine additional A380s as well as a lease agreement for 19 A330-300s. Its regional subsidiary SilkAir has ordered up to 20 A320s and SIA says it also expects to firm up a proposed deal for up to 40 A350s within a month.

      The Star Alliance carrier announced plans for the follow-on A380 order in July, when it also said it planned to place firm orders for 20 A350-900XWBs and take 20 options, as well as lease 19 A330-300s.

      It signed firm deals for the additional A380s and the A330s at a ceremony in Singapore today attended by Airbus chief executive Louis Gallois. Airbus chief operating officer customers John Leahy, who was also at the signing ceremony, says that “we expect to sign it [the firm A350 order with SIA] within the next month”.

      SIA chief executive Chew Choon Seng confirms that he expects the deal to be signed within a month for delivery from 2013 following the recent launch of the A350 programme by Airbus, adding: “The agreement on the A350s is being worked on right now. Certainly we intend to proceed with the 20 [firm orders] plus 20 [options].”

      The carrier is to be the first operator of the A380 following delivery from Airbus in October next year. It had 10 Rolls-Royce Trent 900-powered examples on order from its original deal with Airbus in 2001, deliveries of which were to have begun earlier this year, and now has 19 of the type on firm order.

      SIA says the nine additional aircraft are due for delivery between January 2010 and early 2011. Deliveries of these additional aircraft were originally due to have begun in 2008 but they were pushed back as a result of further delays in the A380 programme related to production issues.

      The carrier says it has now “reached settlement with Airbus on issues relating to delays to deliveries of the A380. The terms of the purchases and settlement are confidential between the parties”.

      SIA’s A330-300 lease deal is related to the planned A350 order and Chew says the carrier has flexibility with the lease terms of the 19 new Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered twinjets from Airbus, which he says will provide “interim lift” before A350 deliveries begin.

      Deliveries of the A330-300s are due to begin in January 2009 and continue through October 2010.

      SIA also has 20 Boeing 787-9s on firm order plus 20 options

      Meanwhile SIA subsidiary SilkAir has ordered up to 20 more Airbus A320-family aircraft for delivery from 2009.

      The deal for 11 firm aircraft and nine options was finalised today following a competition that began in August when requests for proposals were issued to both Airbus and Boeing.

      SilkAir at one point also considered ordering Embraer regional jets but decided against it.

      The carrier, which mainly operates to holiday destinations, currently operates eight A320s and five smaller A319s. It has one of each type on order from a previous deal with Airbus.

      The additional aircraft are due for delivery between 2009 and 2012.

      SilkAir says an engine choice will be made later. Its existing aircraft are powered by International Aero Engines V2500s.

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      • #4
        Wow. That's some great news for SQ and Airbus. Guess the A350XWB is acceptable after all.

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        • #5
          That is indeed some order.

          Adiitional A380's, confirmed the A330's on lease and MI to get (quite a few) more aircraft as well. I wonder where they are planning on expanding to ?.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by MAN Flyer
            Adiitional A380's, confirmed the A330's on lease and MI to get (quite a few) more aircraft as well. I wonder where they are planning on expanding to ?.
            Send some more planes to North America? I'm pretty sure LAX-ops could handle another flight. Preferably one that goes via HKG. CX has a stranglehold on that route.

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            • #7
              I actually meant where MI will be expanding to, but I can see I wasn't clear about that.

              A number of the SQ birds will be for normal fleet replacement and capacity increases on slot restricted airports like LHR & SYD.

              I think they will definitely look for additional NA flights but China and India have been priorities for a while. The big prize remains SYD-LAX though and they won't let that drop.

