Malaysia Airlines and Singapore may cancel A380 orders
Reports from Asia, Europe and the USA say that as the crisis at Airbus Industrie deepens, some Asian carriers are talking about cancelling orders.
Singapore Airlines’ Vice President Bey Soo Khiang has been quoted in the French newspaper “La Tribune”, which maintains that Airbus has not yet given any firm delivery date for the nine aircraft ordered by the airline, “If the aircraft delivery is postponed for too long and comes at a time when we do not need them, we could indeed cancel the order.”
A Singapore Airline spokesman did emphasise very quickly that that the remarks of the Vice President were related to the contractual option allowing the airline to terminate the order in the event of delays, however, the spokesman said that a final decision had not yet been taken in this regard.
Malaysian national carrier Malaysia Airlines has also placed an order for six A380’s but it is considered in Kuala Lumpur that as the airline is embroiled in a financial crisis with associated drastic cost-cutting effort, the A380 delivery delays could be welcomed by the airline.
Many aviation analysts in Europe and the United States wondering why Malaysia Airlines has not completely cancelled the order, particularly because it has discontinued some of its long-haul routes on which the A380 would have been operated.
Airlines anxiously waiting for A380 deliveries include: –
Emirates – 43;
Singapore Airlines – 19;
Lufthansa – 15;
Qantas -12;
Air France – 10;
Federal Express – 10 freighters;
Leasing company ILFC – 10;
UPS – 10;
Malaysia Airlines – 6;
Thai Airways – 6,
Virgin Atlantic – 6;
Kingfisher Airlines – 5;
Korean Air – 5;
China Southern – 5;
Etihad Airways – 4; and
Qatar Airways – 2.
Total – 168 and not one delivered!
Report by The Mole with assistance of information from BERNAMA – Malaysian National News Agency.
John Alwyn-Jones
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