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٠ذ٠ ع١بعبد صش غ١شا " ع١جش"رمش٠ش اىزت االعزشبس األش٠ى

ازغبس٠خ

اغجت اؽ١ذ ف – ب غ اشئ١ظ اغ١غ ثفغ – ٠ى عد رالي اخشدح عجبي امبخ ف اغبس

ئلبخ سئ١ظ ششوخ صش غ١شا ، ث عبءد اخغبئش اب١خ افبدؽخ از رزىجذب اششوخ اع١خ ػ سأط األعجبة از

عؼذ اشئ١ظ اغ١غ ٠صذس رع١بر ثعة رغ١١ش سئ١ظ اششوخ رؼ١١ آخش ٠ى لبدسا ػ ئداسح األصخ اؾم١م١خ

از رؼ١شب اششوخ اع١خ ، خبصخ أ خغبئشب رغبصد ؽذ ا١بس دالس أش٠ى ، ى از ال ٠ؼشف وض١ش

ئعب ز اخغبئش وبذ ثغجت ششوخ اخغط اغ٠خ ازبثؼخ ششوخ امبثضخ ، ث وبذ رؾذ٠ذا ثغت % 90 أ

.عء ئداسح امغبع ازغبس ثز اششوخ

افزشض أ ٠ضغ شش٠ف فزؾ، اشئ١ظ اغذ٠ذ ششوخ امبثضخ صش غ١شا، صت ػ١١ رغ٠ش امغبع ازغبس

رغ١١ش ل١بدار از رغججذ ف رؾم١ك زا اى اخغبئش؛ خبصخ ثؼذ أ عبء ف خغبة رى١ف اغ١بس ؽغب وبي،

ص٠ش اغ١شا اذ، أ دس ٠ؾصش ف ر١خ شجىخ خغط صش غ١شا، ئػبدرب شثؾ١خ رغ٠ش أعغي اششوخ

.رؾغ١ اخذبد امذخ ؼالئب ؽي اؼب رغ٠ش أعب١ت اج١غ ازغ٠ك اإلىزش١خ

ثؼذ أ أعؼب ػ اغ١شح ازار١خ شئ١ظ اغذ٠ذ ششوخ امبثضخ صش غ١شا ػب ا شبسن ف اؼذ٠ذ اذساعبد

اذساد ازذس٠ج١خ ف غبي اإلداسح اؼ١ب، ث١ب ثشبظ اإلداسح ؾ ازغ١١ش ثزش٠بي ع١ف، ثشبظ ئداسح اغدح

اظخ األسث١خ إلداسح اغدح ثأغزشدا، ثشبظ اإلداسح ثبظخ األش٠ى١خ إلداسح ف غبالد ام١بدح اإلداسح

اشإ اب١خ ازغ٠ك ػذح دساد ف غبي ئداسح افبضبد ئداسح األصبد االرفبل١بد اؾى١خ اذ١خ امضب٠ب

اج١ئ١خ اغ١بع١خ، ب ٠فشض ػ١ عة اشعع ئ اذساعبد از ربذ خغبئش امغبع ازغبس ثششوخ اخغط

١ دالس أش٠ى ر دفؼب 4.1 ظ١ش جغ،Sabre "ع١جش"اغ٠خ از أػذ اج١ذ االعزشبس األش٠ى

خضاخ اششوخ ، ثم زا ازمش٠ش از اػذ اج١ذ االعزشبس األش٠ى ؽج األدساط، ثؼذ ا ؽبب ا زؼشف ػ

الؼ زا ازمش٠ش رىب أخ١شا اصي ئ١ وبذ ز اغغس از وشفذ ضشسح اؾبعجخ افس٠خ ألاي اشؼت

"!.اع١خ"اذسح ، أوذد صذق سؤ٠خ سئ١ظ اغس٠خ ف ئلبخ ل١بداد ف اششوخ

اجظء اشذ٠ذ ف "لبي اىزت االعزشبس٠خ ؾذدا أؽذ اع اخ اشئ١غ١خ ف رمش٠ش ثب اإلداسح اؾب١خ ٠ؼبة ػ١ب

ػ١بد ارخبر امشاس ، غ ػذ االزب ثؼصش الذ اجبغ ازأص١ش، وزه ػذ ضػ ؾذداد ارخبر امشاساد ثبزب

