Etihad ne pouvait rester derrière !
Bon, ils réfléchissent sur 2020-2040, rien que ça !
Avec leur intéressante cohorte de cies associée !
Peut être une décision tard cette année, hum , mais 2020, ça veut dire qu'ils vont attendre et regarder le B777-XX !
Noté aussi, ils ont suffisamment de A380 en commande !
-------------------- De AviationWeek Adrian Schofield, un extrait et le lien ---------------
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_06_04_2013_p0-584770.xml
Etihad Airways is talking to aircraft manufacturers about a major
joint order that would cover its own long-term fleet plans and those of
some of the airlines that it partly owns.
Etihad is in the early
stages of issuing a request for proposal, the carrier’s CEO James Hogan
says during the International Air Transport Association’s annual meeting
in Cape Town. He would not be specific about what type of aircraft the
airline is seeking or how many, but says they would be for delivery from
about 2020. Such a timeline would align with Etihad’s aircraft
retirement schedule, and would help form the next phase of the carrier’s
fleet plan for the 20 years through 2040.
Hogan says Etihad
regards this as a group deal, and it would also cover Air Berlin, Jet
Airways and Air Seychelles. These are all partner airlines that Etihad
has an ownership stake in. There will be “full transparency” with two
other strategic partners – Aer Lingus and Virgin Australia – and they
will be able to join the deal if they wish, Hogan says.
Meanwhile,
Etihad’s more immediate fleet growth plans are well underway. The
airline expects to take delivery of its first Boeing 787 and its first
Airbus A380 in the last quarter of 2014. The 10 A380s it has on order
“are probably enough for us,” Hogan says.
JPRS