簡單說就是, 泰航很想賣掉這4架A340-500 飛機卻因價格與潛在買主一直談不瓏,
所以就還一直待在泰航.
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THAI fails to transfer four long-range jets
Dismantler only offer at cut-rate price
Writer: BOONSONG KOSITCHOTETHANA
Published: 11/09/2009 at 12:00 AM
Thai Airways International has failed in its most recent attempt to sell four
long-range jets after the bidder low-balled the flag carrier, sources say.
A THAI Airbus A340-500, the type of jet for which the airline has struggled
to find buyers, takes off from Suvarnabhumi Airport.
The bidder, believed to be a US aircraft dismantler, offered only $50 million
apiece for the Airbus A340-500 jetliners, roughly a quarter the price THAI
paid for them and significantly lower than the current $230-240 million price
new.
The price offer left senior THAI executives dumbfounded, prompting them to
consider abandoning any further bids to sell the aircraft, said THAI insiders.
THAI has spent more than a year searching for buyers who would offer a
reasonable price for the aircraft, which can fly 16,000 kilometres non-stop.
Despite a number of verbal offers the only repeat bidder was the US aircraft
dismantler, which reportedly wanted the aircraft to sell the parts.
"It seems impossible to sell them at a reasonable price. The market for this
aircraft is quite niche and there seems to be little or no demand for it
now," said a senior THAI executive.
The A340-500s were put up for sale after the airline terminated its daily
Bangkok-New York flights last July.
Back then surging oil prices made the New York route unviable.
While THAI waits for buyers, the aircraft have been deployed on the
Bangkok-Los Angeles non-stop routes and on the new Bangkok-Oslo service since
June 15.
The only sensible option left for THAI is to keep the A340-500s and do a
better job of utilising the planes for long-haul flights.
THAI intends to increase the frequency of its non-stop Bangkok-Los Angeles
and Bangkok-Oslo flights for that reason, which will see the four jetliners
fully utilised.
To make the aircraft more economical THAI is considering re-configuring the
seat layout by removing business class and premium economy class seats to
make room for about 50 more economy class seats.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/aviation/23659/
thai-fails-to-transfer-four-long-range-jets
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