، وب عبء ف ازمش٠ش افغغ ؽم١مخ اصد٠بد اخغبئش ثخغط صش غ١شا ئعبال ثمبسح ئفش٠م١ب ػ ع "ازشاخ ف١

وضبي ( عبؽ اؼبط) أث١ذعب ( غبب)ثخغ أوشا " ا١بس"ازؾذ٠ذ ؽ١ش ألش اىزت االعزشبس األش٠ى ئ عد

ف افصبي اضؼ ػ ؽم١مخ رعغ وبفخ 2020 ٠ضغ خغز إلفش٠م١ب ثاضبفخ صالصخ مبط فمظ خالي اخظ عاد ؽز

ششوبد اغ١شا ف رشغ١ب اإلفش٠م ، د أ ش١ش أ اخغخ اضؼخ از رذف زم١ص ؽغ صش غ١شا ثافش٠م١ب

.ال رشاػ صبؼ اذخ اصش٠خ أع ئفش٠م١ب

ف ز امغخ ٠غت ا زوش اغد از وبذ جزخ ف ؾغخ صش غ١شا ثغبغجشط ثغة ئفش٠م١ب از ره

ئلصبء ذ٠شب ئ٠بة ع١ف؛ ػ اشغ غبؽبر ف افزشح از ر ف١ب صج ئال ا ر اعزذػبؤ مبشح غك

صفؾخ غبؽبر ػ أسض االغ بن؛ ثؼذ ا خك شجىخ ازؾبفبد غ اششوبد اإلل١١خ ثغة ئفش٠م١ب زغز٠خ

ثا٠غبد ظخ أعؼبس ػجش ازشغ١ ثب ٠ض مغخ ؾس٠خ زاعذ صش غ١شا ثغي امبسح اغشاء ، ارجغ ره

عبغجشط ئ دي غمخ اغة اإلفش٠م، ص لب ثبعزؾذاس رؼبلذاد عذ٠ذح خذخ ازشغ١ ؽممذ فشا ػ

اغبثك ف اعخ اسرفبػبد رىفخ ازشغ١ ، اعذ ؽبخ ازبفغ١خ افبػخ صش غ١شا ثغة ئفش٠م١ب ف اعخ

" األ٠ج١ش٠خ"ششوبد أل 2011 أوجش اششوبد اؼب١خ بن ، ره ابفغخ از أخشعذ اغق ز

غ١ش ث١ب اعزغبػذ صش غ١شا ؽذ االعزشاس سغ ضؼف اإلىب١بد " عذ ئ٠ش٠ض"" اذ٠خ" " اب١ض٠خ"

.ازغ٠م١خ ثبمبسخ

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(ربثغ)

ػ اغبت ا٢خش رغججذ ع١بعبد امغبع ازغبس ف اؾغبس راعذ صش غ١شا ف اؾغبد االفش٠م١خ األخش

ثبغغبي ، ث١ب " داوبس"ثغبب " أوشا"خبصخ ف ف غشة امبسح ثؼذ أ ألفذ و خغظ ر١خ زا ازاعذ ف ؾس

راذ ئخفبلبد صش غ١شا ثافش٠م١ب ثذا٠خ اخشع عثب ص ػز١ج ثذي ؽض ا١ أخ١شا ػذ ازظب ازشغ١

ئ أعشح، أب عة امبسح فززا االغؾبثبد از رؼىظ االفزمبس زخغ١ظ اإل٠غبث عخ ، اؼغض ػ

ئؽذ دي -اعخ ابفغخ عخ أخش ؛ فىب ئ٠مبف خظ صاج١ب رال خظ ص٠جبث أخ١شا ئغبءاد سؽالد رضا١ب

وزه ئغبءاد ػذد سؽالد . ثشى غ١ش غجق ٠ذ ؽزب إلغالق ره اخظ ف فزشح لص١شح لبدخ -ؽض ا١

.امغخ األخ١شح ازجم١خ صش غ١شا ف عة ئفش٠م١ب

١غزش 2015 وب ض افش امغبع ازغبس ف ازمبء اىفبءاد ثاداسار اشوض٠خ ثبألخص ره األخ١شح ف ١٠

ا١بساد أػذاد اشوبة أصجؾذ اغبئشاد شج فبسغخ ف خغط صش غ١شا اإلفش٠م١خ ئ داس اغال ١شث اغضائش

