Once upon a time there was Air Nauru.

[ivan ellerbai]

d_c: "They should have just one or two aircraft running hard and earning (or at least minimal subsidisation). "

And what - miss out on the revenue that is to be had because you can't cope with the demand? The entire fleet is "running hard", why else would it have been increased other than to cope with the current work to be had? Do you know anything about economies of scale and amortisation?

What "subsidisation"? Our Airline (sorry, Nauru Airlines as of today) pays a healthy annual dividend to the Nauruan Government as it happens.


Yes, circumstances will change in time and it is then that management should react and respond accordingly, it's what airlines do. Energy Crisis, SARS, GFC are a couple of examples where airlines had to react to changed circumstances. My intel is that NA management is acutely aware of future considerations and are planning accordingly.



Big E: "I have said for donkey's years that they should all stop the pi**ing contest and combine and collectively have aircraft and maintenance facilities stationed at opposite ends of the Routes and criss-cross between these Ports on a daily or some other scheduled basis"

And from where, exactly, do you think the concept of Our Airline stems? Fine ideal and enthusiastically supported by several other Pacific Nations - until it came to putting the money in!!! Individual agendas by the various countries make this ideal virtually impossible to achieve. It's a Pacific thing - those who have worked there will understand.




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