Forum Archive Index - May 2002

[nickk@quicksilver.net.nz]

Ril

Best airline contest...

Virgin Airlines from London to LA........brilliant.

Agreement on the subsidisation thingy.

Good to see you back you your usual ways!

Nk

- RIL writes:

> 1. Read Dogfight by Ewa(e?)n Wilson to see how they
> contributed to a Kiwi entrepreneur sticking his head
> up and getting it cut off.
> 
> 2. Poor accident record over mountains.
> 
> 3. Lack of responsibility of airline management once
> said mountains are struck.
> 
> 3. Ugly middle-aged hostesses (at least last time I
> flew - about 8 years ago).
> 
> 4. Precious attitude of staff.
> 
> 5. Constant boring harping on about NZ this and that.
> 
> On the other hand the plane was clean, the staff were
> pretty professional and you could have a certain
> amount of faith in the pilots - notwithstanding
> mountain ranges.
> 
> The best airline I ever flew: Lan Chile from Santiago
> to Easter Island to Tahiti. 
> 
> Air NZ's current economic model doesn't work. Even
> changing it may not make it profitable. The NZ
> government should have the courage to admit that
> owning an airline is a mug's game and either sell it
> or shut it down. They could have done this before
> injecting your funds.
> 
> If the NZ tourist industry then have a problem why
> should the NZ taxpayer subsidise their customers to
> get there. If the demand exists for inbound someone
> will provide flights. Perhaps the tourist industry
> could.
> 
> RIL
> 
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