Thai Airways has officially announced that it will acquire 45 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, effectively abandoning the Airbus A350.
As reported in our February 11 article , Thai Airways has just confirmed an agreement to acquire a fleet of 45 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, as well as an option on 80 more aircraft.
The agreement was announced on Tuesday, February 20, by Thai Airways (THAI) CEO Chai Eamsiri at the opening of the Singapore Airshow.
The agreement also provides the carrier with a route to the new 777X.
The aircraft will be powered by GE Aerospace GEnx engines and will be delivered over 10 years, starting in 2027.
The order also gives Thai Airways the option to switch to the 777X under development, Mr. Chai said.
The seamless interchangeability between these Dreamliner models and the 777X provides THAI with strategic advantages in terms of route optimization, capacity and operational efficiency, Mr. Chai said.
The GEnx engines are much cleaner, which will help THAI achieve the goal of zero carbon emissions by 2050, Mr. Chai said, adding that the acquisition will bring the greatest benefits to passengers and boost the Thai economy.
According to industry sources, Thai Airways' decision to reject the Airbus A350 in favor of the Boeing 787 was partly influenced by disagreements with Rolls-Royce over the cost of engine maintenance.
Brad McMullen, Boeing's senior vice president of sales and marketing, said THAI's decision to acquire the Dreamliner is based on the long-term cooperation between the two companies, as well as THAI's commitment to having a modern, efficient and flexible fleet.
Russel Stokes, president and CEO of Aviation Services at GE Aerospace, said the company was proud that THAI, among several other leading airlines, had chosen GEnx engines, which have undergone more than 50 million hours of testing.
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In summary, overall, over 10 years, it will be 125 American B787s, but equipped with European engines from the company AeroSpace (not to be confused with Space X, the American company of Elon Musk, while the Airbus, 100% European aircraft, are equipped with English Rolls-Royce engines...
Thai Airways is also being offered priority purchasing on the future B777X currently under development...
And when we learn that the choice (according to TAW officials) of Boeing is due to contractual difficulties with the maintenance of the Rolls-Royce engines that equip the Airbus, we can wonder why Airbus favors Rolls-Royce over AeroSpace in terms of engines, the French engines being more "ecological" all things considered...
At a time when demonstrations across France in the agri-food and transport sectors are advocating the use of an economic policy based on the consumption of products from producers located in France and manufactured within its walls, it would be interesting for Airbus to think twice when the engine contracts for its aircraft with Rolls-Royce come to an end!!!
Of course, the details and the crucial discussions between the buying, selling and service provider partners in order to win the competition war and bag the contracts very often remain secret...
In this case, a famous thaw for Airbus!
The art of putting all your eggs in one basket.
If Boeing goes bankrupt, which is absolutely not out of the question.
What will Thai Airways do?
Buying Airbuses at full price is what you call excellent business management.
So Thailand has chosen to do without an aircraft whose engine, although reliable, is slightly more expensive in MCO, to favor aircraft of which even the "in-house" engineers say under oath, that each passenger who boards a 787 or a triple 7 takes risks for his safety and his life...
Thank you, Thai, for showing us once again that between comfort and the safety of its passengers, it prefers to save money...
All of this remains in line with its management of Covid and post-Covid air.