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Austrian Airlines to cut Airbus A330 fleet in 2007


Vienna, Nov 2 (UNI)


Austrian Airlines AG today said it will eliminate its fleet of four Airbus A330 long-haul jetliners in 2007, a move the national carrier said will save it about USD 51 million a year.


 Prospective route to Chennai will not be launched, the airline’s board decided at a meeting yesterday to approve the plan to phase out the A330s, along with both of its Airbus A340-300 aircraft.


 The reduction of the long-haul fleet means scheduled service to Shanghai will end on January 7, flights to Phuket, Thailand, Mauritius and Colombo/Male, Sri Lanka, will stop at the end of April, and service to Katmandu, Nepal, will cease in May, Austrian Airlines said in a statement.


 Prospective new routes to Chennai and Karachi will not be launched, the carrier said, adding that it would go ahead with a new US destination - Chicago - in May.


 


IA may (MAY) be getting in touch with Austrian to pick up some of these. 



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karatecatman wrote:

IA may (MAY) be getting in touch with Austrian to pick up some of these. 





Mate exactly my thoughts wen i saw the topic of ur post.

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AKLDELNonstop wrote:

karatecatman wrote:

IA may (MAY) be getting in touch with Austrian to pick up some of these. 





Mate exactly my thoughts wen i saw the topic of ur post.


By the time IC management issues a tender for lease of A330s, these would have been leased by some other airline.

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But IC was going to lease its A330s from a French company and not an Austrian one

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Including the 2 A330s (that are from a French airline), IA is looking at an ideal figure of 10 A330s in total. Praful Bhaiyya has told both AI/IA that if they want more aircraft, they can submit an additional list. 


This news from Austria,  might just be the break that IA is looking for. 


But at the moment, it's just the 2 (French) A330s that IA is getting. 





-- Edited by karatecatman at 16:43, 2006-11-02

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What will happen to the flight OS operates to DEL???

They are using A330-200 on this route. arent they generating any revenue

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vabby wrote:


What will happen to the flight OS operates to DEL???

They are using A330-200 on this route. arent they generating any revenue


Same topic was discussed on anet.


What people said there that either if the route is profitable then OS continues with a 767 or else its suspended.



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