Posted Monday 12th November 2007 14:03 GMT
That's a lot of planes!
(Useless post but i am quite gob smacked by that big a fleet)
Posted Monday 12th November 2007 15:04 GMT
Yup, buy 'em now. By the time you get your money back on them the oil will start to run out.
And yes that is a lot of aeroplanes, they probibly have more than two thirds of the world Air Forces.
Posted Monday 12th November 2007 19:47 GMT
Run so much better than those airlines of them furrin' asians or them olde westerners and stuff who just can't seem to crack it and show off by spending untold billions on planes. No, Emirates is not more profitable because it is covertly state-funded in a million subtle ways, allowing it to spread and pour capex into infrastructure back when all other competitors were in retreat because of SARS, etc.
Aren't you glad that your petrol expenditure is helping to finance Airbus?
Posted Monday 12th November 2007 23:51 GMT
to supply 70 A350s and 11 A380s - described by the Times as "the largest-ever single-aircraft order".
I was under the impression that 81 aircraft were ordered?!
Posted Tuesday 13th November 2007 00:18 GMT
I really cant understand Emirates thinking here!
The order for A380's is fair enough, they want that extra capacity that only the A380 can provide. Fair enough. But ordering A350's over 787's and saying its because Boeing wont be delivering until Nov 2008? The A350 doesn't even have a specific release date yet! Its still very much in the design phase, Which means its at least 3 years away from flying and 4 years from getting to an airline! So there statement does not make any sense...
Congrats on Airbus for getting the order but i wonder who's back they scratched to get the order through...
Posted Tuesday 13th November 2007 10:27 GMT
Don't forget there are hundreds of 787's that need building before any new orders get a production date. I think that worked out about 4 years before the current delay was announced so they may well get the A350's before they could have got the 787's.
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