Talking of Dreamliners here's a weekend read about Qantas finally getting some.
If nothing else shows how Qantas seem to dither around a lot over the years - unlike AIR eh
http://www.smh.com.au/business/aviat...06-gispz3.html
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Talking of Dreamliners here's a weekend read about Qantas finally getting some.
If nothing else shows how Qantas seem to dither around a lot over the years - unlike AIR eh
http://www.smh.com.au/business/aviat...06-gispz3.html
It would be a brilliant job being head procurement manager at AIR wouldn't it. Imagine the fun you'd have playing Airbus and Boeing off against each other and analysing the differences between the aircraft models, operating spec's and features. I'm picking they'd have a team of analysts working on that. Heck I'd do that job for free if I didn't need to earn a living. I think I missed my calling in life. I love analysing stuff to the finest degree. Some are content to hope they fly somewhere in the vague direction of north, others want to know the exact compass bearing and GPS position. We're all wired differently and diversity is a good thing eh mate.
Speaking of people who love to analyse things properly, where's our friend Mod ?
Don't forget also, the latest two 787-9's for Air NZ are ex-development aircraft used in testing, for which they would have been given a hefty discount by Boeing.
What's the bet that AirNZ will eventually take up all their 787-9 options - another 6 I think - and start retiring the 777-200 aircraft (same PAX as the 787) from 2020 onwards? I believe that Chris Luxon mentioned some time ago that the -200's were still good value until then.
Well after spending a week in Q/Town tourism is absolutely going ballistic down there and with the best snow season for possibly the last 30 years ( According to a few locals) we are well positioned indeed, was nice to see all those Air NZ birds plus a couple of Virgin planes on the tarmac as we flew out with snow falling to boot:cool:
The 200's carry a lot of freight where as the 787 doesn't. Air NZ used to make a lot of money from freight. What's the story there?Xerof, you mean avgas or avtur?
Air New Zealand Limited advises that its Annual Shareholders' Meeting will be
held in the Viaduct Events Centre. 161 Halsey Street, Auckland on Wednesday 7
October 2015 at 2.00pm.
how long would this run for ? 5pm 6pm / party all night....
Im glad WLG->AKL flights this Saturday aren't too outrageously priced, $169, as won some tickets for the AB's via Barkers Coming home though...Crapstar won.
I look forward to seeing you there but would caution that their last ASM's refreshments were not conducive to partying all night. Either they have to lift there game or we make our own arrangements :D
On the freight thing, my understanding is the 787-9's that are replacing the 767-300's carry 15 tonnes vs only 5 tonnes for the 767's and that some of that 5 tonnes was subject to offload if the pax load was at max due to performance capabilities of the plane. Dreamliner's on the other hand can carry max pax and max freight.
Interesting headline...
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/11/opec-...o-the-30s.html
Interesting times for commodity prices indeed. I will be watching to see how affects AIR but as a few have commented on this thread AIR's SP has not historically correlated to the ebbs and flows in the price of oil.
Good volume traded so far this morning, maybe we will clear $2.70 soon?
DISC: Holding.
Agree, there's no direct correlation between oil prices and air's sp.
Having said that, its interesting to note how the oil landscape is undergoing huge shift atm.
Good volume already through, think it'll break out of $2.70 today...