All articles by David Knibb – Page 2
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Will Latam alliance endgame spark scramble?
Alliance positioning is reaching a critical phase in Latin America. The scramble started when LAN and TAM first announced plans to merge, setting off a storm...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Challenge puts Exim financing back under scrutiny
A legal challenge to the export credit offered by US Export-Import Bank is troubling the air finance sector at a time when it is already worried about Europe's debt crisis and shrinking access to commercial loans.
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News
ROUTES: Australian carriers look to Asia
Moves from Qantas and Virgin Australia show the nation's carriers continuing to take a foothold in the Asian markeT
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News
ROUTES: LAN-TAM approval sets up race for routes
Chile's approval of the LAN-TAM merger sets alight the race for routes in this dynamic region
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Alliances: differing takes on the immune system
As liberalisation creeps along at a snail's pace, alliances with anti-trust immunity have become the answer for many airlines anxious to move beyond restrictive...
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Qantas takes flight to Asia
Australian airline unveils plans to create premium carrier in region as part of major shake-up Combine an international division that is chronically...
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Interview
Interview: Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti
Having pulled together the constituent parts of the group under the newly christened Virgin Australia banner, former Qantas executive John Borghetti is on a mission to complete the maturing carrier's journey from low-cost entrant to a business player
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News
Strategy Awards: Finance
Merging any two businesses is complicated enough, but when both are airline groups and each has its own complexities about who owns what and how much it...
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News
LatAm giants open to public scrutiny
Shares in all six of region's largest carriers now listed after launch of Avianca-TACA and Aeromexico IPOs Successful offerings and listings by Avianca-TACA...
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News
US regulators rethink on Delta/Virgin Australia
US regulator's reversal clears the path for Delta/Virgin Australia pact, with Qantas and American looking to follow suit Anti-trust immunity issues...
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News
Ownership: finding a new frontier
Faced with the slow pace of liberalisation, the airline industry has spawned a backdoor approach to help carriers expand their brand outside their own borders
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News
Focus on labour: working to rule
As airlines continue to expand outside their home markets, David Knibb questions whether they can they solve...
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News
New CFO completes Virgin Blue revamp
Sankar Narayan's appointment as Virgin Blue's new chief financial officer completes a make-over in the airline group's senior management team
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Mixed messages on the Middle East
The Gulf carriers want greater access to the Australian and Canadian markets. Are they being blocked or encouraged? Emirates and other Middle East...
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News
ROUTES 2010: A new hub generation
Australian carrier Virgin Blue's strategic alliance with Abu Dhabi-based Etihad provides a further sign of how the hub and spoke system continues to evolve
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News
Financial markets turmoil hits airline plans
Volatile capital markets have forced three airlines to shelve initial public offerings and at least one other carrier to cancel a debt issue. Global markets...
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News
Liberalisation: Breaking the bilateral web
Aviation has grown up, constrained by a tangled net of bilateral agreements. Liberalisation efforts have broken some of the bonds, but airlines are calling for greater action to release them from their regulatory strait jacket