The bonus driven culture of the place has resulted in managers adopting very short time horizons and optimising management decisions with respect to their own prosperity, not the company's.
Yeah... this week from out of the blue comes the MAS one world thing.
Qantas, Malaysia Airlines to build ties, says Alan Joyce | The Australian
QANTAS will sponsor Malaysia Airlines's entry into the oneworld alliance and aims to forge closer links with the Kuala Lumpur-based airline as another way of boosting its market share in Asia. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said in Singapore today that the airline had been talking to MAS for some time and would work closely with both the airline and oneworld's management team to make the changes necessary for MAS to join the alliance. The process is expected to take 18 months.
Bla bla bla.....
We only have to go back a year or so to find this little chestnut,
Air partners in flight of the discords
Scott Rochfort
February 12, 2010
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Jetstar and AirAsia's historic partnership One month on, AirAsia has now announced plans to undermine Jetstar's operations in Vietnam - Jetstar Pacific - by establishing a rival operation in the country with the start-up airline VietJet.
''The joint venture is a well-balanced combination of the management system, technical expertise, long-term experience in the airline industry, crew and international brand of AirAsia, and the financial strength, as well as Vietnamese market insights of VietJet Air,'' said the new Vietnamese rival to Jetstar Pacific.
It appears the Singapore Airlines-backed Tiger Airways is now become less concerned about the marriage of its two main rivals.
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'We think this is hilarious,'' the chief executive of Tiger, Tony Davis, said yesterday.
my bold
The two airline strategy is simply too complicated, two balls v one batsman, that's not cricket.