١زصبػذ اؼذ -وزه األع٠١خ ثب ف١ب خظ ثبىن –أد٠ظ أثبثب أعشح اوشا العط ؼظ اذ األفش٠م١خ

.١بس ع١ 10 ازبص ثؼذ أ ثغذ ئعب خغبئش ششوخ اخغط ب ٠مشة

ع٠ ض١ش اإوذ ا شش٠ف فزؾ، اشئ١ظ اغذ٠ذ ششوخ امبثضخ " ع١جش"رمش٠ش اىزت االعزشبس األش٠ى

صش غ١شا، لذ اعغ ػ١ ػ ب اوضش خغسح ف غغ لش٠جب ػ ئعشاءاد لشاساد ػبعخ سادػخ رؼ١ذ

!ششوزب اع١خ س٠بدرب اغزؾمخ ف عباد اؼب؟

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غزذف ضخ : ؾذ عؼ١ذ سئ١ظ ششوخ صش غ١شا خذبد األسض١خ

عاد امجخ ١5 ع١ اعزضبساد خالي اـ 100زفبض غ ششوبد ػشث١خ ص١١خ خذخ سؽالرب ثبغبساد

١ ع١ أسثبؽب غزذفخ اؼب اب اؾب ١80 ع١ ئ٠شاداد 700 -

لبي اذط ؾذ عؼ١ذ سئ١ظ ششوخ صش غ١شا خذبد األسض١خ ئ ششوز رغؼ ئ االسرمبء

ثظخ اؼ ػجش ػذح ؾبس أثشصب رأ١ اؼذاد، االسرمبء ثبؼصش اجشش ثذف رؼض٠ض فشصخ

.اششوخ ف ئثشا رؼبلذاد عذ٠ذح خذخ سؽالد ششوبد اغ١شا

ششوخ ع١شا ػشث١خ أعج١خ، رزفبض غ ششوبد ع١شا ػشث١خ ص١١خ خذخ 156رخذ اششوخ

١ 700سؽالرب ثبغق اؾ١خ، ره ثذف ص٠بدح ئ٠شاداد اششوخ خالي اؼب اب اؾب ئ

.ع١، فمب ؾذ عؼ١ذ

١ ع١ اعزضبساد ف 100ضخ ( بي أػبي)رغزذف اششوخ ؽغت عؼ١ذ ف رصش٠ؾبد خبصخ

.غض اغاد اخظ امجخ ثذف ششاء ؼذاد عذ٠ذح ػالح ػ رأ١ اؼذاد اؾب١خ ششوخ

رزجغ صش غ١شا خذبد االسض١خ امبثضخ صش غ١شا، رؼ ػ م اجضبئغ اشوبة ثذاخ

.اغبساد

روش عؼ١ذ أ اششوخ رغزذف رؼض٠ض ػذد اؼذاد ازبثغ ششوخ ثذف ازى خذخ ششوبد ع١شا

.ئضبف١خ

ؾغخ ثضبئغ ثذاخ اغبساد اؾ١خ أثشصب 12ؼذح ؽب١ب، رؼ ػ خذخ 5200رزه اششوخ

.غبساد امبشح اغشدلخ شش اش١خ األلصش أعا عبثب عبط

فذ ئ أ اششوخ رغؼ ئ االسرمبء ثشى غزش ثبؼذاد ثذف ازى رؾغ١ اخذبد از

٠ز ؾب ششوبد اغ١شا م ؽمبئت اشوبة اغبئشاد ئ داخ صبالد اصي ػالح ػ

.م اشوبة أ٠ضب ػجش ارث١غبد ر ششاؤب زا اغشض

اؼذاد وبذ ثؾبعخ بعخ ئ ششاء لغغ غ١بس ثغشض اؾفبػ ػ اعزشاس رشغ١ب ف ظ رلف »

