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Alitalia Cancels $5 Billion Airbus A350 Order
Alitalia, the troubled Italian flag carrier, quietly cancelled a $4.7 billion order for new aircraft with Airbus last month. Airbus reported the cancellation in a quarterly report and said that the order had come from Aircraft Purchase Fleet, a Dublin-based leasing firm that was set up to fund new aircraft for Air One, which later merged with state-controlled Alitalia. ... (www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Since the Italian government bailed Alitalia ,everything should run smooth , just take a look at Italian politics !
QANTAS(not the lcc sub. Jetstar) cancelled its 787 orders and are retiring all its 767's, leaving us with the incredibly awful a330.
Iam not an airbus hater but I am not a fan of the a330.
Oz govt just bought a brand spankin' new a 330 for multi use, tanker, freight, and passengers. It broke down someplace in Asia while our PM Tony (we know where the black boxes are) Baloney was on his free trade junket selling Oz to our neighbours. Word on the vine is it is stuck there.
Silly QANTAS never bought any 777's either.
Then ceo Geoff Dixon said they werre irrelevant. So? QANTAS has deep problems now because of lack of adequate planning year in year out to add new aircraft to its fleet.
I am ranting about this because to think todays traveling public does not think about its aircraft choices and newness is like thinking the model T was all the car the public would ever want.
Iam not an airbus hater but I am not a fan of the a330.
Oz govt just bought a brand spankin' new a 330 for multi use, tanker, freight, and passengers. It broke down someplace in Asia while our PM Tony (we know where the black boxes are) Baloney was on his free trade junket selling Oz to our neighbours. Word on the vine is it is stuck there.
Silly QANTAS never bought any 777's either.
Then ceo Geoff Dixon said they werre irrelevant. So? QANTAS has deep problems now because of lack of adequate planning year in year out to add new aircraft to its fleet.
I am ranting about this because to think todays traveling public does not think about its aircraft choices and newness is like thinking the model T was all the car the public would ever want.
What's that got to do with Alitalia?
If you read the article; it is about Alitalia cancelling new aircraft.
I make the point that QANTAS here has done the same thing, and it is not good for the long term health of the airline.
I may be a little layered in my comment giving more detail then neccess' but I still add to the relevant point of new aircraft in an airline and how it is accepted.
Understand now? or did you not read this either?
I make the point that QANTAS here has done the same thing, and it is not good for the long term health of the airline.
I may be a little layered in my comment giving more detail then neccess' but I still add to the relevant point of new aircraft in an airline and how it is accepted.
Understand now? or did you not read this either?
I repeat what does that have to do with AZ - or did you not understand?
Matt I dont know how I could be more specific re my comment, quite obviously you have not read anything. Have a great rest of your life in Helen Keller land.
If I weren't such a nice person, I'd say the "Helen Keller land" comment was really ignorant.
Get a life.
Back attcha!