PIA Invites Bids to Dry Lease up to Ten Narrow Body Aircraft
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PIA Invites Bids to Dry Lease up to Ten Narrow Body Aircraft
In today's (June 3) newspaper.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) invites "sealed bids" from interested parties for the dry lease of narrow-body aircraft as below:
Aircraft Type: Narrow-body aircraft
Number of Aircraft: Up to ten
Seating Configuration: Minimum 150 seats (two-class)
Lease Period: 6 years
Delivery Schedule: Preferably immediate
Year of Manufacture: 2004 or later
Submitted bids will be opened on July 4, 2014.
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) invites "sealed bids" from interested parties for the dry lease of narrow-body aircraft as below:
Aircraft Type: Narrow-body aircraft
Number of Aircraft: Up to ten
Seating Configuration: Minimum 150 seats (two-class)
Lease Period: 6 years
Delivery Schedule: Preferably immediate
Year of Manufacture: 2004 or later
Submitted bids will be opened on July 4, 2014.
Abbas
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Note this time they are seeking aircraft in two-class layout.
In some of previous bids I think they sought aircraft in single-class layout.
Abbas
In some of previous bids I think they sought aircraft in single-class layout.
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Re: PIA Invites Bids to Dry Lease up to Ten Narrow Body Airc
This obviously shows that PIA has no idea what they are doing.
From going with 180 all economy layout they have resorted to 150 seats in two class layout.
PIA obviously has no business plan.
good luck.
From going with 180 all economy layout they have resorted to 150 seats in two class layout.
PIA obviously has no business plan.
good luck.
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They converted the A310s from two class layout to single class just six months ago and now back to two class layout.
This airline has no clue what they are doing.
Its better that PIA is sold to THY or Emirates, and it becomes a regional airline with the long haul service going to the new owners.
This airline has no clue what they are doing.
Its better that PIA is sold to THY or Emirates, and it becomes a regional airline with the long haul service going to the new owners.
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Any updates on this deal?
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^ Submitted bids will be opened on July 4, 2014.
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Today is the day
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These 4 airlines/lessors AERCAP, AWAS, AEROVISTA and IRENE PVT AIRWAYS have participated in bidding for 10 narrow body airliners for dry lease.
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so which planes have been offered? i hope they go for 320s. a mixed fleet of airbus and boeings might not be a smart move
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I agree and hope that they get more A320s powered with CFM engines because three A320s being acquired from GECAS are also powered with CFM engines.taha_imran4 wrote:i hope they go for 320s.
Probably GECAS can offer more A320s powered with CFM engines to PIA.
It will not be ideal to have mixed dry leased A320s powered with CFM and IAE engines.
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No reputable leasing company will want to do business with PIA and in the height of the recent terrorist activity lessors will not want their planes flying in Pakistan. They can float tenders for the next 100 years and they'll end up scraping the bottom of the barrel.
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lessors are covered through insurance and EOL (end of lease) conditions. The risks are covered in the asking price.
IMO problem is with airline not able to make up its mind yet and then stick to that.
IMO problem is with airline not able to make up its mind yet and then stick to that.
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Completely agree with TAILWIND, leasing companies are all in business to make money.
There have been far greater terrorist incidents globally in the past, yet airlines in those affected countries have never had problems leasing aircraft.
However a lot of companies generally avoid participating in tenders involving any government owned entity as they have had past experiences of tenders being repeatedly cancelled, or tender requirements being changed in order to favor one bidder over another.
There have been far greater terrorist incidents globally in the past, yet airlines in those affected countries have never had problems leasing aircraft.
However a lot of companies generally avoid participating in tenders involving any government owned entity as they have had past experiences of tenders being repeatedly cancelled, or tender requirements being changed in order to favor one bidder over another.
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TAILWIND wrote:IMO problem is with airline not able to make up its mind yet and then stick to that.
fatah wrote:However a lot of companies generally avoid participating in tenders involving any government owned entity as they have had past experiences of tenders being repeatedly cancelled, or tender requirements being changed in order to favor one bidder over another.
The fact that QALC was the lowest cost option should have been enough for a contract to be signed. Using the tender award and then trying to extract further concessions from QALC is disrespectful, cheeky and unbusiness-like.
PIA is lucky with its narrowbody tender timing as there as plenty of A320s/B737s out there that are close to coming off lease and the lessors don't want to have parked aircraft. That is why they will continue to respond to the tenders, until a point where the waste in time dealing with PIA and Govt bureaucrats drives them off.
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