mica sono tutti usati qualche aereo nuovo di pacca lo hanno preso pure loro mi sembra
USA legacy carriers 2015 1st qtr earnings
- Autore Discussione East End Ave
- Data d'inizio
mica sono tutti usati qualche aereo nuovo di pacca lo hanno preso pure loro mi sembra
Per completezza, ecco quelli AA (veramente notevoli):
American Airlines Q1 Profit Almost Doubles
April 24, 2015
American Airlines reported a first-quarter profit of USD$932 million, almost double its profit in the same period a year earlier
Excluding special items, it earned USD$1.2 billion.
American said a strong US dollar, competitive capacity growth and economic softness in Latin America caused a revenue fall of 1.7 percent year-over-year to USD$9.8 billion. Passenger unit revenue declined 1.7 percent.
The airline does not hedge fuel so its expenses benefited fully from the oil price decline, and it paid 42.2 percent less for fuel than a year earlier. Unit costs excluding fuel and special charges related to its mainline fleet were up 5.8 percent.
American reported a pre-tax profit margin, excluding special items, of 12.7 percent.
"All of this puts us on a great track to finish the heavy lift remaining in 2015, including the large task of combining our passenger service systems," chief executive Doug Parker told employees in a letter, referring to a step in the integration of American and US Airways, which merged in December 2013.
"This is a big project that involves technology, airport operations, reservations and many, many more parts of the airline, as well as a great deal of training for our employees."
(Reuters)
American Airlines Q1 Profit Almost Doubles
April 24, 2015
American Airlines reported a first-quarter profit of USD$932 million, almost double its profit in the same period a year earlier
Excluding special items, it earned USD$1.2 billion.
American said a strong US dollar, competitive capacity growth and economic softness in Latin America caused a revenue fall of 1.7 percent year-over-year to USD$9.8 billion. Passenger unit revenue declined 1.7 percent.
The airline does not hedge fuel so its expenses benefited fully from the oil price decline, and it paid 42.2 percent less for fuel than a year earlier. Unit costs excluding fuel and special charges related to its mainline fleet were up 5.8 percent.
American reported a pre-tax profit margin, excluding special items, of 12.7 percent.
"All of this puts us on a great track to finish the heavy lift remaining in 2015, including the large task of combining our passenger service systems," chief executive Doug Parker told employees in a letter, referring to a step in the integration of American and US Airways, which merged in December 2013.
"This is a big project that involves technology, airport operations, reservations and many, many more parts of the airline, as well as a great deal of training for our employees."
(Reuters)
...svariate decine tra 737NG e 787....ma se si e' senza argomenti, o senza motori, come l'acromimo EFATO suggerisce, basta buttarla in caciara e blaterare...
Nuovi... E sei Sicuro? La mia fonte mi dice che invece sono vecchi e anche se acquistati via Boeing sono sul book del lessor ALC. Vedremo
Appunto, diciamo le cose come stanno allora. A lungo le compagnie aeree sono state dei campioni nazionali; nel mondo dell'aviazione ci sono protezionismi mascherati di tutti i tipi, e quindi nessuno dovrebbe scandalizzarsi piu' di tanto se i governi pompano milioni nelle ME3. Se c'e' mai stato level-playing field in campo aeronatutico, e' stato paradossalmente grazie al protezionismo che ha accomunato e per certi versi accomuna ancora un po' tutti.
forse ti sei perso qualche news:
April 15, 2015
United is introducing a redesigned, significantly upgraded food and beverage experience in June on trans-Atlantic flights; service between the United States and Argentina, Brazil and Chile; and most trans-Pacific flights.
Complimentary beer and wine
United will offer beer and wine at no charge in United Economy on intercontinental flights with multi-course meal service.
Hearty three-course meal service
United Economy will feature an appetizer followed by creatively inspired main courses and new salads with artisan bread.
Desserts include gelato, ice cream or mousse.
Midflight service
Customers may choose from an expanded menu of fresh, packaged, high-quality snacks for purchase to eat at leisure.
