Yes was signed in 2006… a good present from 9W. 🙂 . They are very actively looking for 777/330 pilots these days with proposed flights now to places like San Francisco (via Shanghai), J’bourg, Nairobi etc.

heh too many VB’s for the lad.

I highly doubt that in-flight service will be the main criteria that will get affected here. What the major thing that might get disrupted is ground handeling. I highly doubt Macquarie intends to hold the position that they will inquire from Qantas, seeing the bank’s previous track records on acquisitions, they will further see different arms of the airline to different companies. Yes, this may include the in-flight service and catering, but i have a feeling that this particualr section will be left alone, not for the Qantas employees sake but purely for the bank’s sake.

But we will have to see how this deal will go down.

I hope this does not mean outsouring to any call centres as if it is the same ones as HSBC, customers will not be happy!

I highly doubt it means customer relations in this case. I would vote for other fields such as software design, consultation etc.

After all that time manufacturing doors for the 320s its good to see Airbus is ready to put in some money into India. Specially after those massive 320 orders by IndiGo etc.

Hopefully it is in colaboration with HAL, will benifit HAL alot.

Wow…. that is one odd livery.

Airbus to pay India’s Kingfisher 22 mln dlrs for A380 delay

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NEW DELHI (AFP) – European manufacturer Airbus (Paris: NL0000235190 – news) has agreed to pay India’s Kingfisher Airlines more than one billion rupees (22 million dollars) for a delay in delivering five A380 superjumbo aircraft.

The airline owned by the UB group, the world’s third largest spirits producer by volume, ordered the aircraft last year.

Airbus on Tuesday announced a one-year delay in the project, its third such announcement.

“Airbus has communicated that they are postponing deliveries of the aircraft and the first aircraft will now be delivered only by 2011,” UB group chairman Vijay Mallya told the Economic Times.

He added that the aircraft manufacturer had offered one billion rupees in compensation, the financial daily said.

It was unclear whether the compensation to Kingfisher (LSE: KGF.L – news) for the A380s would be in the form of discounts or payment, the report said.

Kingfisher is the only Indian carrier of the 16 airlines globally that have placed orders for about 150 A380s.

Although it has not yet won permission to fly on international routes, Kingfisher is drawing up plans for an international debut and plans to use the A380 aircraft on high-density routes such as to the United States.

The orders were placed at the Paris airshow last year where the Bangalore-based carrier signed up for 15 planes — five A380s, five A350s and five A330s in a deal estimated to be worth about three billion dollars.

Airbus’ parent group, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), also said this week that its flagship project, the A350, might be suspended.

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com//06102006/323/airbus-pay-india-s-kingfisher-22-mln-dlrs-a380-delay.html

Just heard some news about new interior products being unveiled by SQ on October 16th for the A380. SQ still seems to be a bit controlled over there anger on the 380 delat than EK. It is understandable though, 45 aircraft is a massive order and a minimum 10 month delay could cost the airline alot.