Canada nega altri diritti di volo a Emirates. E' già crisi tra i due Paesi
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DATE:15/11/10
SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news
Canada signs air services agreement with Qatar
By Lori Ranson
Canadian officials have confirmed the country has signed an air services agreement with Qatar to allow direct scheduled flights between the two countries.
Transport Canada admits the agreement "comes amid an escalating months-long dispute between Canada and Qatar's neighbour, the United Arab Emirates, over expanding landing rights".
Emirates aims to expand its three-day-a-week Dubai-Toronto service, while Etihad has also expressed an interest in increasing its service to Canada.
The UAE's push for an expansion to the Canadian market for Emirates and Etihad has met resistance by Canadian flag carrier Air Canada.
Recently Air Canada chief executive Calin Rovinescu said while he endorses liberalization, the carrier "is not supportive of turning over our hard-earned network and flow traffic to state subsidised carriers of countries where there is no such reciprocal demand".
The new deal between Canada and Qatar allows for three weekly direct passenger and three direct cargo flights between the two countries.
"This agreement responds to the needs of the Canada-Qatar travel market and is a first but important step in developing Canada-Qatar air relations," says John Babcock, a spokesman for Canadian Transport Minister Chuck Strahl.
http://www.flightglobal.com/article...-signs-air-services-agreement-with-qatar.html
Ottimo accordo per Air Canada, pessimo per i viaggiatori canadesi.
SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news
Canada signs air services agreement with Qatar
By Lori Ranson
Canadian officials have confirmed the country has signed an air services agreement with Qatar to allow direct scheduled flights between the two countries.
Transport Canada admits the agreement "comes amid an escalating months-long dispute between Canada and Qatar's neighbour, the United Arab Emirates, over expanding landing rights".
Emirates aims to expand its three-day-a-week Dubai-Toronto service, while Etihad has also expressed an interest in increasing its service to Canada.
The UAE's push for an expansion to the Canadian market for Emirates and Etihad has met resistance by Canadian flag carrier Air Canada.
Recently Air Canada chief executive Calin Rovinescu said while he endorses liberalization, the carrier "is not supportive of turning over our hard-earned network and flow traffic to state subsidised carriers of countries where there is no such reciprocal demand".
The new deal between Canada and Qatar allows for three weekly direct passenger and three direct cargo flights between the two countries.
"This agreement responds to the needs of the Canada-Qatar travel market and is a first but important step in developing Canada-Qatar air relations," says John Babcock, a spokesman for Canadian Transport Minister Chuck Strahl.
http://www.flightglobal.com/article...-signs-air-services-agreement-with-qatar.html
Ottimo accordo per Air Canada, pessimo per i viaggiatori canadesi.
E' evidente che i canadesi, anche volendo (visto che QR è molto legata ai partner Star a partire da UA) non potevano concedere più di 3 voli dopo il putiferio con gli EAU, per una parvenza di coerenza insomma. Non a caso ribadiscono che i 3 voli servono a 'soddifare' giusto il mercato locale Canada-Qatar...... ma secondo me è appunto solo facciata.
Appena sarà caduto nell'oblio la vicenda, e se AC riterrà strategico intensificare i rapporti (c/s) con QR fioccheranno anche i diritti di traffico.
Ha fatto bene EK a far notare che AC non si è mostrata assolutamente contraria al recente open-sky con la Svizzera, pur avendo questa relazioni economiche inferiori rispetto agli EAU con lo stesso Canada.
Insomma AC si mostra favorevole al liberismo laddove le conviene e basta......
Lufthansa encouraging Canada to block Emirates expansion, claims Flanagan
Germany’s Lufthansa, Europe’s largest airline, is encouraging Canadian authorities to block Emirate Airline’s bid to expand the number of flights it operates to Canada, the vice chairman of the Dubai-based carrier told Arabian Business.