Pre-arrival service
Complimentary pre-arrival service will be enhanced to include a croissant with jam, a warmed sandwich or a hot meal served with fruit and a roll.
Read the press release here http://newsroom.unitedcontinentalho...nal-Economy-Meals-Complimentary-Beer-and-Wine
united.com
United Airlines, Inc. | 233 S. Wacker Drive | Chicago, IL 60606
Ah beh allora...
ci manca solo annuncino "enhanced air conditioning in the cabin, inflight amenities such as soap in the lavatories, seatbelts with metal clasp"...
Ah beh allora...
ci manca solo annuncino "enhanced air conditioning in the cabin, inflight amenities such as soap in the lavatories, seatbelts with metal clasp"...
malgrado la faccina lo trovo un eccesso di sarcasmo, quasi offensivo. Amen!
COMMENTARY: US white paper on Gulf carriers distorts my academic report
Frankie O'Connell Apr 26, 2015
As the author of an academic research paper that was quoted a number of times in a US airline-commissioned 55-page white paper entitled “Restoring open skies: the need to address subsidized competition from state-owned airlines in Qatar and the UAE”, I would like to address a number of issues pertaining to the report.
I feel that my views were inaccurately interpreted and skewed to serve objectives unrelated to my paper. In particular, I wish to stress the following points:
First, the white paper report on page 30 quotes from my report -- “The rise of the Arabian Gulf carriers: an insight into the business model of Emirates Airline, Journal of Air Transport Management”- in support of the alleged subsidization of Emirates Airline and its related managerial practices that “this multifaceted management role…can press the airport to act in the best interests of the country’s flag carrier.”
My academic paper reads directly as follows: “This multifaceted management role allows for cost synergies and pressurizes airports to act in the interests of airlines.” The passage quoted in the academic paper does NOT state the words “can press the airport to act in the best interests of the country’s flag carrier”. The passage in question was referencing the fact that these lower landing charges are passed onto ALL airlines “to act in the interest of airlines”, (which was omitted) and how Emirates Airline and Dubai airport work together to induce synergies.
These entities are separated in the UK, which ultimately adds costs for airlines that land there. This legitimate symbiosis of aviation partnerships in the UAE allows strategic agendas to become fused and seamless; in fact, this entrepreneurial approach has helped attract more than 140 airlines to Dubai. In the UK, the lack of vertical governance between airlines and airports, as well as the significant transaction costs of regulation implemented by the CAA, adds layers of complexity and bureaucracy when attempting to induce forward strategic visions and blueprints for future development.
For 50 years the debate about a third runway at London Heathrow has been plagued by indecisions, prevarications and delays. The UK’s only hub airport operates at 98% capacity, severely restraining the UK from being a global economic power in a tripartite ensemble of trade, financial services and tourism. This myopic political vision is surprising when conceptualizing that there are only six airports in the world that have more than 50 long-haul routes -Heathrow, Dubai and New York JFK among them. British Airways’ stellar approach to this restrictive airport infrastructural dilemma should be commandeered as its open mindset categorizes encroaching competition as another layer of rivalry that needs to be challenged and contested through the mechanisms of effective strategic and marketing management.
Secondly, the duty free facility that can cross-subsidize cheaper landing charges for airlines is a commonplace strategy adopted by airports worldwide. Interestingly, this single-till approach has been formally advocated by the UK Competition Commission, which claimed that a dual-till arrangement (i.e. a break-up of such cross-subsidization policies) could result in “a substantial transfer of income to airports from airlines and/or their passengers, potentially undermining regulatory credibility and creating regulatory uncertainty”.
Airports are becoming more commercially minded as they increase their dependence on non-aeronautical revenue streams such as retail and car parking. This commercial practice is spearheaded by Middle East-based airports as the ACI Airport Economics Survey declares that Middle Eastern based airports derived the highest proportion of their non-aeronautical revenues from retail concessions registering 61.2% in 2012, while US-based airports garnered just 7.7%. Duty free revenues generated $6.24 per passenger at Middle East airports in 2012, the highest in the world, against $0.12 earned per passenger at US airports. This induced revenue stream from the non-aeronautical category of the business assists the Middle East airports in being able to offer lower aeronautical charges for ALL carriers, stimulating increased traffic volumes which cascades into economic prosperity.
