EK Shut down
My point exactly - very non-middle Eastern. One would have expected them to take the most egregious, fool hardened short time decisions. There might be hope after all !
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I'm sure this is a very calculated decision. By not forcing people on unpaid leave and with most crew in Dubai they are ready to ramp up with a day's notice when the go is given thereby grabbing a big market share of those who have to travel as soon as they can (lots of people are stuck overseas).
I'm sure this is a very calculated decision. By not forcing people on unpaid leave and with most crew in Dubai they are ready to ramp up with a day's notice when the go is given thereby grabbing a big market share of those who have to travel as soon as they can (lots of people are stuck overseas).
With its geographically diversified route footprint, if I were a pilot, I'd personally rather be at EK than almost any other airline I can think of right now - purely in terms of job security.
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That's a good point. Another thing that comes to mind is that a significant proportion of EK's capacity has served markets that have (so far!) been relatively unaffected by Covid-19; India, much of SEA, Africa etc... I assume that most of that demand will come back quite quickly if the infection numbers in these areas stabilise in the next weeks. Contrast with the American and European airlines, who I think have a much higher capacity serving the badly hit regions.
With its geographically diversified route footprint, if I were a pilot, I'd personally rather be at EK than almost any other airline I can think of right now - purely in terms of job security.
With its geographically diversified route footprint, if I were a pilot, I'd personally rather be at EK than almost any other airline I can think of right now - purely in terms of job security.
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And I think India has low rates because they are not testing.
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EK knows that they will get government support. And if things get really bad, they can go to the piggy bank in Abu Dhabi. And maybe rebrand as Khalifa Airways sans the A380 'Albatross' fleet.
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I think it may the the last straw and drive the merger of Emirates with Etihad and form a purely National airline. Etihad has been losing money hand over fist and this would be the ideal time to reorganise the whole aviation sector in the country. What to do about all the airports though...
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That argument could swing both ways. Any northern European airline flying bucket and spade only to Spain needs just one country border to re-open. Each ME3 carrier needs 160+ country borders to re-open, and to stay open, in order to restore its full network coverage. Every time a lock down is lifted, the virus returns from overseas travellers (isn't HK now into its 3rd wave of the virus?)... the M3 need to funnel pax from all 160+ countries to fill those 380s out of the hubs. Even if all country borders stay closed, most other major carriers will have some domestic air travel to fall back on once the virus is contained back home.
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a significant proportion of EK's capacity has served markets that have (so far!) been relatively unaffected by Covid-19; India, much of SEA, Africa etc... I assume that most of that demand will come back quite quickly if the infection numbers in these areas stabilise in the next weeks. Contrast with the American and European airlines, who I think have a much higher capacity serving the badly hit regions.
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I doubt any continent will be immune to major CV-19 outbreaks. I'd rather my chances in North America and Europe than in Africa, India and South East Asia. The west will be quicker to contain this than certain parts of the under developed world... or at least have the billions of dollars to throw at it and try.
