ME Paris Airshow orders

[planecrazi]

As the Paris Airshow is about to get underway next week, I was wondering if anyone would care to guess what the new aircraft orders would be for EY and EK?

EY has confirmed it would announce an order, but just wondering, what type and how many are we in for?

[picu]

EK in for 45 HORSA Gliders (to be towed behind the A380s since the latter won't have enough hold space for the luggage of all the people it'll carry) and 60 UAV (unmanned airborne vehicles - we cannot find enough pilots to fly the line!):}

[Fay Jinah]

GF is announcing the sale of their airplanes....:E

[Sir Osis of the river]

Heard that EY are looking for short haul frequency. ATR's mentioned. Will use already experienced crew from within.

STOP fishin and enjoy the show PC:}

[Fool 'n' Tameez]

I'd be interested to see if Saudia finally make an order.

[Bypass ratio]

picu and Fay Jinah you both crack me up! Just got home from Long's and had a great chuckle. Keep up the good work.:D

[garry_paul18]

oh and QR is going to announce the lack of parking space and pilots and cabin crew and engineers and ground staff and every other joke at this place!

[Stratosphere6000]

Hilarious Fay Jinah...at least some of u can keep us smiling..........

[Greensky]

Emirates orders 8 more Airbus 380s, valued at $2.6 billion



By Steve Goldstein
Last Update: 5:07 AM ET Jun 18, 2007




LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Emirates has ordered 8 additional Airbus A380 superjumbos worth $2.6 billion at list prices. Emirates has a total of 55 A380s on order. Emirates will take delivery of its first A380, powered by GP7200 engines, in the third quarter of 2008. The eight additional aircraft ordered Monday are expected to be delivered over 16 months, starting from July 2011. Airbus is a unit of EADS.

[White Knight]

Local radio news reporting that an order for 10 more 380's for Emirates is about to be announced at the Paris show... If true, then where the hell are the crew coming from:ugh::ugh: Struggling with numbers with current deliveries already:{

[White Knight]

Looks like I crossed posts with you there Greensky - ok, 8 more!!

[Greensky]

No worries...I couldn't believe it myself...according to 'sources' in Flt Ops, although it sometimes looks like that they won't fill the courses, when it comes down to it, they do...so...i dunno....

[StandAlone]

PARIS, France (Reuters) -- European planemaker Airbus landed $17 billion in orders from Qatar Airways at the start of the Paris air show on Monday including a new order for three A380 superjumbos.
The deals include confirmation of a previously announced order for 80 new Airbus A350 XWB models due from 2013, worth $16 billion at list prices, and three additional A380s worth almost $1 billion in total.
Qatar had already ordered 2 of the A380 superjumbo aircraft with options for another two.
Qatar will be the first airline to get the revamped A350 in 2013, Airbus President Louis Gallois told a news conference.
The order includes 20 A350-800s, 40 A350-900s and 20 A350-1000s.
The A350 deal also means an order for Rolls-Royce, which Qatar Airways named as the engine supplier.
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Ok, besides of 80 350's will be 5 380's.
Heard 30 dreamliners will be announced and more 5 777F adding the previous order.
5 321 still to come.
And some more 330 are being considered.
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So please gentlemen with all this investments please
be patient with provident found, New Villas etc etc etc.
And who will fly all these birds?:}

[brassplate]

Qatari set to make big orders for A350s and A380. I personally think there's an overcapacity in the region as it is.

[planecrazi]

Heard Wednesday is EY's day on the podium....lets wait and see:cool:

[Black Stain]

And so it is, the Paris Airshow Pissing Contest is set to start. Yawn....

Ego gratification is only fun to watch for a few minutes.

[Trashed Aviator]

Well if they accept pilots need basings they will have no problems crewing their purchases, and would be at the expense of their competition.

[kuwait340]

Jazeera airways ( based in kuwait ) ordered 30 A320's .

the source : http://www.jazeeraairways.com/press_details.aspx?id=112 (http://www.jazeeraairways.com/press_details.aspx?id=112)

[planecrazi]

Any chance EY is getting more A340-600's, possibly the ten from next door?

[Sunburnt]

LE BOURGET, France, June 20 (Reuters) - Etihad Airways said on Wednesday it had ordered 12 Airbus widebodied aircraft in a deal worth $2.4 billion.
The firm contract includes five A330-200s, four A340-600s and three A330-200F freighters

[Da Do Ron Ron]

EY order announced today includes :

5 x A330-200
3 x A330-200F
4 x A340-600

http://www.gulf-news.com/business/Aviation/10133713.html

[Da Do Ron Ron]

EY have agreed with Airbus to defer delivery of the 4 x A380 until 2013

http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=TTN&artid=125788

[billy34-kit]

So far, the ratio in the middle east has reached 1 aircraft/ per capita...
not bad.

How are they gonna fill those aircrafts?

[planecrazi]

What happens to the EY A380 chief pilot position now, and for the next 6 years?:confused:

[sec 3]

There is no chief pilot A380 at EY. CK is in charge of the 380 project:)

[planecrazi]

OK:E
So, lots of time for the project then.

[Da Do Ron Ron]

Rumour today that QR are the unidentified order for 20 x B787's, will be announced before the end of the airshow.

[thefoxandfirkin]

Apparently John Travolta had turned up to offer his 5000 hours flying skills to EK or EY.. he wasn't bothered about the crappy money he just kept saying how much he liked all things Sandy.... sorry very poor I know...late night layover humour coming in :}
The Fox and Firkin

[planecrazi]

Fox, that took me a while and it was clever.
I too would like Sandy!