Guess the next longhaul destinations were already mentioned during the Thomas Cook announcement...
Phuket,Mombasa,Punta Cana,Santo Domingo,Cancun,Varadero/Havana ...
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Replacing A333 in SN colours for AFI and eurowings for leisure ?
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Thx for information...DeltaWiskey wrote: ↑28 Apr 2017, 14:30 From what I heard, it is decided that the 7 A330's (5 -300; 2 -200) which were due for retirement will be replaced with newer second hand -300's. Due to an oversupply of the market, the value of relatively new -300 have dropped dramatically in the last 1-2 years (around 20-30%). The first one should be arriving in Q1 2018. There are rumours that the A330 fleet will be increased to 11 in 2018, but that is still far from certain. I think they are waiting to see how toronto/mumbai perform in the next couple of months before taking a decision. If these destinations do not deliver according to expectations, there is no need to increase the fleet and they could just reallocate ressources instead. Bernard G. was recently quoted that it can take up to 2-3 years before a long haul destination Is profitable. Bad decisions can turn out very expensive very quickly.
I don't think the fleet roll-over will be announced in a press release as it doesn't concern new aircraft orders. Maybe in a Lufthansa Group financial report in due time?
I don't remember thatcathay belgium wrote: ↑28 Apr 2017, 16:50 Guess the next longhaul destinations were already mentioned during the Thomas Cook announcement...
Phuket,Mombasa,Punta Cana,Santo Domingo,Cancun,Varadero/Havana ...![]()
He is referring to the general comment that over the next years, new long haul leisure destinations would be considered.sn26567 wrote: ↑28 Apr 2017, 17:36I don't remember thatcathay belgium wrote: ↑28 Apr 2017, 16:50 Guess the next longhaul destinations were already mentioned during the Thomas Cook announcement...
Phuket,Mombasa,Punta Cana,Santo Domingo,Cancun,Varadero/Havana ...![]()
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Indeed, with 1 aircraft they can do for example
Add a time schedule to the above, and it will show that's its impossible.crew1990 wrote: ↑28 Apr 2017, 19:59
Indeed, with 1 aircraft they can do for example
Monday: Brussels - Cancun - Punta Cana - Brussels
Tuesday: Brussels - Phuket - Brussels
Wednesday: Brussels - Mombasa - Zanzibar - Brussels
Thursday: Brussels - Cancun - Punta Cana - Brussels
Friday: Brussels - Colombo - Male - Brussels
Saturday: Brussels - Mauritius - Brussels
Sunday: Brussels - Varadero - Montego Bay - Brussels
10 destinations with 1 aircraft
Caribbe and Mexico have great potential...but, true, I guess it will be beter for SN to fly to Boston or West Coast ( LAX or SFO ). Let Newark to UA and, for now, YUL to AC.
Thomas Cook (the partner of SN) might not agree! I guess that in the agreement between SN and Thomas Cook there is a clause by which Thomas Cook might have a say in the selection of new leisure destinations, depending on gthe number of clients it will bring to such destinations.