Contract will be finalised in the spring.
Will be a mixture of 3's & 8's.
Ruscoe
JAL agrees to 30+20 7e7
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JAL agrees to 30+20 7e7
Boeing have announced that JAL have agreed to buy 30+20 7e7.
Contract will be finalised in the spring.
Will be a mixture of 3's & 8's.
Ruscoe
Contract will be finalised in the spring.
Will be a mixture of 3's & 8's.
Ruscoe
Good news for Boeing, well not really news they've known for a long time this was going to happen, what wasn't announced, was the ongoing fleet consolidation of their aircraft as announced in the mid range fleet plan.
Fundamental fleet policy is to reduce the number of types of aircraft. At the end of FY2002 there were 16 different aircraft types totaling 286 aircraft in the JAL Group fleet (domestic and international). By the end of FY2006 (i.e. March 2007) the number
of types in the fleet will be 11 and the fleet total will be 272.
Types to be retired from now are MD11s, within FY2004, DC-10s and Airbus 300B2B4
types and YS-11s by FY2006. JAL may also accelerate the retirement of older 747s.
Of the four 747-400 freighters planned, two will be new aircraft and two will be conversions from passenger aircraft.
Fundamental fleet policy is to reduce the number of types of aircraft. At the end of FY2002 there were 16 different aircraft types totaling 286 aircraft in the JAL Group fleet (domestic and international). By the end of FY2006 (i.e. March 2007) the number
of types in the fleet will be 11 and the fleet total will be 272.
Types to be retired from now are MD11s, within FY2004, DC-10s and Airbus 300B2B4
types and YS-11s by FY2006. JAL may also accelerate the retirement of older 747s.
Of the four 747-400 freighters planned, two will be new aircraft and two will be conversions from passenger aircraft.
And here is the official press-release: Japan Airlines Is Newest Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner Customer
I don't think it is entirely accurate that JAL was always going for the 7e7.
Airbus have made great efforts lately to woo the Japanese.
They have opened a sales office and had an official EU delegation trying to sell them planes.
When ANA ordered the 350 was only a vague idea but JAL obviously had to consider it.
As mentioned in another forum, the price for Boeing to get the deal has been the committment to develop the 7e3, with a different wing.
Longer term I think the 3 will get quite a few sales, because Airbus are not talking about a A300 series replacement before 2015.
Ruscoe
Airbus have made great efforts lately to woo the Japanese.
They have opened a sales office and had an official EU delegation trying to sell them planes.
When ANA ordered the 350 was only a vague idea but JAL obviously had to consider it.
As mentioned in another forum, the price for Boeing to get the deal has been the committment to develop the 7e3, with a different wing.
Longer term I think the 3 will get quite a few sales, because Airbus are not talking about a A300 series replacement before 2015.
Ruscoe