[媒體名稱]CAPA [新聞日期]2017/4/13
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這幾天快被聯航洗版了. 隨便貼些不一樣的.
據CAPA報導華航似較偏好空巴以期獲得法國航權
A320neo訂單及6架A350選擇權 似乎有可能是華拉攏空巴/法國的主要工具.
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Taiwan's China Airlines considers Airbus order as a means to
winning French traffic rights
13-Apr-2017
China Airlines is weighing an order for Airbus aircraft that it expects will
result in the French state granting traffic rights to allow China Airlines to
fly to Paris, providing competition to China Airlines' local competitor EVA
Air – the only nonstop operator on the route.
Since a 2016 government change in Taiwan, China Airlines – long a sleepy
government airline – has shown greater interest in growth. However, Europe
is not a strong market for the airline. In Paris there is opportunity to work
with fellow SkyTeam member Air France. This potentially makes Paris less
costly for China Airlines than its planned resumption of service to London.
China Airlines is once again planning a narrowbody order to replace and
supplement its existing 737-800 fleet. The order will reflect how optimistic
China Airlines is about the turbulent cross-strait market.
The A320neo is favoured, and it is unclear whether an order might also mean
that China Airlines exercises its six options for the A350. China Airlines
has received five of a 2008 order for 14 A350s. The correlation between
Airbus aircraft orders and French traffic rights is sensitive, but this is
hardly the first example. Taiwan and the US, home to Boeing, have an open
skies agreement. [1949 words]