It says much about how daft the British media and the UK in general has become in these times when Michael O’Leary, the rude, crude and hugely successful chief executive of Ryanair, p*sses on them again from a great height.
On Friday O’Leary made a supposedly off hand comment on the BBC about how in the [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Michael O’Leary p*sses on the media from a great height again
February 28, 2009 – 12:54 pm
V Australia, Brer Rabbit and the Briar Patch
February 26, 2009 – 8:31 pm
Virgin Blue might be playing Brer Rabbit pleading not to be flung into the Briar Patch over the misfortunes of its V Australia subsidiary.
The generally negative coverage given to V Australia’s ‘ruinously costly’ tilt at the Qantas dominated routes between Australia and the US doesn’t quit fit into the hole dug for it by the [...]
Air NZ versus the French investigation
February 26, 2009 – 2:12 pm
Air New Zealand’s CEO, Rob Fyfe, is indignant that the French accident investigation bureau, the BEA, did not take the airline’s input into its preliminary findings concerning the crash of one of its A320s into the sea near Perpignan, on 27 November last year.
But why should it have done so? The purpose of the report [...]
Virgin Blue is red, but far from dead
February 23, 2009 – 1:24 pm
No doubt to the dismay of those behind rumours that Virgin Blue is variously poised between imminent closure, or bleeding cash at a rate not seen since Ansett went down, the airline today posted disappointing but far from terminal results for the 6 months to 31 December 2008.
The headline numbers in the real announcement, the [...]
Why aren’t the big Australian airlines doing better?
February 22, 2009 – 1:54 pm
Tomorrow’s late morning (23 February) half yearly financial results announcement and briefing by Virgin Blue should fill in some of the gaps in the public knowledge of how well, or poorly, the main Australian carriers are performing.
Virgin Blue’s CEO Brett Godfrey is the person primarily responsible for an airline that has [...]
Qantas Moodys the waters as shares sink deeper
February 20, 2009 – 7:53 pm
New Qantas CEO Alan Joyce knows how to moody the waters to perfection.
Moody’s Investor Services reduced its credit rating today from Baa1 to Baa2, causing the share price to tank by 4.28 % to a record low closing price of $1.675.
In its commentary, the investment and risk rating company said “Qantas’s credit profile has been [...]
Desperate times: Dismissal proof air fares offered in America
February 19, 2009 – 7:15 am
New York based ‘hip’ low cost airline JetBlue has launched dismissal proof air fares in the epicentre of the global financial crisis. Under its Promise Program, most buyers of air fares will be eligible for a full refund if they are fired before they fly. Small businesses and large families can claim refunds on bookings [...]
Qantas ‘invades’ NZ with Jetstar
February 17, 2009 – 9:35 am
Although long anticipated, this morning’s announcement that Jetstar will invade the tiny New Zealand domestic market means it is backs-to-the-wall time for Air New Zealand.
To summarise bluntly, Qantas has wanted Air NZ either dead or stuffed or under its complete control for a long time. The ’stuffed’ scenario is looking strong today.
Air NZ domestic services [...]
Singapore to cut capacity and lop pay from the top down
February 16, 2009 – 6:09 pm
Singapore Airlines says it will cut capacity by 11% in its next financial year starting 1 April. It is talking to its unions about sacrifices, and says any pay cuts will start at the top.
This could cause consternation at Qantas. Can anyone recall any senior management in a major Australian company talk about cutting the [...]
How Airbus nearly killed 155 people according to an idiot
February 15, 2009 – 5:50 pm
There is a rather childish email going around about the alleged truth behind the Hudson River water parking incident, headed An opinion about the A320 from one unidentified pilot!
I didn’t know Sully the A320 pilot who landed in the Hudson River . I’ve seen him in the crew room and around the system [...]
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