Scoot buys 20 787 Dreamliners

[chillout]

Scoot snaps up 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, cutting Jetstar's advantage


www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/scoot-snaps-up-20-boeing-787-dreamliners-cutting-jetstars-advantage/story-e6frg95x-1226502994959



by: Steve Creedy From: The Australian October 25, 2012 11:19AM


JETSTAR'S first-mover advantage from the Boeing 787 Dreamliner looks set to be short-lived after Singaporean rival Scoot announced last night it would acquire 20 of the fuel efficient planes from 2014.
The 787-9s planes will replace Scoot’s Boeing 777-200s as part of its ongoing expansion. The airline said the aircraft would sport a new interior in addition to the 787’s bigger windows and higher cabin pressure.

The order comes as Singapore Airlines announced it was ordering another five Airbus A380 superjumbos and 20 A350-900s from European plane-maker Airbus.

The latest A380 order will be the third to be placed by the airline, bringing the total number of A380s ordered by SIA to 24. It currently has 19 aircraft in service, flying from Singapore to 10 destinations in Europe, the US and the Asia-Pacific region, including Sydney and Melbourne.

The orders contrast with Qantas’s moves to throttle back widebody aircraft deliveries until its ailing international operation makes an acceptable return on capital.

...The Australian carrier has put back delivery of Boeing 787-9s until 2016 but smaller 787-8s are due to start arriving at Jetstar in the second half of next year. Qantas has steadfastly denied suggestions the aircraft will be re-routed to its mainline operations, where it has indicated it could fly Dreamliners to Europe with proposed alliance partner Emirates.

Scoot’s 787-9s will be bigger than the Jetstar planes, allowing it to carry more than 300 passengers, but it has yet to decide on engines.

Scoot chief executive Campbell Wilson said the 787 announcement was exciting news and “not least because the aircraft’s fuel efficiency will help keep ticket prices low.”

[chillout]

It looks like Scoot's $99 fares from Sydney and other Australian cities to Singapore will continue and grow, and at that price, thousands upon tens of thousands of new fun seekers will be launching into Asia.

Given that the number of Australians travelling to South East Asia is now soaring towards 10 million overseas departures, with their strong and powerful Aussie dollar in their pockets, and given that Cebu Pacific (Philippines), Air Asia, and Jetstar have also announced expansion plans, it is likely that every Australian capital city will soon have one or more budget airlines offering a flight to South East Asia for 100 bucks or less. Hundred upon hundreds of new routes are opening up!



Dreamliner........it's like a dream when you take off..........and enter a dream-like paradise.........

[chillout]

That could be 20,787 Dreamliners......

Twenty thousand, seven hundred and eighty seven Dreamliners....


One for each Overseas DSPer.........

[Denis-NFA]

;D I'm dreaming about it.......

[zorro1]

phhht the only people dreaming are scoot as they increase profits and further slash seat sizes to cram in 15 people per row for what is now a true cattle class .

Bring back the old 747's I say, nothing compares to being able to smoke a cigar and drink the bar dry at 36,oooft and then retire to semi biz class size economy seat

[Banker]

Zorro, no room on a scoot for your sword mate.

[chillout]

Oct 27, 2012 11:45:07 GMT 7 zorro1 said:

Bring back the old 747's I say, nothing compares to being able to smoke a cigar and drink the bar dry at 36,oooft and then retire to semi biz class size economy seat

Less than 60 minutes ago, I landed in South East Asia on the BIG ONE...the A380 (Emirates).

The flight was 100% full, more than 500 people. Business and First Class get the whole upper deck, and this includes a full cocktail bar where people stand around and drink and socialise. First Class even have showers. Check out the semi-private First Class Cabins:

www.emirates.com/my/English/flying/our_fleet/emirates_a380/emirates_a380.aspx?cid=GoogleSEM07MY-SL1&pkw=yes


However, of the airlines using the A380, only Singapore Airlines have completely private double-bed cabins. They have an official policy of "no sex", even married couples, but I think that is just Asian-style politeness.


However, I was in the massive lower deck Economy class, 400 people, 5 minutes walk to the other end. I wondered about sneaking upstairs to the bar, which is officially not allowed, but I saw a guy coming down the stairs, who said he was invited upstairs by friends. In any case I slept most of the way.

Just a few hours previous to that I was on another flight (coming from the other side of the planet), where some hard-drinking Russians sitting opposite asked for more than 10 of those little bottles of whiskey, 10 each