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Malaysian Air hopes to sell its six A380s to Chinese or ASEAN carriers
MALAYSIAN Airlines is in talks with Chinese and ASEAN carriers to sell or lease its six Airbus A380s, CEO Peter Bellew told Bloomberg News.
The company also wants Airbus to add 90 more seats to each of the 494-capacity planes to make them more attractive to second-hand buyers.
Malaysian Airline appears to be the first A380 carrier to stop flying the aircraft, which first entered service with Singapore Airlines in 2007.
On one hand this is bad news for a plane that's already struggling for sales, but it also means establishing a used superjumbo market which softens the blow for Airbus.
Focusing on Asian flight development to be serviced by soon-to-be-delivered six smaller A350s, Malaysian Air no longer wants the longhaul A380.
If outright buyers cannot be found the carrier is prepared to lease then with access to its A380 simulator, or supply pilots and cabin crew, Mr Bellew said.
An Irishman, who spent nine years working under Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary before joining Malaysian as COO in 2015, Mr Bellew said the carrier is looking to beef up its fleet with three of four used Airbus A330s like the 18 already in operation.
Malaysian placed an order for twenty-five 737 Max 8 jets in July for delivery from 2019 and has options including the Max 9 model that could perform longer flights.
Mr Bellew said the airline is in talks about 15 new routes to China, Japan and South Korea as he carries forward the carrier's Asia-focused strategy.
The company also wants Airbus to add 90 more seats to each of the 494-capacity planes to make them more attractive to second-hand buyers.
Malaysian Airline appears to be the first A380 carrier to stop flying the aircraft, which first entered service with Singapore Airlines in 2007.
On one hand this is bad news for a plane that's already struggling for sales, but it also means establishing a used superjumbo market which softens the blow for Airbus.
Focusing on Asian flight development to be serviced by soon-to-be-delivered six smaller A350s, Malaysian Air no longer wants the longhaul A380.
If outright buyers cannot be found the carrier is prepared to lease then with access to its A380 simulator, or supply pilots and cabin crew, Mr Bellew said.
An Irishman, who spent nine years working under Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary before joining Malaysian as COO in 2015, Mr Bellew said the carrier is looking to beef up its fleet with three of four used Airbus A330s like the 18 already in operation.
Malaysian placed an order for twenty-five 737 Max 8 jets in July for delivery from 2019 and has options including the Max 9 model that could perform longer flights.
Mr Bellew said the airline is in talks about 15 new routes to China, Japan and South Korea as he carries forward the carrier's Asia-focused strategy.
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