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OUTSOURCING ON THE WAY OUT?

Posted by julian on July 2, 2009 in Airlines, Economy

Over the last twenty years I have become more and more confused about the actions of our gurus in industry and those dirt bags on Wall Street. We have seen merger after merger to the point where most industries are now so condensed we have created oligopoly situations (oil, pharmaceutical, defense contractors, food, banks/finance and [...]

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FULL CREDIT TO IATA

Posted by julian on July 2, 2009 in Airlines

Tucked away in exclusive Geneva in neutral Switzerland, IATA used to operate exactly like a Swiss bank. It appeared to wield huge power over the airline industry by being a faceless almost clandestine organization. All its executives were chauffeured around in limousines and they flew first class around the world staying in the “poshest” of [...]

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AUSSIE JUST LOVE CALIFORNIA GRAPES

Posted by julian on June 26, 2009 in Airlines, Export

The perishable forwarders are presently having a great time filling up every available aircraft ex LAX going to the land of wunda, the land down under, Aussie, with tons of sweet, ripe Northern Californian grapes. Qantas has a thirty plus container backlog and general freight is being pushed aside to make way for grapes and [...]

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IATA 2009 STATS TELL A SORRY TALE

Posted by julian on June 10, 2009 in Airlines, Economy

Demand is falling faster than the airlines park up planes to reduce capacity and the consensus is the bottom has not been reached. It is projected collectively that the 226 member airlines will lose $9 billion this year on $448 billion. The IATA conference now taking place in Kuala Lumpur apparently has more journalists attending [...]

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