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Yeah and wait until you they get the almost routine delays of BA.OK coming back but horrible heading over.
No premium passenger is going to go even contemplate this one without some huge price incentive...that's right, QF is one of the most expensive.
What medication are these planners on???
This will be the end of the rat.
No premium passenger is going to go even contemplate this one without some huge price incentive...that's right, QF is one of the most expensive.
What medication are these planners on???
This will be the end of the rat.
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What medication are these planners on???
This will be the end of the rat.
This will be the end of the rat.
You may need to adjust your paradigm.
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The Qantas Group believes its future lies in China, ask Alan Joyce about all the money the Australian shareholders will make out of the Chinese.....
Oh wait!
Didn't you learn anything from your Vietnam experience Alan? Alan?
Qantas bosses held in Vietnam | The Australian
Oh wait!
THE Chinese legal system has struck again against a successful Australian business person, this time a single mother who founded a private university in Guangzhou.
The case of Charlotte Chou has been kept quiet since she was taken from her home on the night of June 24, 2008, while her one-year-old boy was asleep.
Ms Chou was interrogated while being deprived of sleep for several days, without access to a lawyer, and later convicted of bribery on the basis of those confessions, say family members. She was released in December 2009 and immediately re-arrested at the prison gate.
The next chapter in Ms Chou's three-year ordeal will occur on August 30, when she will be tried for embezzlement.
Ms Chou's case is the fifth that The Age has exclusively revealed involving a successful Australian citizen being detained by Chinese police in murky circumstances.
Read more: Another Australian hits China's legal wall
The case of Charlotte Chou has been kept quiet since she was taken from her home on the night of June 24, 2008, while her one-year-old boy was asleep.
Ms Chou was interrogated while being deprived of sleep for several days, without access to a lawyer, and later convicted of bribery on the basis of those confessions, say family members. She was released in December 2009 and immediately re-arrested at the prison gate.
The next chapter in Ms Chou's three-year ordeal will occur on August 30, when she will be tried for embezzlement.
Ms Chou's case is the fifth that The Age has exclusively revealed involving a successful Australian citizen being detained by Chinese police in murky circumstances.
Read more: Another Australian hits China's legal wall
Didn't you learn anything from your Vietnam experience Alan? Alan?
TWO Australian Qantas executives have been held in Vietnam and the former boss of joint venture Jetstar Pacific arrested over losses at the budget carrier.
Qantas executives Daniela Marsilli and Tristan Freeman have not been formally charged but were forced to spend Christmas in Vietnam and are still prevented from leaving the country.
The two are part of a team seconded to modernise Jetstar Pacific, 27 per cent owned by Qantas.
Alan Joyce, chief executive of Qantas, which part owns Jetstar, admitted that losses from so-called fuel hedging ran into hundreds of millions of dollars but said the practice of fuel hedging was routine within the airline industry.
He added that he was confident the employees had done nothing wrong.
Qantas executives Daniela Marsilli and Tristan Freeman have not been formally charged but were forced to spend Christmas in Vietnam and are still prevented from leaving the country.
The two are part of a team seconded to modernise Jetstar Pacific, 27 per cent owned by Qantas.
Alan Joyce, chief executive of Qantas, which part owns Jetstar, admitted that losses from so-called fuel hedging ran into hundreds of millions of dollars but said the practice of fuel hedging was routine within the airline industry.
He added that he was confident the employees had done nothing wrong.
Qantas bosses held in Vietnam | The Australian
Originally Posted by Sunfish
Didn't you learn anything from your Vietnam experience Alan? Alan?
Qantas bosses held in Vietnam | The Australian
TWO Australian Qantas executives have been held in Vietnam and the former boss of joint venture Jetstar Pacific arrested over losses at the budget carrier.
Qantas executives Daniela Marsilli and Tristan Freeman have not been formally charged but were forced to spend Christmas in Vietnam and are still prevented from leaving the country.
The two are part of a team seconded to modernise Jetstar Pacific, 27 per cent owned by Qantas.
Alan Joyce, chief executive of Qantas, which part owns Jetstar, admitted that losses from so-called fuel hedging ran into hundreds of millions of dollars but said the practice of fuel hedging was routine within the airline industry.
He added that he was confident the employees had done nothing wrong.
Qantas executives Daniela Marsilli and Tristan Freeman have not been formally charged but were forced to spend Christmas in Vietnam and are still prevented from leaving the country.
The two are part of a team seconded to modernise Jetstar Pacific, 27 per cent owned by Qantas.
Alan Joyce, chief executive of Qantas, which part owns Jetstar, admitted that losses from so-called fuel hedging ran into hundreds of millions of dollars but said the practice of fuel hedging was routine within the airline industry.
He added that he was confident the employees had done nothing wrong.
Qantas bosses held in Vietnam | The Australian
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THE Chinese legal system has struck again against a successful Australian business person, this time a single mother who founded a private university in Guangzhou.
The case of Charlotte Chou has been kept quiet since she was taken from her home on the night of June 24, 2008, while her one-year-old boy was asleep.
Ms Chou was interrogated while being deprived of sleep for several days, without access to a lawyer, and later convicted of bribery on the basis of those confessions, say family members. She was released in December 2009 and immediately re-arrested at the prison gate.
The case of Charlotte Chou has been kept quiet since she was taken from her home on the night of June 24, 2008, while her one-year-old boy was asleep.
Ms Chou was interrogated while being deprived of sleep for several days, without access to a lawyer, and later convicted of bribery on the basis of those confessions, say family members. She was released in December 2009 and immediately re-arrested at the prison gate.