“They are targeting Emirates, being egged on by Lufthansa… It is purely the protection of Air Canada,” Maurice Flanagan, vice chairman of Emirates Airline, told Arabian Business of Canadian authorities refusal to allow the Dubai-based carrier to increase the number of flights it operates to Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver.
“We have perfect open skies to the United States, we can fly anywhere we wish with any capacity and any frequency so we go to New York, San Francisco, Los Angles they are all non-stop. Canada we are restricted to three flights a week [which is] absolutely ridiculous when the market is there for double daily Toronto, double daily Vancouver, and double daily Calgary. The market is there,” Flanagan added.
The breakdown of talks between the two governments in October has resulted in the deterioration of diplomatic relations between the two countries, with the UAE recently increasing visa restrictions for Canadian visitors.
While Canada has said the current number of flights are enough to service the market between the two countries, Flanagan disagreed: “They know it’s simply not true, there are 26,000 Canadians working here, enormous trade between just Dubai, not just the UAE, that’s ten times as much with Switzerland but they’ve given Switzerland open skies, all in protection of Air Canada.”
Canadians travelling to the Middle East currently have to transit through major European airports, such as Frankfurt, which is the main hub for Germany’s Lufthansa. Lufthansa and Air Canada are linked through their membership of the Star Alliance airline association.
“(Air Canada) would rather its passengers be diverted through hubs in Europe to access these destinations; no matter how inconvenient, costly or time-consuming… Why should Canadian consumers be dictated to by the narrow interests of Air Canada’s and its fellow Star Alliance member Lufthansa?” Emirates said in a press brochure issued last month.
Looking to the future, Flanagan believes the issue is no longer just about landing right and is now a bigger diplomatic issue: “It is heavily political now; we are almost out of the picture.”
GCC airlines, such as Etihad, Dubai’s Emirates and Qatar Airways have recently been criticised by European airlines, which say government subsidies and access to cheap financing have allowed Gulf carriers to expand rapidly.
Emirates overtook Lufthansa last year as the biggest carrier on international flights, following a sixfold increase in traffic since 2000, when it ranked 24th.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/luft...mirates-expansion-claims-flanagan-365633.html
Germany’s Lufthansa, Europe’s largest airline, is encouraging Canadian authorities to block Emirate Airline’s bid to expand the number of flights it operates to Canada, the vice chairman of the Dubai-based carrier told Arabian Business.
“They are targeting Emirates, being egged on by Lufthansa… It is purely the protection of Air Canada,” Maurice Flanagan, vice chairman of Emirates Airline, told Arabian Business of Canadian authorities refusal to allow the Dubai-based carrier to increase the number of flights it operates to Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver.
“We have perfect open skies to the United States, we can fly anywhere we wish with any capacity and any frequency so we go to New York, San Francisco, Los Angles they are all non-stop. Canada we are restricted to three flights a week [which is] absolutely ridiculous when the market is there for double daily Toronto, double daily Vancouver, and double daily Calgary. The market is there,” Flanagan added.
The breakdown of talks between the two governments in October has resulted in the deterioration of diplomatic relations between the two countries, with the UAE recently increasing visa restrictions for Canadian visitors.
While Canada has said the current number of flights are enough to service the market between the two countries, Flanagan disagreed: “They know it’s simply not true, there are 26,000 Canadians working here, enormous trade between just Dubai, not just the UAE, that’s ten times as much with Switzerland but they’ve given Switzerland open skies, all in protection of Air Canada.”
Canadians travelling to the Middle East currently have to transit through major European airports, such as Frankfurt, which is the main hub for Germany’s Lufthansa. Lufthansa and Air Canada are linked through their membership of the Star Alliance airline association.
“(Air Canada) would rather its passengers be diverted through hubs in Europe to access these destinations; no matter how inconvenient, costly or time-consuming… Why should Canadian consumers be dictated to by the narrow interests of Air Canada’s and its fellow Star Alliance member Lufthansa?” Emirates said in a press brochure issued last month.
