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Jet Airways, fresh off its acquisition of Air Sahara, is considering ordering the A380 or 747-8, CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer told ATWOnline. He said delivery positions for either aircraft will not be available before the 2010-11 timeframe, "when we will need more capacity."
Between April 2007 and March 2008, Jet takes delivery of 10 777-300ERs and six A330s. "Including two ILFC-leased A330s and an additional four A330s, we will have 22 long-haul aircraft," Prock-Schauer said. He also told this website that discussions to possibly switch some of the 777-300ER orders for dash 200LRs have ended; "We realized it is better to have a bigger aircraft and plan one stop on very long routes. Because we have also a new first class onboard, we need more capacity."
The merger with Air Sahara is on track, with the latter expected to be integrated in a year. Jet wants to assume the international traffic rights from Air Sahara to Southeast Asia as well as to London.
Meanwhile, Jet will start a second daily Mumbai-London Heathrow service with the summer schedule, bringing its UK service to a total of three daily flights including one from New Delhi