Korea’s Incheon airport, for example, derived around 64% of its total airport revenues from non-aeronautical activities in 2012, as reported by CAPA. However, the relationship between the airline and airport stakeholders remains tense due to increased pressure on airports not to raise aeronautical charges – subsequently the aeronautical share of the revenues of the world’s airports have remained relatively constant at between 54%-56% from 2008 to 2012, as illustrated from the ACI Airport Economics reports. The widespread use of airport discounts on aeronautical charges to encourage traffic growth and regional economic prosperity through trade and tourism has put additional pressure on aeronautical revenues with San Francisco International (SFO) for example offering 100% discount on landing fees for up to 24 months for any non-stop international route not currently served from SFO. California’s $2.1 trillion economy would position it as the 9th largest economy in the world on par with the economy of Russia – the airport’s mandate appears clear in that it wishes to substantially grow its international footprint as it has around 54 of the Fortune 500 companies domiciled in the Golden state. The US airports are fortunate as the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) collects $4.50 per enplaned passenger which is used to fund improvement and expansion projects. However it adds around 3% to the average cost of a domestic ticket. The GAO-15-107 states that around $2.8 billion in PFCs were collected in 2013 but from 1990 through to August 2014, FAA approved airports’ requests to collect around $89 billion in PFCs to develop infrastructural projects, which invariably benefit the travelling public, while over one-third goes to serve interest payments on outstanding debt. In addition US airports enjoy tax free bond financing and generally pay no rent for access to the land together with no property tax. There are now calls by the airport trade associations to increase the fee to $8.50. In the spirit of the white paper, should all this be necessarily interpreted as a hidden subsidization policy?
Thirdly, the US white paper on the Gulf carriers addresses issues raised in my research regarding the labor practices of Emirates. Prolonged strikes have crippled the air transport value chain forcing passengers to shift allegiance to competitors and have a devastating impact on sustaining profitability that could be reinvested into capital equipment.
Lufthansa Group’s annual report for 2014 mentions the word ‘strike’ 91 times, while the Air France 14-day pilot strike in 2014 cost the group around €500 million ($ million) as the ripple effects of the strike also negatively impacted forward bookings.
The powerful French pilots’ union disregarded the fact that Air France recorded some of the highest losses in the global airline industry in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in pursuit of their own directive. Although the right to strike in democratic societies should not be questioned per se, the Middle Eastern culture of forbidding strikes ensures smooth flight operations and continuous service. Expatriate employees have the option to secure employment contracts in these lucrative Gulf States or remain in their domiciled country – the choice is entirely theirs.
An Emirates’ dossier published in 2012 states that it provides additional financial compensation totaling over $500 million to its expatriate workforce in the form of accommodation, children’s education and healthcare – a practice which is commonplace in the UAE. The unit labor cost per ASK in Euro cents for the latest financial year for Emirates and Singapore Airlines are very similar. This is significant as both exclusively use widebody aircraft from the duopoly of the world’s large aircraft manufacturers, while the unit labor cost parity indicates that the Gulf incumbent is subjected to the same productivity challenges as its Asian counterpart.
My academic paper discusses how labor intensive tasks such as ground handling and catering are largely performed by workers from the cheap labor markets of the Indian sub-continent. However, these unskilled jobs can only command a low tiered remuneration contract regardless of the country in question. For example, baggage handlers in the US receive an average of $11.92 per hour according to payscale.com. US President Barack Obama’s legislation is calling for the US federal minimum wage to be increased to $10.10 per hour. At this hourly rate, a US worker with a family of four would need government assistance to be taken above the federal poverty line. According to Reuters, only 6.7% of the US private sector workers were unionized in 2013 which leaves these low-skilled employees disadvantaged in such a democratically enshrined society.
For all the above reasons, I believe that the US white paper report makes false claims on the arguments made by my paper. Lobbying in favor of a stakeholder is understandable in pluralistic modern societies. However, doing so by victimizing and blaming the success of others based on inaccurate statements is a practice of very limited added value to the society.