Looking to the future, Flanagan believes the issue is no longer just about landing right and is now a bigger diplomatic issue: “It is heavily political now; we are almost out of the picture.”
GCC airlines, such as Etihad, Dubai’s Emirates and Qatar Airways have recently been criticised by European airlines, which say government subsidies and access to cheap financing have allowed Gulf carriers to expand rapidly.
Emirates overtook Lufthansa last year as the biggest carrier on international flights, following a sixfold increase in traffic since 2000, when it ranked 24th.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/luft...mirates-expansion-claims-flanagan-365633.html
Magari questo incidente non é correlato, ma sicuramente contribuirá a gettare benzina sul fuoco.
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Emirates A380 wing damaged as catering truck collapses
By David Kaminski-Morrow
Emirates has removed one of its Airbus A380 aircraft from service after an incident in which a scissor-lift catering truck collapsed at Toronto, damaging the right wing.
The aircraft, registered A6-EDE, had been parked at gate 173 of Terminal 1 when the incident happened at 19:44 on 7 December.
Transport Canada investigators state, in an incident filing, that the aircraft was being prepared for a return service to Dubai and that the catering truck was servicing the upper deck at the time.
It was accessing the second door on the upper right-hand side when, says the filing, the scissor jack of the vehicle "reportedly failed and the truck body fell".
The filing says it came down on the leading edge of the inboard starboard wing and wing root, damaging it.
Joint venture CLS Catering Services - a tie-up between Cathay Pacific and LSG Sky Chefs - was operating the truck.
No passengers were on board the aircraft at the time which was to have operated as flight EK242. Emirates has withdrawn the jet pending an examination to assess the extent of the damage.
Qui una foto.
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Emirates A380 wing damaged as catering truck collapses
By David Kaminski-Morrow
Emirates has removed one of its Airbus A380 aircraft from service after an incident in which a scissor-lift catering truck collapsed at Toronto, damaging the right wing.
The aircraft, registered A6-EDE, had been parked at gate 173 of Terminal 1 when the incident happened at 19:44 on 7 December.
Transport Canada investigators state, in an incident filing, that the aircraft was being prepared for a return service to Dubai and that the catering truck was servicing the upper deck at the time.
It was accessing the second door on the upper right-hand side when, says the filing, the scissor jack of the vehicle "reportedly failed and the truck body fell".
The filing says it came down on the leading edge of the inboard starboard wing and wing root, damaging it.
Joint venture CLS Catering Services - a tie-up between Cathay Pacific and LSG Sky Chefs - was operating the truck.
No passengers were on board the aircraft at the time which was to have operated as flight EK242. Emirates has withdrawn the jet pending an examination to assess the extent of the damage.
Qui una foto.
04-01-2011 - Visto necessario per i viaggiatori canadesi in viaggio verso gli Emirati Arabi
I passeggeri con nazionalità canadese sono da oggi costretti ad ottenere un visto prima della partenza verso gli Emirati Arabi. Il cambiamento è effettivo dal 2 gennaio 2011. I prezzi per i visti sono inoltre aumentati: per esempio un visto di sei mesi, con ingressi multipli, costerà circa 1000 USD, con un soggiorno massimo di 14 giorni, mentre un visto valido 30 giorni con un ingresso singolo costerà circa 250 USD. L'ambasciata degli Emirati Arabi in Canada ha inoltre indicato che tutte le applicazioni per i visti vanno effettuate almeno 15 giorni prima della partenza. La nuova regolamentazione è stata fatta in risposta alla difficili relazioni diplomatiche tra i due Paesi: il Canada ha infatti rifiutato l'aumento dei diritti di atterraggio sul priprio suolo alle compagnie aeree Emirates e Etihad Airways. La faccenda ha inoltre portato gli Emirati Arabi a stabilire il divieto di accesso ad aerei militari canadesi nelle sue basi. Le nuove regolamentazioni sui visti porterà non pochi disagi ai viaggiatori canadesi che si recano negli Emirati per lavoro o per piacere.
