brussels airlines to operate the A380 ?
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brusselsairlinesfan
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brussels airlines to operate the A380 ?
Pure speculation I know but... Is there any chance in the future ?
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Established02
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> Is there any chance in the future ?
Sure, but in a rather unlikely scenario. 8)
[Wild Imagination Mode switched on]
Imagine SN happened to win the (aviation) lottery and is somehow able to put an A380 in the shopping cart.
Then what to do with this A380 aircraft?
What (long haul) market out of BRU could theoretically support a daily A380?
Perhaps there are several possible markets -in terms of revenue and total daily pax-, but I can only think of Brussels - New York at present.
Then...
How would the airline industry be affected by a sudden, dramatic increase of fuel prices to let's say 150-200 EUR (not USD!) a barrel.
Because of the continuously declining value of the USD the OPEC countries might one day decide to no longer trade their oil in USD, but in EUR or some other stable currency. 8)
The revenue of the US carriers is -I believe- dominantly generated in USD. But if fuel would now start to be traded in another currency like the EUR/CHF/JPY/XYZ (instead of being traded in a weakening USD) then the sharply increasing cost of fuel -which is a major cost component for any airline- would create a huge competitive disadvantage for the US carriers. Non-US carriers that generate less revenue in USD and more revenue in other currencies would be less affected.
With fuel prices skyrocketing and operating costs exploding, the numbed management of the badly hit US carriers DL-AA-CO might want to meet the bosses of a less affected SN (whose revenue flows are mainly in a strong EUR) to see how they can possibly cooperate in such a challenging, new economic environment.
Not having the required economical aircraft available, DL-AA-CO could be forced to downsize their long haul network and so they might propose SN to fly BRU-NYC daily as the only operating carrier, while the other US carriers would just have a blocked space agreement on SN's A380.
The fuel cost for the A380 would be very high as well, but on the other hand there would be a massive saving in operational costs, by having just one A380 rotation over the Atlantic instead of having 3 widebodies (777/764/763) flying almost wing to wing between BRU and NYC.
[Wild Imagination Mode switched off]
Sure, but in a rather unlikely scenario. 8)
[Wild Imagination Mode switched on]
Imagine SN happened to win the (aviation) lottery and is somehow able to put an A380 in the shopping cart.
Then what to do with this A380 aircraft?
What (long haul) market out of BRU could theoretically support a daily A380?
Perhaps there are several possible markets -in terms of revenue and total daily pax-, but I can only think of Brussels - New York at present.
Then...
How would the airline industry be affected by a sudden, dramatic increase of fuel prices to let's say 150-200 EUR (not USD!) a barrel.
Because of the continuously declining value of the USD the OPEC countries might one day decide to no longer trade their oil in USD, but in EUR or some other stable currency. 8)
The revenue of the US carriers is -I believe- dominantly generated in USD. But if fuel would now start to be traded in another currency like the EUR/CHF/JPY/XYZ (instead of being traded in a weakening USD) then the sharply increasing cost of fuel -which is a major cost component for any airline- would create a huge competitive disadvantage for the US carriers. Non-US carriers that generate less revenue in USD and more revenue in other currencies would be less affected.
With fuel prices skyrocketing and operating costs exploding, the numbed management of the badly hit US carriers DL-AA-CO might want to meet the bosses of a less affected SN (whose revenue flows are mainly in a strong EUR) to see how they can possibly cooperate in such a challenging, new economic environment.
Not having the required economical aircraft available, DL-AA-CO could be forced to downsize their long haul network and so they might propose SN to fly BRU-NYC daily as the only operating carrier, while the other US carriers would just have a blocked space agreement on SN's A380.
The fuel cost for the A380 would be very high as well, but on the other hand there would be a massive saving in operational costs, by having just one A380 rotation over the Atlantic instead of having 3 widebodies (777/764/763) flying almost wing to wing between BRU and NYC.
[Wild Imagination Mode switched off]
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FLY4HOURS.BE
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Funny thoughts but they don't work 
Big enterprises can keep huge amounts of foreign currency in their local account numbers. If ever, the EUR becomes the trade currency of oil, that will be an advantage to the US carriers as they will trade their dollars for euro's when the best exchange rates are established.
The fuel cost per trip for the A380 is high, but bring it down to the seat, you will see that the A380 has an unbeatable CASM in its range class.
Big enterprises can keep huge amounts of foreign currency in their local account numbers. If ever, the EUR becomes the trade currency of oil, that will be an advantage to the US carriers as they will trade their dollars for euro's when the best exchange rates are established.
The fuel cost per trip for the A380 is high, but bring it down to the seat, you will see that the A380 has an unbeatable CASM in its range class.
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With the open skies agreement, SN needs not to fly transatlantic out of Brussels. It could fly out of CDG (where it has one daily slot), FRA (two daily slots) or LHR (only one weekly slot).Established02 wrote:What (long haul) market out of BRU could theoretically support a daily A380?
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