Was the 40 A320 for Malaysian?

MrAirbus · Post by **MrAirbus** » 19 Jun 2005, 00:28

Hi everyone!
I feel like it’s been very slow here the past few days! Ore maybe I have been was to sick with an awful flue!

As you all might have heard Airbus was hoping to announce a big order for 40+ A320 but this order was never really official and the name of the costumer was not mentioned!

There are some speculations on the net that this might have been a Malaysian Airline order!

What do you all think?

I would have thought it was Malaysian ore Chinese airline!

/ Cyrus

A380-800 · Post by **A380-800** » 19 Jun 2005, 00:33

With the amount of 40 frames it should go to an asian carrier, independent
if MAS or any other. Just too much for any european operator.

rgds,

A380-800

MrAirbus · Post by **MrAirbus** » 19 Jun 2005, 00:43

You are right about the fact that it’s too big for a European airline! They might of made an order for 20 frames +20 options! But this was 40 + option!

And I am very much sure that there are only smaller jet in the size of 40 that might come from Europe for now!

SR89 · Post by **SR89** » 19 Jun 2005, 02:59

...unless LH finally decides to replace its friggin' 737s

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 19 Jun 2005, 12:16

But since LH is happy with their B737's they will stay around for a while!

BBKing · Post by **BBKing** » 19 Jun 2005, 12:27

As far as I know the order is official, but the airline wants to remain undisclosed for some time ...

Lotheawyr · Post by **Lotheawyr** » 19 Jun 2005, 19:14

I heard this could be independence airlines order (flyi) tba monday or wedsday at their shareholders meeting at any rate their stock has been floundering @ $1.00 u.s. so should help it return to former levels.

evidence:

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airbus a320's mystery buyer of 40 a320's may anounce this coming week.
#1 skeen ran aca @ profits for years
#2 1 year aniversery of flyi
#3 shareholders meeting next week
#4 biz plan works well by replacing fleet
#5 load factor where it needed to be
#6 par capital and wellington own 23% of comon
#7 paris air show week where deals done
#8 airbus and boeing heated competition
#9 rummors for a month about A320's
#10 early may and last few days volume
#11 airbus story today(unnamed airline...buys 40 a320's tba before end of month.
#12 new mono rail coming to dulles recieves funding friday.

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 20 Jun 2005, 23:22

What about Virgin America?

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 30 Jun 2005, 21:16

The customer is GECAS, so the mystery is still there...

Seb.

MrAirbus · Post by **MrAirbus** » 30 Jun 2005, 23:36

Hi!
This order for 40 A320 family aircrafts is from GECAS! Not a new costumer but a leasing company that might lease the planes to new Airbus operators!

If you followed the live coverage of GECAS A350 order you can hear Noel F.(Airbus CEO ore some thing!?) say; “you need more narrow bodies as well, we take it later” to the GECAS CEO!

So fare the order seems to be LOI! As soon as GECAS finds costumers they convert to order!

/ C

A380-800 · Post by **A380-800** » 01 Jul 2005, 22:16

Again very good news for Airbus !!!

Here is a link to the Airbus website:

http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pr ... GECAS.html

rgds,

A380-800