Silverjet to acquire two Boeing 767s from Thomsonfly
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Silverjet, a UK business-class, long haul airline, today announced that on 1 June 2007, it entered into a letter of intent with Thomsonfly Limited to acquire two Boeing 767-200 extended range aircraft .
The letter of intent with Thomsonfly provides for delivery of both aircraft to Silverjet during March 2008. This brings the number of Boeing 767-200 aircraft either in Silverjet’s possession, under binding contract or letter of intent to five.
Both of the new aircraft are the Boeing 767-200 Extended Range variant. In common with Silverjet’s other aircraft, are powered by General Electric CF6 engines, in these cases the more powerful CF6-80C2B4F type. This provides greater take off performance, allowing Silverjet to operate on most long haul routes from its excellent base at London Luton Airport.
These aircraft have an operational range of over 9,600 kilometres. From the carrier's base at London Luton Airport, they will therefore capable of operating to destinations which could include Delhi, Johannesburg, Mauritius, Shanghai and the West Coast of USA, carrying 100 passengers.
No announcement has yet been made as to what routes these two further aircraft will operate on. Silverjet has a further 30 routes under consideration, other than the London Luton to New York Newark route.
A further announcement concerning the arrangements for financing the acquisition of these aircraft will be made prior to the delivery of the first aircraft.
Date posted; 05-Jun-07
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