.عاد 4اششوخ ػ رذث١ش اؽز١بعبد اؼذاد ز

١ ع١ خالي اؼب اب ابض 67أشبس عؼ١ذ ئ أ اششوخ رىذ ششاء لغغ غ١بس ثـ

.ــ رجؼب غؼ١ذ« ثغشض رأ١ اؼذاد ضب اعزشاس ازشغ١

ػشثبد خذخ ؽشوخ اؼبل١ زغ١ م اغبئشح ئ داخ اغبس زف١ش 8لبذ اششوخ ثششاء

أف ٠س السرمبء 320ػشثبد خذخ ؽببد اغبئشاد ثزىفخ ثغذ 4عج اشاؽخ ، ثغبت ششاء

أرث١غبد ثذف م اشوبة اغبئشاد ئ داخ صبالد اغفش 5ثبخذبد ثذاخ اغبئشاد،

.ثبغبساد اؾ١خ، فمب غؼ١ذ

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(ربثغ)أف دالس، امشس 255أبػ ثزىفخ جذئ١خ 5رؼزض اششوخ ؽغت عؼ١ذ ازؼبلذ ػ ششاء

.اعزال خالي شش أوزثش ػجش غخ ف١خ ربثؼخ ششوخ ثذف ازأوذ وفبءر اف١خ

أشبس ئ أ اششوخ رؼىف ػ رغ١ض ااصفخ اف١خ ششاء أعضح رى١ف ٠ز رشو١جب ثذاخ اغبئشاد

ع١شا عذ٠ذا زشغ١ اؼذاد 30زؾغ١ اخذبد از ٠ز ؾب شوبة، رغؼ اششوخ أ٠ضب ششاء

.ثذف م ؽمبئت اشوبة ثذاخ جظ اغبئشاد

فذ عؼ١ذ ئ أ امشس عشػ بلصخ خالي شش أوزثش زف١ز ؾغخ ر٠ لد ئ عبت

أف زش، ٠ؼىف لغبع اششػبد ػ رغ١ض 19سشخ ص١بخ ثذاخ غبس امبشح ػ غبؽخ

.وشاعخ اششط غشػ ابلصخ

ثغبس امبشح، رم١ 3رذف اششوخ رف١ز ؾغخ الد ئ عبت سشخ اص١بخ ثج

.خذخ سؽالد اغ١شا، فمب غؼ١ذ 3ئ 1اعزالن الد ثغجت م اؼذاد ج

لبي عؼ١ذ ئ اششوخ رىذ رأع١ش أسض ثغبس امبشح ثذف رف١ز اششع، الفزب ئ أ ع١ز

.شس ششوخ ١بء امبشح ظ١ش رأع١ش األسض زف١ز اششع 3ال١٠ ع١ و 3دفغ

أشبس ئ أ اششوخ رؼىف ػ رغ٠ش عشاط غ١بساد خبص ؼذاد ثغبس ثشط اؼشة،

.خذخ ظخ اؼ ثبغبس 2015امشس ازبء ػ١بد ازف١ز ثب٠خ

رىذ اششوخ اؾصي ػ شبدح اال٠ضعا ظخ اال٠برب خالي األعجع ابض ثغبس

اغشدلخ، ثغجت االسرمبء ثظخ اغالخ ثزشغ١ اؼذاد، رغؼ أ٠ضب ئ اؾصي ػ ره اشبدح

.ثغبس ثشط اؼشة خالي افزشح اشاخ، فمب غؼ١ذ

ششوبد ص١١خ ثغشض رمذ٠ اخذبد األسض١خ ثذاخ اغبساد، 3رزفبض اششوخ رجؼب غؼ١ذ غ

ؼال ػ اض٠بسح اشرمجخ شئ١ظ اغس٠خ ص١ زؼض٠ض اؼاللبد، ب ع١غب أ٠ضب ف رؼض٠ض

.لف اششوخ ف بسع افبضبد اغبس٠خ

وشف ػ رفبض غ ششوخ ع١شا أسد١خ ثذف خذخ سؽالرب ثذاخ اغبساد اؾ١خ، زضبف ئ

.رؼبلذا غ ششوخ ع١شا ػشث١خ أعج١خ 156رؼبلذاد اششوخ اجبغ ػذدب

ششوبد سع١خ رظ سؽالد ثذاخ اغق اؾ١خ غزذا 5فذ ئ أ ششوز رؼبلذد أخ١شا غ أوجش

ػ ازؼبلذ غ ششوخ زشع١ذ اشع١خ از رؼ ػ رظ١ أوجش ػذد سؽالد ثذاخ اغبساد اؾ١خ

.ئ و اغشدلخ شش اش١خ

ارفمذ اششوخ غ اخغط ازشو١خ ػ رظ١ سؽالد ف ع اشزبء ئ و االلصش أعا

سؽخ خغط ازشو١خ ثذاخ غبس اغشدلخ شش اش١خ 142ثخالف ازؼبلذ ؼ ػ خذخ

.أعجػ١ب، فمب غؼ١ذ

أشبس ئ أ ر االرفبق غ ئؽذ ششوبد اغ١شا اال٠غب١خ ػ ضبػفخ سؽالرب ئ اغق اؾ١خ

.خالي افزشح امجخ

ػجش ١2015/2016 ع١ ا٠شاداد خالي اؼب اب اؾب 700روش أ اششوخ رغزذف رؾم١ك

.١ ع١ خالي فظ افزشح 80االسرمبء ثبخذبد از ٠ز ؾب ششوبد اغ١شا، رغزذف رؾم١ك

١٠ ١30 ع١ أسثبؽب خالي اؼب اب از ف 19أشبس ئ أ اششوخ رىذ رؾم١ك

.١ ع١ 80ابض، رشاعؼذ األسثبػ ػ اغزذف از لذس ثـ

أسعغ عجت رشاعغ األسثبػ ػ اغزذف ئ ؼ رخف١ضبد ششوبد اغ١شا اعخ ابفغخ ثذاخ

.اغق اؾ١خ، ب ئ أ اششوخ رغزذف سفغ األعؼبس ثشى رذس٠غ خالي افزشح امجخ

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QATAR AIRWAYS AND JETBLUE AIRWAYS

STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIP

Qatar Airways has announced an expanded unilateral code-share

partnership with JetBlue Airways, adding six new destinations and

increasing the number of flights along existing codeshare segments.

New routes and flights are now available for travel.

