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SAS confirms switch to A319s
Victoria Moores, Lisbon (15Mar05, 16:35 GMT, 204 words)
Scandinavian Airlines has confirmed that it is switching its outstanding order for four Airbus A321s to the smaller Airbus A319.
SAS placed a 12-strong order for A321s in 2000 and has taken delivery of eight of the aircraft to date. But after numerous deferrals SAS has opted to change the remaining aircraft to A319s because of overcapacity in the Scandinavian market.
Speaking to ATI at a Star Alliance event in Lisbon, SAS Group president and CEO Jorgen Lindegaard said: "They will be A319s...we need smaller aircraft and we have now positioned all of our Airbuses in Copenhagen, so the Danish company will have them in operation. Fewer seats are really what we need."
The aircraft are currently due for delivery at the beginning of 2006.
SAS had been considering selling its existing A321s at one point, owing to the overcapacity problem, but Lindegaard says: “We have stopped [the sale]. Volume is going up on inter-Scandinavian route, so we decided not to sell them.”
SAS is, however, planning to withdraw up to ten aircraft from its fleet. Its Boeing MD-90s will, says Lindegaard, be taken out of service completely while five of the ten withdrawn aircraft will be transferred to SAS Group’s Spanish operation Spanair.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
SAS confirms switch to A319s
Victoria Moores, Lisbon (15Mar05, 16:35 GMT, 204 words)
Scandinavian Airlines has confirmed that it is switching its outstanding order for four Airbus A321s to the smaller Airbus A319.
SAS placed a 12-strong order for A321s in 2000 and has taken delivery of eight of the aircraft to date. But after numerous deferrals SAS has opted to change the remaining aircraft to A319s because of overcapacity in the Scandinavian market.
Speaking to ATI at a Star Alliance event in Lisbon, SAS Group president and CEO Jorgen Lindegaard said: "They will be A319s...we need smaller aircraft and we have now positioned all of our Airbuses in Copenhagen, so the Danish company will have them in operation. Fewer seats are really what we need."
The aircraft are currently due for delivery at the beginning of 2006.
SAS had been considering selling its existing A321s at one point, owing to the overcapacity problem, but Lindegaard says: “We have stopped [the sale]. Volume is going up on inter-Scandinavian route, so we decided not to sell them.”
SAS is, however, planning to withdraw up to ten aircraft from its fleet. Its Boeing MD-90s will, says Lindegaard, be taken out of service completely while five of the ten withdrawn aircraft will be transferred to SAS Group’s Spanish operation Spanair.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
