How could Hainan Airlines destroy the deal?
How's a bunch of Check and Trainers of Aussie background only going to change the profitability of the Mekong operation-
No disrespect to our experienced brothers from the AN fraternity.
Hainan will be employing mainly foreigners for the AC operation (& if it gets you excited..They all have Check & Training backgrounds in Australia, New Zealand or one of 2 JAA countries)
Air Cambodia has the Government of Cambodia as a major partner. CTG (Cambodian Tourist Group) as a minor partner and funds have been on show to Cambodian Govt ministers for 4 months.
For what I've heard (Pprune..the rumour network) Mekong have approval from somebody working close to one of the political parties but nobody has shown them the money.
The only comment made by Hainan Airlines is that the market is only big enough for one Heavy Jet operation.
As of last week the only major obstacle for Hainan was approval from the Chinese development corporation. This has been granted.
The Commerce certificate from Cambodia and 60 days will be required to kick start AC.
The Cambodia office in Haikou is ready for their big move. The management team is made up of Deputy Managers from current Airlines within the Hai Hang group.
The leader of the evaluation group is J. Guo who was the Vice-president of Changan Airlines and has been working on the project for the past 6 months.