Thread: CO 2010 Intl Expansion - No News?

Quoting MasseyBrown ( Reply 39 ): I guess any 764's would have to be new production; it's probable that used 763's would be have a cheaper total cost for a fairly brief interim use. Fairly brief = 3 years maybe? I don't mean the 787's will be further delayed by 3 years, just that 3 years might be the economical lease term for CO 's purposes. But on the other hand, leasing some 763's would mean flying the odd...

Quoting LipeGIG ( Reply 38 ): In my view the potential development for Brazil is CO trying to get 7 frequencies to fly EWR - GIG in the 2010 Draft for 14 new frequencies Brazil-USA. This could even allow CO to extend a flight to markets like MVD , ASU ou SCL but would need to be from a new service rather than the existing ones which are performing well. With the success of IAH - GIG , i believe EWR - GIG is the potential new route for Brazil,...

Quoting Conti764 ( Reply 29 ): Definitely agree with what you're saying. EWR - BRU has been a 772 in the past during the summers. My point regarding the possible shift of IAH - FRA to 772 comes from the fact that the flight departs around the times IAH - AMS and IAH - LHR , both currently served with the 772. If they don't consider upgrading EWR - BRU to 772, would they consider a 2nd daily flight?

Quoting STT757 ( Reply 46 ): A batch of 777 "A" models could be a possible short term solution What happened to the SQ or CX 777 "A" models? IIRC some discussion here on the forum CO was close to picking them up. Pretty good idea to get 4 of the for Air Mike and then transfer those 764's to EWR .

Quoting EwRkId ( Reply 35 ): What about some more 764's? I guess any 764's would have to be new production; it's probable that used 763's would be have a cheaper total cost for a fairly brief interim use. Fairly brief = 3 years maybe? I don't mean the 787's will be further delayed by 3 years, just that 3 years might be the economical lease term for CO 's purposes.

Quoting Conti764 ( Reply 42 ): On a side note: what is the best solution for southern domestic pax wanting to go to BRU ? Fly a longer domestic flight to catch the flight to BRU at Newark, or fly a shorter domestic flight to IAH to transfer to a longer IAH - BRU flight? Given that widebodies tend to be more comfortable than a narrowbody, that international service levels are higher than domestic ones and that many domestic flights have no...

Quoting FUN2FLY ( Reply 47 ): What happened to the SQ or CX 777 "A" models? IIRC some discussion here on the forum CO was close to picking them up The problem is that those have RR engines, while CO 's fleet is GE . China Southern has four or five GE -powered 772As for sale, but some rumors say they're in a less than perfect condition.

Quoting ManekS ( Reply 54 ): The chances of SIN losing a carrier is higher than it gaining one these days! I mean we've lost Austrian, Air New Zealand, SAS, Swiss, Finnair and more in the last few years and it partly has to do with SQ wanting to operate they're own aircraft to those destinations. I know the chances are minimal, but I'd love to see CO here as well. Theres no reason for CO to fly to SIN . They will probably...

Germany is going to be built up a lot more , because of the Star Alliance and Lufthansa. Paris and Amsterdam will suffer because of it.

The following is the slot request for 2nd daily service between FRA and EWR , with 757. 1130 A CO 124 28MAR 30OCT 1234567 75W EWR 1330 D CO 125 28MAR 30OCT 1234567 75W EWR Looks like CO also want to upgrade new FRA - IAH from 764 to 772 next summer.