Dr John Frankie O’Connell is a lecturer at Cranfield University in the UK and a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
The views expressed here are the author’s.
Frankie O'Connell Apr 26, 2015
As the author of an academic research paper that was quoted a number of times in a US airline-commissioned 55-page white paper entitled “Restoring open skies: the need to address subsidized competition from state-owned airlines in Qatar and the UAE”, I would like to address a number of issues pertaining to the report.
I feel that my views were inaccurately interpreted and skewed to serve objectives unrelated to my paper. In particular, I wish to stress the following points:
First, the white paper report on page 30 quotes from my report -- “The rise of the Arabian Gulf carriers: an insight into the business model of Emirates Airline, Journal of Air Transport Management”- in support of the alleged subsidization of Emirates Airline and its related managerial practices that “this multifaceted management role…can press the airport to act in the best interests of the country’s flag carrier.”
My academic paper reads directly as follows: “This multifaceted management role allows for cost synergies and pressurizes airports to act in the interests of airlines.” The passage quoted in the academic paper does NOT state the words “can press the airport to act in the best interests of the country’s flag carrier”. The passage in question was referencing the fact that these lower landing charges are passed onto ALL airlines “to act in the interest of airlines”, (which was omitted) and how Emirates Airline and Dubai airport work together to induce synergies.
These entities are separated in the UK, which ultimately adds costs for airlines that land there. This legitimate symbiosis of aviation partnerships in the UAE allows strategic agendas to become fused and seamless; in fact, this entrepreneurial approach has helped attract more than 140 airlines to Dubai. In the UK, the lack of vertical governance between airlines and airports, as well as the significant transaction costs of regulation implemented by the CAA, adds layers of complexity and bureaucracy when attempting to induce forward strategic visions and blueprints for future development.
For 50 years the debate about a third runway at London Heathrow has been plagued by indecisions, prevarications and delays. The UK’s only hub airport operates at 98% capacity, severely restraining the UK from being a global economic power in a tripartite ensemble of trade, financial services and tourism. This myopic political vision is surprising when conceptualizing that there are only six airports in the world that have more than 50 long-haul routes -Heathrow, Dubai and New York JFK among them. British Airways’ stellar approach to this restrictive airport infrastructural dilemma should be commandeered as its open mindset categorizes encroaching competition as another layer of rivalry that needs to be challenged and contested through the mechanisms of effective strategic and marketing management.
Secondly, the duty free facility that can cross-subsidize cheaper landing charges for airlines is a commonplace strategy adopted by airports worldwide. Interestingly, this single-till approach has been formally advocated by the UK Competition Commission, which claimed that a dual-till arrangement (i.e. a break-up of such cross-subsidization policies) could result in “a substantial transfer of income to airports from airlines and/or their passengers, potentially undermining regulatory credibility and creating regulatory uncertainty”.
Airports are becoming more commercially minded as they increase their dependence on non-aeronautical revenue streams such as retail and car parking. This commercial practice is spearheaded by Middle East-based airports as the ACI Airport Economics Survey declares that Middle Eastern based airports derived the highest proportion of their non-aeronautical revenues from retail concessions registering 61.2% in 2012, while US-based airports garnered just 7.7%. Duty free revenues generated $6.24 per passenger at Middle East airports in 2012, the highest in the world, against $0.12 earned per passenger at US airports. This induced revenue stream from the non-aeronautical category of the business assists the Middle East airports in being able to offer lower aeronautical charges for ALL carriers, stimulating increased traffic volumes which cascades into economic prosperity.
