From Reuters and televised on NBC’S Europe Closing bell.
BA ORDER THE A380
Europe’s largest airline and national carrier Birtish Airways are set to order the all-new, double-decked Airbus A380. Though the number of A380’s which the airline plans to buy are not being disclosed, Insiders close to the airline’s managment team say the orders will be “limited in accordance to market conditions at the present time as well as the crutial issue of passenger demand”. British Airways insisted on not commenting on the issue of the A380 untill the airlines next press confrence, sceduled to be aired live on Bloomberg Televsion next week.
Dunno why its taken BA so long honestly AF VS and LH already have ordered!
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st April 2004 at 21:40
Thanks! 🙁
By: A380!! - 1st April 2004 at 21:32
What rubbish? i merely answered Bemused question on regard to if it was a joke or not mate with a little bit of humor in between!. Please Dont offend me by placing me in the ranks of skylinerworld
By: wysiwyg - 1st April 2004 at 20:10
The original april fool was good A380 (had me fooled!), the rubbish you are now spouting is worthy of EAL340, Bahnhaus and Skylinerworld. Can we up the status to something a little more grown up?
By: A380!! - 1st April 2004 at 17:38
Oh i am good are’nt i? even Bemused is confused:D fraid to say i made that up for the occasion children
By: Bmused55 - 1st April 2004 at 07:40
Originally posted by A380!!
APRIL FOOLS:D ha ha ha
Interesting…. I was thinking that.
So, please clear this up. This is just an April fools by you A380?
By: Airline owner - 1st April 2004 at 07:32
not entirely sure about that probably for some media attention
By: A380!! - 1st April 2004 at 07:25
APRIL FOOLS:D ha ha ha
By: greekdude1 - 1st April 2004 at 07:07
Originally posted by KabirT
But do BA need A380s?? I mean they wont buy just because AF, LH etc. did.
Sure they do, being based in a slot crowded airport like LHR. Slots could be better utilized using a couple a A380’s on high yield routes such as LHR-JFK, LHR-SYD, LHR-SIN, LHR-HKG, etc. Besides, BA couldn’t let all the other bigboys operate that behemoth without them doing so!
By: KabirT - 1st April 2004 at 06:32
But do BA need A380s?? I mean they wont buy just because AF, LH etc. did.
By: steve rowell - 1st April 2004 at 06:19
Originally posted by greekdude1
Wasn’t there a post recently where a BA exec was quoted as saying that they would not take delivery of the A380 or the 7E7?
Yes i posted an article about a month ago, just goes to show you, airline executives are a bit like politicians, you just can’t believe anything they say
By: Duesseldwarf - 31st March 2004 at 23:59
I think IF BA got the A380, it would be better placed on their NYC routes from LON to start with. That’s where the big bucks would come from to help pay for them!!
By: Jay330 - 31st March 2004 at 22:55
but from another point of view though, with BA and Qantas, and the codeshares, it would make sense if BA did decide to order a few for the Australia routes.
By: A380!! - 31st March 2004 at 22:15
This is NO APRIL FOOLS joke! see Reuters website or if you have SKY tune into CNBC EUROPE!
By: greekdude1 - 31st March 2004 at 22:00
Wasn’t there a post recently where a BA exec was quoted as saying that they would not take delivery of the A380 or the 7E7?
By: tenthije - 31st March 2004 at 21:22
Originally posted by MINIDOH
Is that a joke or not??
And also, BA can’t be the largest airline in Europe!?! I suppose it depends on how you define large. Doesnt Easyjet have more aircraft?
Eeasyjet may have a lot of planes with many more on order, but BA still has many more planes. Also, BA is not the largest airline in Europe. That honour goes to Air France, since it took over KLM it became the largest of Europe and even one of the largest in the world.
By: MINIDOH - 31st March 2004 at 21:19
Is that a joke or not??
And also, BA can’t be the largest airline in Europe!?! I suppose it depends on how you define large. Doesnt Easyjet have more aircraft?
By: Hand87_5 - 31st March 2004 at 20:52
Be careful Ian , VS is reported to get rid of all his A34x …. tomorrow 😀
By: wysiwyg - 31st March 2004 at 20:50
Doh, you got me! :rolleyes: I was really looking forward to being incredibly smug. Damn! 🙁
By: tenthije - 31st March 2004 at 20:48
expected delivery 01/04/05 no doubt!
By: Hand87_5 - 31st March 2004 at 20:46
Isn’t April fools tomorrow?
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