Wed, Sep 10, 2008
S7 To Dump All Soviet-Era Planes By November
The Board of Directors for Russia's S7 Airlines approved a total
fleet renewal program during a meeting held September 8... and
when they say "total," they mean it.
Under terms of the carrier's program, S7 will withdraw
Soviet-made aircraft from operations by November 1. Removal of the
technologically obsolete Tupolev 154s and Ilyushin 86s from service
is driven by poor operational and environmental performance,
according to the carrier.
To maintain its status as Russia's second-largest domestic
airline, S7 Airlines will modernize its entire fleet. Boeing and
Airbus will deliver more than 70 new airplanes combined by 2014 to
S7.
In 2008, S7 Airlines received four new Airbus A320 airliners two
more will follow by end of year. Three Boeing 737-800s began
operation in August, and another five are slated to be operational
before year-end.
In the same period seven more Boeings -- two Boeing 737-400 and
five long-range Boeing 767-300ER -- will be delivered. In 2009, the
S7 fleet will be expanded with four Airbus A320s, two Boeing
737-800s and two Boeing 767-300ER airplanes.
Also in 2009, deliveries will begin against 25 new A320s ordered
by S7 Airlines at this year's Paris Air Show. S7 Airlines concluded
contracts for delivery of 10 Boeing 737-800s starting 2010, and
delivery of 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners starting in 2014.
As ANN reported, S7 will be the first Russian
operator of composite-bodied 787.
"Taking into account current deliveries of aircrafts and the
fact that the removal from operations of Soviet airplanes will be
executed in a period of seasonal fall of passenger traffic, S7
Airlines does not expect a decrease in the volume of operations. We
are currently in negotiations with leasing companies on additional
deliveries of airplanes," said S7 CEO Vladislav Filev.
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