Korea’s Incheon airport, for example, derived around 64% of its total airport revenues from non-aeronautical activities in 2012, as reported by CAPA. However, the relationship between the airline and airport stakeholders remains tense due to increased pressure on airports not to raise aeronautical charges – subsequently the aeronautical share of the revenues of the world’s airports have remained relatively constant at between 54%-56% from 2008 to 2012, as illustrated from the ACI Airport Economics reports. The widespread use of airport discounts on aeronautical charges to encourage traffic growth and regional economic prosperity through trade and tourism has put additional pressure on aeronautical revenues with San Francisco International (SFO) for example offering 100% discount on landing fees for up to 24 months for any non-stop international route not currently served from SFO. California’s $2.1 trillion economy would position it as the 9th largest economy in the world on par with the economy of Russia – the airport’s mandate appears clear in that it wishes to substantially grow its international footprint as it has around 54 of the Fortune 500 companies domiciled in the Golden state. The US airports are fortunate as the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) collects $4.50 per enplaned passenger which is used to fund improvement and expansion projects. However it adds around 3% to the average cost of a domestic ticket. The GAO-15-107 states that around $2.8 billion in PFCs were collected in 2013 but from 1990 through to August 2014, FAA approved airports’ requests to collect around $89 billion in PFCs to develop infrastructural projects, which invariably benefit the travelling public, while over one-third goes to serve interest payments on outstanding debt. In addition US airports enjoy tax free bond financing and generally pay no rent for access to the land together with no property tax. There are now calls by the airport trade associations to increase the fee to $8.50. In the spirit of the white paper, should all this be necessarily interpreted as a hidden subsidization policy?
Thirdly, the US white paper on the Gulf carriers addresses issues raised in my research regarding the labor practices of Emirates. Prolonged strikes have crippled the air transport value chain forcing passengers to shift allegiance to competitors and have a devastating impact on sustaining profitability that could be reinvested into capital equipment.
Lufthansa Group’s annual report for 2014 mentions the word ‘strike’ 91 times, while the Air France 14-day pilot strike in 2014 cost the group around €500 million ($ million) as the ripple effects of the strike also negatively impacted forward bookings.
The powerful French pilots’ union disregarded the fact that Air France recorded some of the highest losses in the global airline industry in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in pursuit of their own directive. Although the right to strike in democratic societies should not be questioned per se, the Middle Eastern culture of forbidding strikes ensures smooth flight operations and continuous service. Expatriate employees have the option to secure employment contracts in these lucrative Gulf States or remain in their domiciled country – the choice is entirely theirs.
An Emirates’ dossier published in 2012 states that it provides additional financial compensation totaling over $500 million to its expatriate workforce in the form of accommodation, children’s education and healthcare – a practice which is commonplace in the UAE. The unit labor cost per ASK in Euro cents for the latest financial year for Emirates and Singapore Airlines are very similar. This is significant as both exclusively use widebody aircraft from the duopoly of the world’s large aircraft manufacturers, while the unit labor cost parity indicates that the Gulf incumbent is subjected to the same productivity challenges as its Asian counterpart.
My academic paper discusses how labor intensive tasks such as ground handling and catering are largely performed by workers from the cheap labor markets of the Indian sub-continent. However, these unskilled jobs can only command a low tiered remuneration contract regardless of the country in question. For example, baggage handlers in the US receive an average of $11.92 per hour according to payscale.com. US President Barack Obama’s legislation is calling for the US federal minimum wage to be increased to $10.10 per hour. At this hourly rate, a US worker with a family of four would need government assistance to be taken above the federal poverty line. According to Reuters, only 6.7% of the US private sector workers were unionized in 2013 which leaves these low-skilled employees disadvantaged in such a democratically enshrined society.
For all the above reasons, I believe that the US white paper report makes false claims on the arguments made by my paper. Lobbying in favor of a stakeholder is understandable in pluralistic modern societies. However, doing so by victimizing and blaming the success of others based on inaccurate statements is a practice of very limited added value to the society.
Dr John Frankie O’Connell is a lecturer at Cranfield University in the UK and a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
The views expressed here are the author’s.
Ah beh allora...
ci manca solo annuncino "enhanced air conditioning in the cabin, inflight amenities such as soap in the lavatories, seatbelts with metal clasp"...
+1: castigat ridendo mores!
Molto interessante, grazie per aver postato questa doverosa precisazione dell'accademico O'Connell.
(anche se la ritengo piu' una notizia da postare in questo thread http://www.aviazionecivile.org/vb/s...9414&highlight=UA+emirates+etihad#post1679414)