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              • #8
                I've been thinking about all these A380s and where will they go and I got to thinking...I wonder what they're going to do for Beijing when 2008 rolls around? Potentially they (and maybe EK) will be the only ones with them.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by SQ forever View Post
                  SIA brings pre-Christmas cheer to Airbus, firming nine A380 options, leasing 19 A330s and placing 20-A320 deal for SilkAir subsidiary
                  By Nicholas Ionides

                  Singapore Airlines (SIA) has delivered an early Christmas present to Airbus, firming up a follow-on order with the troubled manufacturer for nine additional A380s as well as a lease agreement for 19 A330-300s. Its regional subsidiary SilkAir has ordered up to 20 A320s and SIA says it also expects to firm up a proposed deal for up to 40 A350s within a month.

                  The Star Alliance carrier announced plans for the follow-on A380 order in July, when it also said it planned to place firm orders for 20 A350-900XWBs and take 20 options, as well as lease 19 A330-300s.

                  It signed firm deals for the additional A380s and the A330s at a ceremony in Singapore today attended by Airbus chief executive Louis Gallois. Airbus chief operating officer customers John Leahy, who was also at the signing ceremony, says that “we expect to sign it [the firm A350 order with SIA] within the next month”.

                  SIA chief executive Chew Choon Seng confirms that he expects the deal to be signed within a month for delivery from 2013 following the recent launch of the A350 programme by Airbus, adding: “The agreement on the A350s is being worked on right now. Certainly we intend to proceed with the 20 [firm orders] plus 20 [options].”
                  Big order by SQ

                  Well, Airbus got a very good Christmas present
                  "Singapore Girl, You're A Great Way To Fly"

                  -Singapore Airlines

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                  • #10
                    The reason why SQ didn't sign an A350 order is obviously that they are still trying to squeeze Airbus and Boeing for better deals. The comments seem designed to get Boeing to sharpen their pencils on a B787-10 offer.
                    Originally posted by globetrekker84 View Post
                    Send some more planes to North America? I'm pretty sure LAX-ops could handle another flight. Preferably one that goes via HKG. CX has a stranglehold on that route.
                    SQ won't be getting any additional capacity until 2008. Total seats in the fleet will continue to decline during 2007. LAX really needs additional capacity to SIN. Sometime in 2008, we might see the JumboJet on SIN-NRT-LAX replaced with a B777-300ER and simultaneous introduction of SIN-HKG-LAX also with a B777-300ER.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by zvezda
                      The reason why SQ didn't sign an A350 order is obviously that they are still trying to squeeze Airbus and Boeing for better deals. The comments seem designed to get Boeing to sharpen their pencils on a B787-10 offer.
                      Not to mention that the entire A350XWB project is still in its early stages of development. Although a 787-10 would be a grand thing to see.

                      Originally posted by zvezda
                      SQ won't be getting any additional capacity until 2008. Total seats in the fleet will continue to decline during 2007. LAX really needs additional capacity to SIN. Sometime in 2008, we might see the JumboJet on SIN-NRT-LAX replaced with a B777-300ER and simultaneous introduction of SIN-HKG-LAX also with a B777-300ER.
                      Anything to break that CX strangehold would be good news to me.

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                      • #12
                        Looks like QF is playing copycat - they've firmed up their order today: Seattle Times

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                        • #13
                          HEY i was wondering if A330-300 were to be delivered, wld SIA still fly B777 into KL or not?

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by globetrekker84 View Post
                            Send some more planes to North America? I'm pretty sure LAX-ops could handle another flight. Preferably one that goes via HKG. CX has a stranglehold on that route.
                            Originally posted by KyraPractor View Post
                            HEY i was wondering if A330-300 were to be delivered, wld SIA still fly B777 into KL or not?
                            Maybe not. The A330 is better suited to very short routes than the B777. However, scheduling of such short flights often depend on what fits into the rotation after the long-haul flights have been scheduled (that's an oversimplification).

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by KyraPractor
                              HEY i was wondering if A330-300 were to be delivered, wld SIA still fly B777 into KL or not?
                              Most definitely. The 777 is the cornerstone of the SQ fleet. They'll be around for the forseeable future. The A333s are a temporary stop-gap measure until the A350XWB are delivered.

                              ADD: Guess zvezda and I have differing views.

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