From today's Dow Jones International News:
MONDAY--Silverjet announced that, on Jun. 1, 2007, it entered into a letter of intent to acquire two British maintained Boeing 767-200 extended range aircraft with Thomsonfly Limited.
The letter of intent provides for delivery of both aircraft to Silverjet during March 2008. This brings the number of Boeing 767-200 aircraft either in Silverjet's possession, under binding contract or letter of intent to five.
Both of the new aircraft are the Boeing 767-200 Extended Range (ER) variant and, in common with Silverjet's other aircraft, are powered by General Electric CF6 engines, in these cases the more powerful CF6-80C2B4F type. The company said this provides greater take off performance, allowing Silverjet to operate on most long haul routes from its base at London Luton Airport.
No announcement has been made as to what routes these two further aircraft will operate on. Silverjet has a further 30 routes under consideration, other than the London Luton to New York Newark route currently operated.
The company said that in May 2007 load factor was 62.6% and revenue seats flown was 3,628.
Lawrence Hunt, Chief Executive, said: "This is now our fourth month of growth and our forward bookings continue to be ahead of the Board's initial expectations. We have again delivered an impressive on time performance on London Luton to New York Newark daily service."
Silverjet also said Monday that it has decided to delay until late July the introduction of its second daily service from London Luton to New York Newark while its first aircraft undergoes its C-check, a standard 18 monthly maintenance service.
The Company has decided to bring forward the C-check on its first aircraft to July, as this is traditionally the quietest month for transatlantic business travel.
The airline took delivery of its second aircraft, which has recently undergone its C-check, on Apr. 27. A comprehensive fit out of the aircraft, including 102 6 ft 3 in beds, is in progress. [ 04-06-07 0656GMT ]