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I wish their was a smilie of a guy rolling around on the ground in fits of laughter 
The Chinese make the Vietnamise look like fair trade, I just can't wait to see how this pans out, its going to be
ing hilarious.
The Chinese make the Vietnamise look like fair trade, I just can't wait to see how this pans out, its going to be
ing hilarious.
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Malaysia's not much better, though they won't quite throw you in jail for hanky panky. You get a medal for it.
Eg. The shareprice of Air Asia doubled in the last 3 months, while that of MAS went down 40% in the 3 months leading up to the announcement of this MAS-AK share "swap".
Tony Fernandes now gets MH at a discount, while the Malaysian taxpayer forked out much more for Air Asia. Who bailed who out? Did MH bail out Air Asia or did Air Asia bail out MH? Why did the share prices move in such specific directions in the 3 months leading up to this announcement?
Looking at the Air Asia board, the ruling party has appointed all their cronies there.
Do things look as simple as they seem? If QF wants to jump into bed with MH-Air Asia, I hope they know they have to handsomely reward everyone from the number 1 man down.
MH is not an unprofitable airline per se. It's just that everyone in MH and their cronies are making money from MH through their own little cosy contracts. In fact the old MH management spent more time thinking of which supply contracts they could award to their family and friends, rather than how to actually improve the airline. Rumours abound of eggs being sold to MH Catering at RM4 (US$1.35) per egg, because "so-and-so"'s relative owned the farm that supplied these eggs.
Why is it that Malaysia keeps pumping bad money into Proton year after year? Volkswagen tried to buy it, but the Malaysian govt said that all existing supply contracts must stay, and they could not get rid of the Malaysian management. Again - the establishment would rather this crappy company stay afloat to feed their relatives and friends.
Malaysia is indeed truly Asia. If AJ and co think that the Malaysian government is sitting around waiting in eager anticipation for QF to set up an airline there and fight with MH and AK for those precious air rights, he better think again.
Only Singapore would merrily allow QF to set up a proxy airline and take on precious air rights which SQ fought for decades to achieve, for the sake of growing its "air hub status" and its economy, creating jobs in the process. Perhaps the presence of the QF Group hub in Singapore is beneficial to the local economy, which was the number one concern of the SIN govt in this whole venture. 3K has grown much faster since Temasek divested of its stake. Temasek did not get SQ and MI and TR to ruin 3K and prevent their growing out of SIN.
However this is why Singapore is Singapore, and Malaysia will always be Malaysia, Thailand will always be Thailand and Indonesia will always be Indonesia!
Eg. The shareprice of Air Asia doubled in the last 3 months, while that of MAS went down 40% in the 3 months leading up to the announcement of this MAS-AK share "swap".
Tony Fernandes now gets MH at a discount, while the Malaysian taxpayer forked out much more for Air Asia. Who bailed who out? Did MH bail out Air Asia or did Air Asia bail out MH? Why did the share prices move in such specific directions in the 3 months leading up to this announcement?
Looking at the Air Asia board, the ruling party has appointed all their cronies there.
Do things look as simple as they seem? If QF wants to jump into bed with MH-Air Asia, I hope they know they have to handsomely reward everyone from the number 1 man down.
MH is not an unprofitable airline per se. It's just that everyone in MH and their cronies are making money from MH through their own little cosy contracts. In fact the old MH management spent more time thinking of which supply contracts they could award to their family and friends, rather than how to actually improve the airline. Rumours abound of eggs being sold to MH Catering at RM4 (US$1.35) per egg, because "so-and-so"'s relative owned the farm that supplied these eggs.
Why is it that Malaysia keeps pumping bad money into Proton year after year? Volkswagen tried to buy it, but the Malaysian govt said that all existing supply contracts must stay, and they could not get rid of the Malaysian management. Again - the establishment would rather this crappy company stay afloat to feed their relatives and friends.
Malaysia is indeed truly Asia. If AJ and co think that the Malaysian government is sitting around waiting in eager anticipation for QF to set up an airline there and fight with MH and AK for those precious air rights, he better think again.
Only Singapore would merrily allow QF to set up a proxy airline and take on precious air rights which SQ fought for decades to achieve, for the sake of growing its "air hub status" and its economy, creating jobs in the process. Perhaps the presence of the QF Group hub in Singapore is beneficial to the local economy, which was the number one concern of the SIN govt in this whole venture. 3K has grown much faster since Temasek divested of its stake. Temasek did not get SQ and MI and TR to ruin 3K and prevent their growing out of SIN.
However this is why Singapore is Singapore, and Malaysia will always be Malaysia, Thailand will always be Thailand and Indonesia will always be Indonesia!
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Come to tomorrow are we going to get the full details or another wishy washy AJ speech highlighted by "yet to be announced, forthcoming options, arising opportunities, possible this, possible that, likely scenarios, under consideration...bla"
We want to know the truth and the whole truth. We want actual changes, dates not more lies, truth and honesty
We want to know the truth and the whole truth. We want actual changes, dates not more lies, truth and honesty
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QF up 8.5% today…..did I miss something….did AJ resign?…..is there a buyout in the offing?….very unusual activity!
8.5%??? I smell a takeover offer!!!!!!!!!!
This is obviously what was planned, it will be announced tomorrow....
"Qantas is in advanced discussions with Malaysian Airlines.
The Federal Government has been kept informed...."
This is obviously what was planned, it will be announced tomorrow....
"Qantas is in advanced discussions with Malaysian Airlines.
The Federal Government has been kept informed...."