The expanded agreement provides new code-share routes from New

York (JFK) to and from United States mainland destinations

Albuquerque (ABQ), Daytona Beach (DAB), Reno (RNO) and

Savannah (SAV), along with two Puerto Rican destinations, Aguadilla

(BQN) and Ponce (PSE).

“We are pleased to deepen our partnership with JetBlue and to give

our world travellers superior access to destinations in the United

States, through a seamless passenger experience. The strengthening

of this code-share agreement comes at a time when Qatar Airways is

focused upon significantly expanding its own direct links to the

United States, with the launch of non-stop services to Los Angeles,

Atlanta and Boston in 2016,” said Akbar Al Baker, Group Chief

Executive, Qatar Airways.

In addition to the new destinations, the partnership will increase the

number of codeshare flights along existing routes to Buffalo (BUF),

Burlington (BTV), Charleston (CHS), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Fort

Myers (RSW), Jacksonville (JAX), New Orleans (MSY), Oakland

(OAK), Portland (PWM), Rochester (ROC), Syracuse (SYR) and Tampa

(TPA).

The expanded agreement will also include connections to and from

Qatar Airways’ second daily Doha to New York flight beginning 1st

March 2016. The second daily service will be operated by the airline’s

latest flagship Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, of which Qatar Airways was

the Global Launch Customer.

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New airline FlyAfrica.com takes off

The new airline is aimed at enhancing air connectivity across Africa

and reducing the cost of doing business in Africa, Bongo said. The

announcement was made on the second day of the New York Forum

Africa - one of the largest gatherings of politicians, investors,

entrepreneurs, and NGOs in Africa - hosted under Bongo's

patronage.

Other heads of state and key political figures attending the forum

include President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Cost, former president

of Colombia Andres Pastrana, former president of Poland Lech

Walesa, and former president of the European Union Jose Barosso.

The affordable low-cost model, which has worked successfully in

Europe and Asia by contributing significantly to economic growth of

those regions, is expected to herald a revolution in Africa's airline

industry, unlocking the continent's potential by boosting the

economic mobility of its citizens, and encouraging increased trade as

a result of the airline's unprecedented low fares for passengers and

goods. Announcing the launch, Bongo said: “My vision for Africa has

always been that of an integrated continent.

“An Africa where every citizen has the opportunity to afford air travel

and take advantage of the benefits of being economically mobile. The

launch of Gabon FlyAfrica.com, a pan-African airline, is an important

step in implementing this vision.”

