Originally Posted by
Flying Doctor
I have to say that EK's growth philosophy based these orders is quite staggering. Either they have got it very right or very, very wrong....... I just cannot see why they need 90 A380's when the next biggest order is for only about 20 of these things......
FD.
I think SQ have about 19 A380 on order + 7 options - however the remainder have committed to 20 or much less (BA have 12 firm and about 7 on option IIRC).
I'm beginning to wonder about their strategy too, it seems clear that if pax numbers aren't growing at the same rate EK are expanding then they have to fill their planes at the expense of other carriers. They can either do this by better product or price dumping or a combination of both. At the lower end of the fare structure, the product really doesn't matter that much - it's all about the price.
At the higher J and F fares, if they have a better product
and price dump then the existing carriers will certainly suffer. Doing this at a time of world economic slowdown too....if this is the EK strategy then it is quite brilliant timing