Thai Airways unveils new fleet development plan

[alberttky 0]

Quick solution might be to take some of those 787s from AI either on lease or outright purchase…..hmmmm

 

By the time they decide to embark on the solution the 787 would be obsolete...

[Waiping 12]

They already have the B738, A330 and (unfortunately) the A380 coming in. In their hands they'd probably have too many planes right now so something drastic, like getting ride of those lesser utilized B747, even some B734 and scale down on operation to survive.

 

Yes, do it like what JAL did.

[Johan Z 0]

TG, LH and QF (to name a few) also operate a large number of 747 in their fleet. Strangely, they don't seem to whinge about high fuel cost and some of them recorded huge profits!

[flee 5]

TG, LH and QF (to name a few) also operate a large number of 747 in their fleet. Strangely, they don't seem to whinge about high fuel cost and some of them recorded huge profits!

Perhaps PMB is charging RM 0 for leasing - so fuel costs form a large proportion of total costs of operations.

[Mike P 0]

TG, LH and QF (to name a few) also operate a large number of 747 in their fleet. Strangely, they don't seem to whinge about high fuel cost and some of them recorded huge profits!

 

Probably excuse of MH.

[flee 5]

Rolls-Royce to power 20 new aircraft for Thai airways international

 

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, is to power 20 new aircraft for THAI Airways International.

 

Rolls-Royce Trent XWB and Trent 1000 engines will power 12 Airbus A350 XWB and eight Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft which are part of THAI's fleet modernisation programme and will further improve the airline's operational and environmental performance.

 

THAI President Piyasvasti Amranand said: "Our decision to add theseextremely efficient Trent engines into our fleet demonstrates our continued commitment to achieve the highest standards of environmental performance across all our operations. This commitment was recently demonstrated with our first biofuel-powered passenger flight, using Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines."

 

Nick Devall, Rolls-Royce, Chief Commercial Officer – Civil Aerospace, said: "THAI is an important customer for Rolls-Royce. We are pleased to supply THAI with highly efficient engines which will help the airline achieve its environmental and operational objectives."

 

When these engines are delivered, THAI will be an operator of every member of the Rolls-Royce Trent engine family: the Trent 500, Trent 700, Trent 800, Trent 900 – as well as the Trent 1000 and Trent XWB.

 

The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 powered the 787 Dreamliner aircraft into passenger service for the first time in October and has accumulated more than 75 per cent of the aircraft's flight test hours.

 

The Trent XWB, the only engine available for the A350 XWB, is the fastest selling Trent ever with more than 1,100 sold. Test results have shown the engine to be the most efficient large civil aerospace engine ever produced.

 

The Trent family of engines has won about 50 per cent of the widebody aircraft market with a firm order book of more than 2,400 engines, and has accumulated more than 50 million hours of service.

 

Source

[dean hizudy 0]

TG, LH and QF (to name a few) also operate a large number of 747 in their fleet. Strangely, they don't seem to whinge about high fuel cost and some of them recorded huge profits!

QF generated huge profits? BTW, perhaps the same theory goes with fokker-50. European carriers still can make a profit by operating this old aircraft but not here in Malaysia.

[flee 5]

I think one must bear in mind that in Europe, labour, commercial property rentals, cost of doing business is higher. So fuel accounts for a smaller percentage of overall operating costs.

[Christopher Lim 0]

Sigh our neighbours up north and down south are already utilizing 777-300ER to the max n MH is still runnin around not knowin what needs to be done....

MH come on, if the likes of TG, SQ, PR, NZ, VN already have 777-300ER in their inventory n milkin it to the max.......what r u waitin for.....

 

Raymond, for MH no point getting 777-300ER. Those airlines have already utilized their aircraft to the point that further efficiency can only be achieved by getting new aircraft.

 

We cant even fully utilize our 777-200s whats the point of getting 777-300s will be more waste of taxpayers money.

[alberttky 0]

Raymond, for MH no point getting 777-300ER. Those airlines have already utilized their aircraft to the point that further efficiency can only be achieved by getting new aircraft.

 

We cant even fully utilize our 777-200s whats the point of getting 777-300s will be more waste of taxpayers money.

 

We should get rid of those that are incompetent in MH in order to stop wasting taxpayers money.

[Raymund Yeoh 1]

We should get rid of those that are incompetent in MH in order to stop wasting taxpayers money.

 

hmmmm.....i wonder who will hav the guts to do so....i'm sure AJ (not the QF AJ) will not do so....

[alberttky 0]

hmmmm.....i wonder who will hav the guts to do so....i'm sure AJ (not the QF AJ) will not do so....

 

If he's the boss, and he won't do it, then he's incompetent. Should remove himself.

[Christopher Lim 0]

If he's the boss, and he won't do it, then he's incompetent. Should remove himself.

 

AJ is not the biggest problem. even if he knows what to do, he is answerable to GOMEN (malay slang for government). GOMEN who doesnt know s#1t about running an airline yet they get to approve AJ actions.

[flee 5]

THAI denies talk of A380 fleet sell-off

Thai Airways International (THAI) will keep its A380 megajets rather than phase them out as speculated.

THAI president Charamporn Jotikasthira confirmed the flag carrier will continue to operate its six A380s and there is no plan to ground them or sell them.

The airline deploys these double-decker superjumbos on its four trunk routes, non-stop from Bangkok to London, Frankfurt, Paris and Tokyo.

But THAI is definitely not adding more A380s to its fleet, he told the Bangkok Post.

More: http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/tourism-and-transport/717892/thai-denies-talk-of-a380-fleet-sell-off

[flee 5]

Thai Airways to delay taking delivery of 14 planes to cut costs

 

Thai Airways International Pcl plans to postpone taking delivery of 14 planes for three years to reduce operating costs as the national airline restructures, it said on Wednesday.

The 14 planes include 12 Airbus 350s, of which two that were due to be delivered this year, and two Boeing 787s, President Charumporn Jotikasthira told a news conference.

"We will negotiate with aircraft makers to postpone the delivery due from 2016 to 2018," he said.

More: http://www.reuters.com/article/thai-airways-planes-idUSL3N1543XA