Airbus A380 to be delayed another 6-7 months

[weaselsan]

Originally posted by beet1e
That would be "you're" and "too".

that proovs it.....

That would be compensation....not football.

[weaselsan]

Originally posted by beet1e
Oh, it's there now.

So now - what do you want from me? Last time I checked, I was not an investor/shareholder in Airbus!

Your lucky. The insiders dumped their stock for a big profit before word came out of major problems.

[beet1e]

Oh, and Rip - from the SIA website WRT that 787-9 order...

Deliveries will be scheduled between early 2011 and mid 2013, and will be for fleet renewal as well as to cater for growth.

Yeah - everything to do with the A380 being delayed by a few months, and let's not forget that SIA will still get their A380s in 2006, as planned!

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by beet1e
Oh, and Rip - from the SIA website WRT that 787-9 order...  Yeah - everything to do with the A380 being delayed by a few months, and let's not forget that SIA will still get their A380s in 2006, as planned!

You *do* know that Singpore was speaking with airbus about the A350 (now possibly to be known as the A370?) and potential for being the flagship carrier of that new aircraft, right? Probably not...you've proven your knowledge of the industry well in this thread.  

Originally posted by beet1e
Oh, it's there now.

So now - what do you want from me? Last time I checked, I was not an investor/shareholder in Airbus!

So, I guess you need to be a shareholder to understand the industry, so why do you even bother to post in such threads, Beet? Outta your league, wouldn't you agree? Toodle Pips!

[MrCoffee]

Hey airboss, you seem to know alot, are you sort of an airline expert?

[beet1e]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
so why do you even bother to post in such threads, Beet?

I was answering your request to comment further. What you actually said was "Beet1e? Comments other than old news?"

Outta your league, wouldn't you agree?

Oh, so now it's my fault that SIA has not updated their fleet web page with the 787-9 order. Like I said, I have not had time to make a blow by blow assessment of this latest news.  ^ What I actually said was "I was pressed for time earlier - sorry". The story is on the SIA newsdesk but not the fleet info page, which is supposed to carry details of orders yet to be delivered - the A380 is in there, for example. But, if it makes you happy to blame me personally for this anomaly within the SIA website, I guess you don't really have much worth adding to this thread.

So let's just stick with the facts! The salient points are these.

• There has been a further delay of 6-7 months in the A380 delivery schedule.
• Rip's article that I quoted earlier states that SIA will still get delivery of the first A380s in 2006.
• The 787-9 deliveries won't begin until 2011, and won't be complete until 2013 - assuming there are no delays.

SIA has always been largely a Boeing airline, because their fleet relies on having the very largest long range aircraft. Study their route map, and you'll see why. I'm not going to give a geography lesson. They used to have A340 in 181 seat config - presumably for that long LAX route - more than 14,000km, but it looks as if these have been decommissioned, along with their 747-400s.

So again, what I find funny is the Ripsnortian spin machine logic which attempts to twist the facts to make it look as if the 787-9 order (up to seven years away from delivery) has something to do with an A380 delay of a matter of a few months - even though his own source states that SIA will still get their A380s in 2006!

So Ripsnort, I guess LePaul was right after all -

Originally posted by LePaul
You know this will be spun into something....entertaining.