I passeggeri con nazionalità canadese sono da oggi costretti ad ottenere un visto prima della partenza verso gli Emirati Arabi. Il cambiamento è effettivo dal 2 gennaio 2011. I prezzi per i visti sono inoltre aumentati: per esempio un visto di sei mesi, con ingressi multipli, costerà circa 1000 USD, con un soggiorno massimo di 14 giorni, mentre un visto valido 30 giorni con un ingresso singolo costerà circa 250 USD. L'ambasciata degli Emirati Arabi in Canada ha inoltre indicato che tutte le applicazioni per i visti vanno effettuate almeno 15 giorni prima della partenza. La nuova regolamentazione è stata fatta in risposta alla difficili relazioni diplomatiche tra i due Paesi: il Canada ha infatti rifiutato l'aumento dei diritti di atterraggio sul priprio suolo alle compagnie aeree Emirates e Etihad Airways. La faccenda ha inoltre portato gli Emirati Arabi a stabilire il divieto di accesso ad aerei militari canadesi nelle sue basi. Le nuove regolamentazioni sui visti porterà non pochi disagi ai viaggiatori canadesi che si recano negli Emirati per lavoro o per piacere.
No so come femo ora! Intato ndemo fora da Afganistan perche non si pol piu e poi si vedra
Sono 27 000 i canadesi residenti a UAE e mi dispiace tanto par loro ma del resto meglio cosi. Tutti a Dubai a far visita alle belleze del posto
Vedremo come andra a finire. Con il Canada poi che ha una delle politice piu amichevoli nel mondo
Correggimi se sbaglio, ma l'impressione che mi sono fatta dei canadesi è che sono buoni e cari ma se li prendi in giro diventano belli tosti, se invece li tratti con le dovute maniere si va bene che è un piacere.
Non siamo in grado di fare la voce grossa con nessuno anche perche siamo piccoli non cosi importanti come i vicini al sud ma almeno siamo un paese serio e per bene che si fa rispetare
La societa e vero che e molto educata e gentile forse anche troppo a volte, del resto son del idea che tutto il mondo e paese
Anche se mi piacerebbe non sono daccordo con degli altri slots alle EK e EY perche ci masacrerano e ci viviamo molto bene cosi anche pagando un po di piu
La cos che mi fa rrabia e il modo dei emirati che si comporta cosi , ma alla fine non mi meraviglio troppo perche non posso aspettare tanto da un posto che fino a ieri era un villagio di pescatori e adesso fa el duro.
Non sono daccordo, il Canada si è sempre dimostrato un pease iper protezionista per proteggere il quasi monopolio di AC, vedi anche il mercato interno dove i prezzi dei voli anche di breve distanza sono altissimi e la concorrenza quasi inesistente. La ritorsione sui visti degli UAE sicuramente è deprecabile ma direi che col suo atteggiamento di chiusura totale il governo canadese se le è cercata...
Potrebbe essere Cesare che il governo Harper gli sta sulle palle i arabi. Cosa vuoi che ti dica.
Mi fino qua ci arrivo, daltronde son 4000km da Ottawa che taglio alberi sulla costa del Pacifico
Il protezionismo del Canada ricorda parecchio la Francia, solo monopolismo, come sta avvenendo in Italia avanti di questo passo.........!
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Ma se l'Italia è il bengodi di cani e porci per quanto riguarda il trasporto aereo!
Siamo il primo o il secondo mercato per chiunque.
Intendevo questo e altro se dici che è il bengodi , vedi Linate dove AZ ha il monopolio, questa promessa è stata fatta alla cordata di imprenditori che hanno rilevato AZ, vedi se altre compagnie possono fare quello che fa AZ.....!