One of the biggest obstacles to Africa's growth and development was

the cost of doing business in Africa, he said. Moving goods and

people between African states was still too complicated and

expensive and remained a major obstacle to the prosperity of the

continent. Bongo called on African countries to improve connectivity

across Africa to reduce the cost of doing business and facilitate air

travel. He urged African countries to implement the Yamoussoukro

Declaration (YD), which was the basis for creating a single airspace

market for Africa.

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“Aviation is the next infrastructure growth frontier for Africa.

Enhancing air connectivity can help raise productivity and create

jobs by encouraging investment and innovation, improving business

operations and efficiency.

“Air transport is indispensable for tourism, where convenient air

service facilitates the arrival of larger numbers of tourists,” he said.

FlyAfrica.com was launched 13 months ago in Southern Africa where

the business model was tested and refined with the successful

establishment of airlines in Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.

FlyAfrica.com has significantly shaken up the airline industry in

Africa by offering the lowest airfares on the continent and proving

that the low-cost model is sustainable.

On the Johannesburg to Harare route the airline has reduced fares

between 50 and 70 percent. The second phase of the airline's roll-out

will include Gabon and other countries in East and West Africa.

The announcement outlines a strategic partnership between the

government of Gabon and African industrialist, venture capitalist, and

philanthropist Ivor Ichikowitz.

“One of Africa's huge resources is its ability for innovation which

continues to generate new products, ideas, and services that places

Africa at the forefront of emerging technologies and solutions,”

Ichikowitz said.

“The launch of FlyAfrica.com is such an innovation and will be the

game-changer for Africa's aviation industry. “The aim of

FlyAfrica.com is to break down the barriers and costs that currently

exist to travel across Africa.

Prohibitively high fares, poor or non-existent services are playing

their role in slowing down the development of this continent.

“FlyAfrica.com is designed to change that. FlyAfrica.com will lead the

charge for unlocking Africa's business and tourism potential by

delivering world-class standards and low fares traditionally

associated with airlines in Europe and Asia,” he said.

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Advantage makes move against Lufthansa over

GDS feeA leading consortium of business travel agencies has started a “period of

non-co-operation” with Lufthansa as the airline is due to start charging €16

.GDSfor tickets booked through

Lufthansa Group, which also includes Austrian Swiss and Brussels

from charge on GDS bookings16 €due to start levying the isAirlines,

tomorrow (September 1) in a move that has caused controversy within the

business travel industry.

Advantage Focus Partnership, which includes 66 business travel agencies,

has responded by writing to Lufthansa Group to say that it will impose

restrictions on training, educational trips, marketing and account manager

sales calls.

Ken McLeod, Advantage’s corporate director, said: “We believe that this

fee is unacceptable in its current form, and is a drive by Lufthansa to

discriminate against TMCs and the wider agency community by imposing a

differential pricing structure between the GDS and their own trade

website.”

“We should make it clear that the 66 members of the Advantage Focus

Partnership will continue to sell Lufthansa flights as per their clients’

wishes, and dialogue will continue with the airline’s senior management,

but only through Advantage Central Office with the Focus Partnership

negotiating team.”

McLeod added: “I liken it to putting a protest placard outside the airline’s

HQ to indicate our real concerns that this move will eventually have a

domino effect on the industry.”

chief executive Paul Wait said the organisation would be keeping a GTMC

“watching brief” on the impact of Lufthansa’s GDS fee in the next few

months.

“Our travel management members clearly recognise the value of a GDS

and have shown little interest in Lufthansa’s moves to disrupt the system,”

said Wait.

“The value that TMCs deliver is significant when considering that GTMC

members book over 80 per cent of UK expenditure on managed business

travel and yet, have seemingly been disregarded by Lufthansa.

“The Lufthansa website cannot offer the added value, expertise and

knowledge that booking via a GDS always has nor can it put a duty of care

can.”TMCat the heart of its decisions as a professional

and whether other airlines are Read our analysis on Lufthansa’s GDS fee

likely to follow suit.

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Malaysia Airlines' new holding company secures

AOC

Malaysia Airlines Berhad has secured its Air Operators Certificate

(AOC) from the country's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) in time

Kuala Lumpur (MH,Malaysia Airlines'relaunch' of1 for a September

). Launched in July, Malaysia Airlines Berhad (NewCo) is a vehicle Int'l

for the migration of Malaysia Airlines' relevant operations, assets and

liabilities after its predecessor Malaysian Airline System Berhad

(MAS) was placed into receivership in May.

