In its first joint long-haul order, Air France-KLM will purchase 25 Airbus A350s, with an option for 35 additional planes, and 25 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, with an option to buy 25 more.
According to the most recent price figures released by the manufacturers, the average list price for the 787-9 Dreamliner is $218.1 million; the A350-900 carries a list price of $267.6 million.
KLM is expected to start flying its first Dreamliner in 2016; Air France will take control of the first Airbus plane in 2018. According to a company press release, the two carriers will eventually fly both aircraft.
“For its first joint order, the Air France KLM group made its selection after a detailed assessment showing all the performance characteristics of each aircraft, including their energy and environmental performance,” Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, Air France KLM’s CEO, said in a statement.
Hi to one and all. The purchasing of the passenger airplanes
by AF/KL sounds ok by me. One thing not odering at this time
is All Freighters or Combi Aircraft. I remember that KL has some
16 B747-400M’s in the fleet that were built around 1994 98. They
still fly them in there schedule and into LAX. All Airlines should
have a few Combi’s inthere fleet. One Aircraft and two services
and with upper deck cargo service. This is compete in the
World Cargo Market today and the future. Ernesto Schimmer
Would …U…Believe 59 years in the Air Cargo Busines with
the Airlines…..Still moving along Ernie Schimmer-LAX
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