Qantas to form union with Qatar Airways
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Not only do the bogans not leave the Bogan Terminal at DOH, they can't get a drink there, either. And if they do escape & make into town, they'll find that booze is not as readily available in Qatar as it is in Dubai.
They have easily-seen yellow bag tags, get off and on the a/c through the rear doors, are processed through and stored in a separate building from, and are generally kept well away from, the premium punters (and the locals).
Not only do the bogans not leave the Bogan Terminal at DOH, they can't get a drink there, either. And if they do escape & make into town, they'll find that booze is not as readily available in Qatar as it is in Dubai.
They have easily-seen yellow bag tags, get off and on the a/c through the rear doors, are processed through and stored in a separate building from, and are generally kept well away from, the premium punters (and the locals).
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ASPIRE AVIATION - 18 July 2012
IS CONSOLIDATION THE ANSWER?
In light of the grim future painted by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) at its annual summit held in Beijing recently, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, it seems, thinks the airline industry faces an overcrowding problem. He said at the summit: “The number of airlines in the industry is too many. It’s too fragmented.” And the solution that he suggested: Consolidation.
Joyce is re-championing an old strategy that more than 20 years ago was predicted to inevitably see the number of competitors reduced substantially to a few mega airlines. That Qantas, (is)struggling with a money-losing international operation.....
Suggests a return to a strategy that was a bitter pill for SIA to swallow when it bought stakes in Virgin Atlantic in 1999 and Air New Zealand in 2000......
Most mergers are share swaps that do not materially alter the entity of the individual partners, such as the Air France-KLM alliance. The partners may share secrets and recipes of their success, but there is no guarantee that within their individual cultural confines they will not continue to confront their own demons that the partnership would and wisely prefer that they be contained locally. So as there are tie-ups, there will be break-ups.
Whether consolidation is the answer to the woes faced by the industry today is an old question that needs no new answer. It would be more exciting that in hearing Joyce, one wonders who will be hopping into bed with the flying kangaroo next.
Aspire Aviation
IS CONSOLIDATION THE ANSWER?
In light of the grim future painted by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) at its annual summit held in Beijing recently, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, it seems, thinks the airline industry faces an overcrowding problem. He said at the summit: “The number of airlines in the industry is too many. It’s too fragmented.” And the solution that he suggested: Consolidation.
Joyce is re-championing an old strategy that more than 20 years ago was predicted to inevitably see the number of competitors reduced substantially to a few mega airlines. That Qantas, (is)struggling with a money-losing international operation.....
Suggests a return to a strategy that was a bitter pill for SIA to swallow when it bought stakes in Virgin Atlantic in 1999 and Air New Zealand in 2000......
Most mergers are share swaps that do not materially alter the entity of the individual partners, such as the Air France-KLM alliance. The partners may share secrets and recipes of their success, but there is no guarantee that within their individual cultural confines they will not continue to confront their own demons that the partnership would and wisely prefer that they be contained locally. So as there are tie-ups, there will be break-ups.
Whether consolidation is the answer to the woes faced by the industry today is an old question that needs no new answer. It would be more exciting that in hearing Joyce, one wonders who will be hopping into bed with the flying kangaroo next.
Aspire Aviation
Last edited by WorthWhat; 18th Jul 2012 at 23:02.