“We would like to thank the Director General of DCA, Dato’ Sri

Azharuddin Abdul Rahman for this very important milestone," MAB’s

CEO Designate Christoph Mueller said. "The AOC is a testament to all

our staff at Malaysia Airlines who have been working hard to fulfill all

the necessary requirements and specifications by DCA. We are very

excited and focused on MAB's take-off in September.”

The move is part of Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah's 12-

point strategy to revitalize the struggling national carrier which

between 2010 and 2013, racked up losses of USD1.3 billion. In line

with its launch this week, Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has already

rehired a more streamlined staff compliment of approximately 14,000

from the soon-to-be-defunct MAS's reserve of 20,000.

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Etihad Airways appoints Lindsay White

The FINANCIAL -- Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United

Arab Emirates, has appointed Mr Lindsay White to the new position

of Vice President for Australia and Asia Pacific.

In this role, Mr White will assume responsibility for the entire Asia

Pacific region, adding China, Japan, Korea and Thailand to his

current portfolio of Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia,

Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam, according to Etihad Airways.

Mr White brings more than 30 years of aviation industry experience to

the role, having held various senior management positions at British

Airways before joining Gulf Air in 2005 as its general manager in

Malaysia and Brunei. He subsequently joined Etihad Airways as its

country manager in Malaysia.

In September 2008, Mr White relocated to Sydney to take up the role

of General Manager Australia and New Zealand for Etihad Airways

and, in 2012, was promoted to Vice President Asia Pacific South and

Australasia.

Danny Barranger, Senior Vice President of Global Sales, said: “This

new role brings the entire Asia Pacific region into a single

management focus, ensuring the alignment of our activities in a vast

geographical area of increasing importance to the airline.

“Lindsay has the depth of experience to manage an extensive

portfolio of fast-growing markets and the ability to inspire culturally

diverse teams to achieve commercial success.”

Mr White said: “The opportunity to expand my focus beyond the

ASEAN region to North Asia is an exciting one and I am looking

forward to the challenge.

“Etihad Airways has developed an expansive network in the Asia

Pacific region and I am committed to working with all of our teams

and industry partners in each market to build on this success.”

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Etihad and Emirates show airline alliances are

outdated

Aviation alliances are bad for brands, new analysis shows, in

the wake of criticism made by UAE airline chiefs about the

global carrier agreements.

Most of the world’s big airlines are members of one of the

top-three alliances, namely the Star Alliance, Oneworld or

SkyTeam.

But airlines that shun such alliances saw healthier increases

in brand valuations this year, according to an analysis of data

from the UK consultancy Brand Finance by The National.The world’s top-50 airlines ranked by brand value includes 36

alliance members. Of those for which comparative data is

available, member airlines saw a total average 3.4 per cent

decline in their 2015 brand valuations.

But airlines that are not alliance members saw an average

rise of 12.3 per cent in their brand values, the data shows.

Savio D’Souza, the associate director at Brand Finance,

which also has operations in Abu Dhabi, says the likes

and Emirates have turned the alliance model “on its Etihadof

head”. Indeed, it “probably doesn’t work any more”, he says.

The consultancy’s valuations are tied to the companies’

underlying business performance – and, as such, do not

reflect well on airline alliances.

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For alliance members whose values rose, the average growth

was just US$53 million between 2014 and 2015. But for non-

alliance members with rising value, the average was $320m.

The UAE’s two biggest airlines are not members of the three

’ president Tim Clark said in miratesbig airline alliances. E

May alliances were “the old way” of doing things, while its

chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum has said the

Dubai airline could not have grown as big by joining an

alliance.

James Hogan, president and chief executive of Etihad, said

last year that the model is “fractured”.

Mr D’Souza points to Etihad’s model of “equity alliances”,

where it invests in carriers in strategically important regions,

as being more effective than regular alliances. The Abu Dhabi

airline has invested in the likes of airberlin and Alitalia.

“Etihad is doing really well,” says Mr D’Souza. “It does seem

like something that might work much better.”

is the only one of the three big Arabian Gulf Qatar Airways

carriers to have joined an alliance, having joined Oneworld in

2013.

