Orders Thread 2008

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Garuda Indonesia will be acquiring ten Boeing 777s, an aircraft it plans to use for long-range services to destinations including Europe.

The carrier will be getting ten 777s for delivery from 2010 and the airline’s president Emirsyah Satar might be coming to Singapore on the week commencing 18 February to sign the agreement with Boeing, says a Garuda spokesman in Jakarta, who was responding to reports quoting from the airline’s executive VP of operations Ari Sapari.

Sapari is quoted as saying the first 777 will be delivered in 2010 and the aircraft will be acquired under an agreement in which the carrier will firstly lease and then purchase the 777s.

The spokesman was unable to confirm this but says the carrier’s president plans to come to the Singapore Airshow and might use the occasion to sign an agreement with Boeing regarding the 777 acquisition. The Singapore Airshow is on 19-24 February.

He says the 777s will be for longer-haul routes to places such as Amsterdam and Frankfurt. Garuda suspended services to Europe a few years ago but plans to return there.

Garuda’s widebody fleet currently consists of six Airbus A330s and three Boeing 747-400s. The A330s are used for services to Australia and Asia and the 747s are largely used for services to the Middle East.

If Garuda goes ahead and orders ten 777s, it means Garuda is effectively reviving an earlier plan.

In the 1990s the national carrier ordered six 777-200ERs but then the 1997 Asian financial crisis led it to postpone delivery.

Later it became unclear what the new delivery schedule would be or whether Garuda was still going through with the deal.

Besides 777-200ERs, the carrier in September 2005 signed an agreement for ten Boeing 787-8s and early last year it signed an agreement for 25 Boeing 737-800s.

But in more recent times Garuda has failed to make any public mention of the earlier deal for 787s.

[ehusmann]

Synergy group from Latin America has signed an MoU with Airbus for the delivery of ten A350XWB-800. Synergy is the parent company for Avianca, SAM, Oceanair and VIP.
Check this website for more info.

Erwin

[flying_kiwi]

Garuda Indonesia (GA/GIA), Indonesia, has announced at the Singapore Airshow that it has ordered 10 B777-300ERs and 25 B737-800s from Boeing.
This order replaces existing orders for 6 B777-200ERs and 18 B737-700s, and confirms an previous commitment to 7 B737-800s.
The Reuters press report can be found here.

Regards,
Yorden

[flying_kiwi]

Lion Air (JT/LNI), Indonesia, has announced an additional order for 56 B737-900ERs from Boeing.
This brings the total number of this type on order by Lion Air to 178.
Reuters press report can be found here.

Personally, it will be interesting to see how many Lion Air will be operating at the same time. I suspect that they will do something similar to Ryanair, and sell the aircraft once they reach a certain age, and replace those with new build aircraft.

Regards,
Yorden

[flying_kiwi]

Korean Air (KE/KAL), South Korea, has announced that it has ordered an additional 3 A380-800s from Airbus.
The press report can be found here.

Regards,
Yorden

[phkza]

Don't forget about our Brazilian friends:

1x E170 and 1x E190 for Régional Airlines

6x E170 for EgyptAir


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[flying_kiwi]

Some more orders from the Singapore airshow:

Air Vanuatu (NF/AVN), Vanuatu, has signed an order for 1 ATR72-500 from ATR.

Air Tahiti (VT/VTA), French Polynesia, has also ordered 1 ATR72-500 from ATR.

Press report can be found here

Regards,
Yorden

[flying_kiwi]

Embraer is also busy:

Virgin Blue (DJ/VOZ), Australia, has excerised purchase rights for an additional 4 E190s from Embraer.
The press release can be found here.

Jetscape Leasing, USA, has also signed an order for 10 E190s with 10 options from Embraer.
The Press release for this order can be found here.

Regards,
Yorden

[flying_kiwi]

Leasing company BOC Aviation, Singapore, has announced that it has ordered 5 A330-200Fs from Airbus.
The report from Reuters can be found here.

Regards,
Yorden

[flying_kiwi]

Continental Airlines (CO/COA), USA, has announced an order for an additional 8 B777s and 19 B737NGs from Boeing. No exact models have been specified as yet.
The press report from Reuters can be found here.

Regards,
Yorden

[flying_kiwi]

ATR has announced that Lao Airlines (QV/LAO), Laos, has purchased 1 ATR72-500.
The press report can be found here.

Regards,
Yorden

[flying_kiwi]

RAK Airways (RT/RKM), UAE, has announced an order for 4 B737-800s from Boeing.
The press report from Reuters can be found here.

Regards,
Yorden

[flying_kiwi]

Porter Airlines (PD/POE), Canada, has ordered an additional 2 DHC-8-Q400 from Bombardier. This will bring their fleet to 12 of the type.
Press report can be found here.

Regards,
Yorden

[flying_kiwi]

Scandanavian Airlines System (SK/SAS), Denmark/Norway/Sweden, has signed an order for 13 CRJ900NGs and 14 Q400NGs from Bombardier as part of the compensation package for the landing gear problems suffered on their current fleet of Q400s.
The CRJ900s will be operated by SAS and Estonian Air (OV/ELL), while the Q400s will be operated by Widerøes Flyveselskap (WF/WIF), and airBaltic (BT/BTI).
The press release from Bombardier on MarketWire can be found here.

Regards,
Yorden

[ehusmann]

Didn´t see this one yet: Gulf Air has ordered 16 B787.
Report can be found on Luchtvaartnieuws.

Erwin