Monday, August 23, 2010

Yemenia Airways


Yemenia Airways order for 10 A 358s at the Dubai Air Show eating 18 in business and 265 in economy i.e. 283 in total.

Analysis :

IY has ordered these aircraft to fully replace its fleet of 2 A 332s + 4 A 310-300s from 2015-16 onwards as well as to cater for future international expansion. FYI, besides its main hub of SAH-Sanaa, Yemenia also has a smaller scale hub at DXB from where it flies to the Far East with 5th freedom traffic rights. They have one interesting yet weird route i.e. SAH-DXB-KUL-CGK flown twice a week with the A 332.