“Qatar Airways was kind of talked into joining the Oneworld

alliance a few years ago,” says Mr D’Souza. “I think once they

joined it, the general feeling is that they haven’t really seen

the benefit of it. So it does feel like the whole alliances model

is a little broken and isn’t really working as it was envisaged.”

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195 -Austrian Airlines readies for Embraer E

deliveries

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is preparing to receive

the first of 17 modified Embraer E-195s.

The first 120-seat jet will be used on training purposes

initially before transitioning to revenue service. The first

commercial flight is scheduled for January 2016. A second

aircraft is expected to join the fleet in September.

-Lufthansa CityLine Embraer Eformer17 Austrian acquired

million to replace its aging 900 at a list price of nearly $s195

Fokker 70/100 fleet.

Bombardier Lufthansa CityLine in turn will receive

NextGen jets from Eurowings, which is to become an 900CRJ

all-Airbus A320 operator.

The Embraer jets have an average age of four years,

compared to the average age of about 21 years with

Austrian’s Fokker 70/100 fleet. The E-195s use about 18% less

fuel per seat.

Nearly 200 Austrian Airlines pilots will be retrained to operate

the Embraer aircraft. The company has wet-leased two

Estonian Air Embraer E-170s for the period of the pilot-

training process.

However, the retraining program is ambitious and the Star

Alliance member was forced to cancel 70 short- and medium-

haul flights in late July in part because of a pilot shortage.

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Lufthansa Group to expand direct booking

channel optionsthe airlines of the Lufthansa Group – Austrian Airlines,

Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa and SWISS – have reached a

major milestone in their endeavors to modernize their present

product structures. A number of collaborations with various

partners in the airline distribution segment have been

successfully pursued over the last few weeks.

The efforts to develop and establish new “direct connect”

booking channels are generating strong interest among the

industry partners. “The market is clearly ready for

innovations and developments of this kind,” confirms Jens

Bischof, Member of the Executive Board and Chief

Commercial Officer of Lufthansa German Airlines. “Our

realignment of our distribution has prompted an intensive

exchange of views and experiences within our industry.”

“This process has had its share of controversy, too,” Bischof

concedes. “But we are still as convinced as ever that offering

advanced and, at the same time, substantially cheaper

additional booking channels – that also allow us to better

present our products – is in our customers’ best interests.

And that’s why we consistently pursue the further

development of our distribution channels.”

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(Continue)As planned, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group are now

taking a further major step in implementing their new

commercial strategy by ensuring that from tomorrow (1

September), the costs of bookings made via global

distribution systems (GDSs) are met more fairly and

transparently by the users involved. To this end, a new

“distribution cost charge” )DCC( of EUR 16 will now be

applied to any ticket issued via GDS.

Customers of the Lufthansa Group can obtain their tickets

without having to pay the new DCC by making their bookings

via the member airlines’ websites, via an airline service center

or at an airport ticket desk. Travel agents may also use the

dedicated www.LHGroup-agent.com online portal as a

booking alternative.

Corporate customers can continue to make their bookings at

their individually-agreed contractual rates (i.e. with no DCC)

via www.LH.com. Lufthansa has also concluded a new

agreement with technology provider Concur, an SAP

company, under which Concur will provide the Lufthansa

Group’s corporate customer travel management units with

special programs for managing these www.LH.com bookings

from next year onwards.

“We want to work together with the travel agents and the

global distribution systems to make the sale of air tickets

more up-to-date, more inexpensive and more customer-

minded,” Lufthansa CCO Bischof emphasizes. “And to this

end we have swiftly developed a range of IT solutions that

will be offered to our customers in the near future.”

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Airlines Flying High As Other Carriers Ethiopian

Sink

Ethiopian Airlines last week announced that it had exceeded

its profits target for 2014.

The airline posted a $175 million profit last year, exceeding its

revenue targets, and dwarfing its main African competitors in

Kenya and South Africa, who have posted losses and are

sinking in debt.

The state-owned carrier said that its passenger numbers

grew from 5.2 million to more than six million passengers in

2014, aided by lower fares and strong inter-continental

routes, especially to Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria.

It now plans to double its fleet from the current 77 to 140 by

2025 as it positions itself to be Africa's largest carrier.

While other major African airlines, including Kenya Airways

and South African Airways, slid into loss, Ethiopian Airlines

has grown its revenue and expanded its routes to become the

most networked carrier on the continent.

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