智利超低成本航空SKYA321XLR 照片來源於空中客車
智利超低成本航空公司SKY已与空中客车公司签署了购买10架A321XLR的购买协议。该航空公司将使用新飞机扩展其国际航线网络。
A321XLR是A320neo / A321neo系列的下一步发展，满足了单通道飞机对增加航程和有效载荷的市场需求。 A321XLR将提供前所未有的窄体客机范围，最大航程可达4700海里，与上一代竞争对手的喷气机相比，每个座位的燃油消耗降低30％，从而使航空公司能够通过在经济上可行的方式建造更长的新航线来扩展网络。
“新的飞机机队将使我们能够继续以成功的低成本模式和极其便捷的机票价格来扩展国际航线和广泛航线的供应。现在，旅客可以在市场上最现代化的飞机上享受新的，非常有吸引力的目的地，” SKY首席执行官Holger Paulmann说。
空中客车拉丁美洲公司总裁Arturo Barreira表示：“我们很高兴SKY选择A321XLR进一步扩大其所有空中客车飞机的机队。 A321XLR将使SKY为其客户提供新的目的地，例如从智利圣地亚哥到美国迈阿密的直航。”
根据最新的空中客车公司全球市场预测（GMF），拉丁美洲在未来20年内将需要2700架新飞机，是当今机队的两倍多。自2002年以来，拉丁美洲的客运量已翻了一番，并有望在未来二十年内继续增长。特别是在智利，到2038年，交通量将从人均0.89人次增加到2.26人次。
根据空中客车公司最新的GMF数据，与机队的增长并行的是，在未来20年中，将需要47,550名新飞行员和64,160名技术人员在拉丁美洲接受培训。为了满足这一需要，SKY还选择了空中客车公司作为其飞行培训提供商，使该航空公司成为新的空中客车智利培训中心的启动客户。该中心将为智利飞行员提供机组人员培训，并将包括一架全飞行的A320模拟器。
自2010年以来，SKY一直是空中客车的客户，并于2013年成为全空中客车运营商。该航空公司的23架A320系列飞机机队为连接智利到阿根廷，巴西，秘鲁和乌拉圭的国家和国际航线提供服务。
空中客车公司已售出1200架飞机，积压的飞机超过600架，在整个拉丁美洲和加勒比地区运营的飞机超过700架，占在役机队60％的市场份额。自1994年以来，空中客车公司已在该地区获得近70％的净订单
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SKY, a Chilean-based ultra-low-cost carrier, has signed a Purchase Agreement with Airbus for 10 A321XLRs. The airline will expand its international route network with the new aircraft.
The A321XLR is the next evolutionary step in the A320neo/A321neo Family, meeting market requirements for increased range and payload in a single-aisle aircraft. The A321XLR will deliver an unprecedented narrow-body airliner range of up to 4,700nm, with 30% lower fuel consumption per seat compared with previous-generation competitor jets, allowing airlines to expand networks by making new longer routes economically viable.
“This new aircraft fleet will allow us to expand our offer of international and wide-ranging routes, always under our successful low-cost model and its extremely convenient ticket prices. Now passengers can enjoy new and very attractive destinations on the most modern airplanes in the market,” said Holger Paulmann, CEO of SKY.
Arturo Barreira, President of Airbus Latin America, said: “We are delighted that SKY has selected the A321XLR to further expand its fleet of all Airbus aircraft. The A321XLR will allow SKY to offer its customers new destinations, such as direct flights from Santiago in Chile to Miami in the U.S.”
According to the latest Airbus Global Market Forecast (GMF), Latin America will need 2,700 new aircraft in the next 20 years, more than double today’s fleet. Passenger traffic in Latin America has doubled since 2002 and is expected to continue growing over the next two decades. Specifically in Chile, traffic is expected to increase from 0.89 trips per capita to 2.26 trips in 2038.
In parallel to the growing fleet, according to Airbus’ latest GMF, there will be a need for 47,550 new pilots and 64,160 technicians to be trained over the next 20 years in Latin America. To cover this necessity SKY also selected Airbus as its flight training provider, making the airline the launch customer for the new Airbus Chile Training Centre. The center will offer flight crew training for Chilean pilots and will include a full-flight A320 simulator.
SKY has been an Airbus customer since 2010 and became an all-Airbus operator in 2013. The airline’s fleet of 23 A320 Family aircraft serves national and international routes connecting Chile to Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Uruguay.
Airbus has sold 1,200 aircraft, has a backlog of more than 600 and more than 700 in operation throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, representing a 60% market share of the in-service fleet. Since 1994, Airbus has secured nearly 70% of net orders in the region.