It simply makes you realise what a tragic loss Borgetti was, imagine how QF would be firing along now. my bold, from TG's post 361 back in May this thread
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Qantas anger over Etihad and 'everything' has a downside | Plane Talking
There are a lot of challenges facing Qantas, but surely none as large or fundamental as those it has made for itself.
One of the most troubling is its gradual introduction into the language of market guidance of its concerns over domestic yields. Until recently the airline’s guidance was that domestic was strong and it was was being dragged down by its international flights, which it is mitigating by cutting back on them, thus creating even more room for carriers like the evil Etihadians and Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific to take even more passengers off Qantas more rapidly than they might have envisaged.
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Although tougher competition will come at the expense of airlines' bottom lines, the airports face the prospect of large increases in passengers as Qantas and Virgin Australia step up their battle in the domestic market by boosting flight frequencies.
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ETIHAD Airways chief executive James Hogan has blasted Qantas for being un-Australian in its campaign to undermine his airline's investment in Virgin Australia and has pledged that the Abu Dhabi-based carrier will never seek to control Virgin. Melbourne-born Mr Hogan said Qantas's hostile reaction to Etihad's bid to increase its shareholding in Virgin to 10 per cent was a ploy to distract from Qantas's own failings.
Etihad yesterday won approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board to lift its stake in Virgin from 5 per cent to 10 per cent. It is understood it was given the green light because 10 per cent was not close to a controlling interest and was lower than the shareholdings of existing foreign shareholders Virgin Group, which has 26 per cent, and Air New Zealand, with 19.9 per cent.
Qantas, which refused to comment last night, has privately warned the Gillard government that its existence will be threatened by Etihad's investment in Virgin, because the airline is owned by the government of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates and could bankroll a major attack on Qantas's domestic markets via Virgin. In a backroom lobbying campaign against the Virgin investment, Qantas has portrayed Etihad as a plaything for oil-rich sheiks, saying in a leaked briefing paper that "Virgin/Etihad will be able to flood the market with capacity until its competition is forced to significantly reduce its own operations or worse".
where to now?