SilverJet (Merged 30/05)
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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 ]
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 ]
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There's also a similar newswire report this morning from the Regulatory News Service which includes the following statement from Lawrence Hunt:
Lawrence Hunt, Chief Executive of Silverjet, said:
"We are delighted to have secured a letter of intent for two further long range aircraft for delivery in March 2008. With these five aircraft we are on track to operate ten aircraft within three years as set out at the time of our IPO. These aircraft have the more powerful engine type which will enable us to fly to destinations in India, China, South Africa as well as the West Coast of the USA with 100 passengers from our unique terminal facility at London Luton Airport.
"We are also pleased to announce very strong passenger and on time statistics for May, maintaining the high level of load factor we reached in April of this year. 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.
"Our second daily service will now come into full operation in late July to allow our first aircraft to receive its full C-Check. We have decided to bring this forward to July as it is the quietest month for transatlantic business travel and will cause minimum disruption for our customers.
"We have received fantastic feedback on our award winning business class product including 3 travel industry awards. We are delighted with our strong load factors and on time statistics and look forward to offering our exclusively business class product on additional routes."
Lawrence Hunt, Chief Executive of Silverjet, said:
"We are delighted to have secured a letter of intent for two further long range aircraft for delivery in March 2008. With these five aircraft we are on track to operate ten aircraft within three years as set out at the time of our IPO. These aircraft have the more powerful engine type which will enable us to fly to destinations in India, China, South Africa as well as the West Coast of the USA with 100 passengers from our unique terminal facility at London Luton Airport.
"We are also pleased to announce very strong passenger and on time statistics for May, maintaining the high level of load factor we reached in April of this year. 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.
"Our second daily service will now come into full operation in late July to allow our first aircraft to receive its full C-Check. We have decided to bring this forward to July as it is the quietest month for transatlantic business travel and will cause minimum disruption for our customers.
"We have received fantastic feedback on our award winning business class product including 3 travel industry awards. We are delighted with our strong load factors and on time statistics and look forward to offering our exclusively business class product on additional routes."
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Yeah I remember Laker, I worked for him then he went bust
Probably a silly question but didnt the Aircraft come fresh out of C Check whilst it sat round for months on end with FlyJet, or was that 18 months ago!
Probably a silly question but didnt the Aircraft come fresh out of C Check whilst it sat round for months on end with FlyJet, or was that 18 months ago!
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Flightview is showing that yesterday's flight (which was already badly delayed as LTNman had noted) was diverted to Hartford CT arriving 7.58 PM local time, having been in the air for some 9 hours! I wonder what happened? The return flight is shown as having left Hartford at 1.32 AM local time this morning and is due to arrive at LTN at 12.49 PM today. (The LTN website is showing today's flight to EWR as scheduled to leave at 2.30 PM.)
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Seems that Silverjet has a major reliability issue with its old 767. Don’t think they have had a single departure that has left within 3 hours of its scheduled departure time this month.
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The following piece was in yesterday's Sunday Times, good to see that Silverjet quickly arranged compensation:
THE PERILS of booking on an airline with just one aircraft became apparent last weekend when the business class-only carrier Silverjet's fleet of one "went technical". Sunday Times readers Richard and Marta Perry had booked £999 return flights to New York, but their outbound flight was delayed for four hours due to mechanical problems, and the return cancelled altogether. Instead of enjoying 75in flat beds, they flew home in 31in Virgin economy seats.
Another tale of passengers fighting for compensation from an airline that responds with legal loopholes? Unusually not. Within 48 hours, Silverjet had refunded the cost of the cancelled flight and offered the Perrys, and 78 other passengers, complimentary return seats as compensation.
"We are extremely disappointed to have let our customers down, but we will never compromise safety," said Silverjet's CEO, Lawrence Hunt. "Our compensation policy is the best in the business, and we hope that Mr and Dr Perry will take up our offer to fly Silverjet again."
THE PERILS of booking on an airline with just one aircraft became apparent last weekend when the business class-only carrier Silverjet's fleet of one "went technical". Sunday Times readers Richard and Marta Perry had booked £999 return flights to New York, but their outbound flight was delayed for four hours due to mechanical problems, and the return cancelled altogether. Instead of enjoying 75in flat beds, they flew home in 31in Virgin economy seats.
Another tale of passengers fighting for compensation from an airline that responds with legal loopholes? Unusually not. Within 48 hours, Silverjet had refunded the cost of the cancelled flight and offered the Perrys, and 78 other passengers, complimentary return seats as compensation.
"We are extremely disappointed to have let our customers down, but we will never compromise safety," said Silverjet's CEO, Lawrence Hunt. "Our compensation policy is the best in the business, and we hope that Mr and Dr Perry will take up our offer to fly Silverjet again."
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It is hard enough gaining customers when you are a new airline. With a single plane currently and multiple delays and cancellations, no matter how good your compensation is, folk will naturally look elsewhere - and that is not good for business!
I just hope that the next 9 'used' airframes are more reliable?
I just hope that the next 9 'used' airframes are more reliable?
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Silverjet @MAN???
Seen a few Silverjet cars around MAN in the last few days and have also heard that they are after BAs' lounge, and with the lastest about BA pulling their JFK this would leave an available route.
Any ideas anyone????
Any ideas anyone????
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The usual ramblings of Galley FM and unhelpful London-centric BA management dropping the odd hint.
This route has been "going" for years now. Still here today against all expectations!
This route has been "going" for years now. Still here today against all expectations!
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Man-JFK
It depends on how much profit has been eaten away by the additional costs of higher paid LON based crewq and the hotac costs in MAN. Of course with open sky coming up, I'm sure there will be a need for extra L/H a/c in LHR! I give the route another year! 