Emirates Airlines orders 4 more A380

A350XWB · Post by **A350XWB** » 07 May 2007, 12:03

Emirates Airlines has reaffirmed its order for 43 Airbus A380 planes and signed a contract for a further four planes, Airbus said on Monday.

http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/art ... URGENT.XML

fcw · Post by **fcw** » 07 May 2007, 17:51

A350XWB wrote:Emirates Airlines has reaffirmed its order for 43 Airbus A380 planes and signed a contract for a further four planes, Airbus said on Monday.

Probably more like: Airbus offers Emirates four A 380 for free, in order to avoid cancellation of the whole order......

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 08 May 2007, 11:24

Frankly it's not uncommon for companies to give away their new products at huge discounts or even for free, just to gain market penetration, especially if that market would otherwise not be that eager to buy that product. If the plane actually proves itself in service, this might not be regarded as such a bad move in hindsight, after they break even.

If they break even.

TexasGuy · Post by **TexasGuy** » 08 May 2007, 17:35

earthman wrote:Frankly it's not uncommon for companies to give away their new products at huge discounts or even for free, just to gain market penetration, especially if that market would otherwise not be that eager to buy that product. .

Sure. Thats a practice which is more common with things such as TVs, Radios, Stereos, etc etc etc. I would not think that practice is very common or even possible with 300+ million dollar jets!

smokejumper · Post by **smokejumper** » 08 May 2007, 17:41

There is a silver lining in the dark cloud of giving away any capital intensive piece of equipment.

The customer needs a constant supply of certificated spare parts and these can be marked-up considerably. A general rule of thumb is that replacement parts are marked up by a factor of 3 (over the costs of including them in a new plane). Less frequently ordered parts are marked up even more. So even if you lose money on the sale, your long term profitability is helped.

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » 08 May 2007, 21:29

Other airlines got discounts on A330's as compensation, EK got their discounts (way bigger then the rest because of the size of the order) in the form of big discounts on A380's... seems simple to me.

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 09 May 2007, 11:04

TexasGuy wrote:
earthman wrote:Frankly it's not uncommon for companies to give away their new products at huge discounts or even for free, just to gain market penetration, especially if that market would otherwise not be that eager to buy that product. .
Sure. Thats a practice which is more common with things such as TVs, Radios, Stereos, etc etc etc. I would not think that practice is very common or even possible with 300+ million dollar jets!

You do what you have to do to keep/get customers.

Dutchyboi · Post by **Dutchyboi** » 09 May 2007, 11:06

Qantas got thrown a few free a330's due to the a380 being pushed back, its amazing what happens when you give a dog its bone......stops barking

David747 · Post by **David747** » 09 May 2007, 11:13

Emirates is reaffirming its commitment to the A380 program. For all the troubles at Airbus, what this program needs is for launch customers is to reaffirm their commitment. Qantas did, now Emirates. A second point, at the Paris Air Show, I have read online (Now I wish I could find the link to share it with everyone), Airbus will likely reveal new customers to the program. Airbus hopes to sell 20 new A380's this year. Lets see if it does, beginning in June.

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 09 May 2007, 14:17

The Emirates annual report, an interesting read.

http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news07/30 ... ults.shtml

Desert Rat · Post by **Desert Rat** » 10 May 2007, 07:55

4 380.....

....well,well,well....

The ones from Etihad may be.....

Aviation24.be

Emirates Airlines orders 4 more A380

Emirates Airlines orders 4 more A380

Re: Emirates Airlines orders 4 more A380