Saturday 1 September 2012

Doing business Down Under


Full article in JPG format:
page 40/41 & page 42

Emirates Airline, the flag carrier of Dubai, this summer announced that a code share partnership with Australia’s Qantas is likely to be signed within months.

The move follows the decision by Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi’s flag carrier, to increase its equity stake in Virgin Australia to 10 per cent. It also comes as Qatar Airways voices renewed interest in Australia. Taken together, the hubbub spells a new phase in the long-running tussle between the Gulf carriers and their western counterparts for supremacy over inter-continental traffic flows...