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The Government reflects early use of fundsSacred elephant Wall Street has been affectedThe leader can first individual insurance The rhythm and blues vintage in appearanceIn total the claw has ten points of saleThe POC therefore call for more tax fairnessBut this binding was adjourned in the Committee to the Assembly4 million the various devices implementedThis text contains three major innovationsBut each year the road continues to kill about 600 employeesThe crisis What crisis Akbar al-Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways, the year 2009 was almost one year as the other. Since its launch in 1997, the company of Doha continued record growth of 20 per year and the 2009-2010 fiscal year (ended March 31) will not make exception to the rule. "We even have better that expected, said in an interview with the"echo"the leader of the company Qatar." We should reach 14 million passengers against 11.5 million for the previous fiscal year. "Second air carrier to the Gulf, behind Emirates, Qatar Airways lifted more foot on aircraft deliveries. They continued at the rate of a long-range over-water and a half per month "and nine during the last three months", said its Director General. But the best surprise comes from the results. Originally expected for 2010-2011, the return to profit is finally this year reveals Akbar al-Baker: "We will be making a net profit this year, for a turnover up by 27."
Based on these good results, the pattern of Qatar Airways intends to continue on the same route this year. It sets goal to achieve a fleet of 120 units to 110 destinations and some 18 million of passengers here in two years and was considering an introduction on the stock market "in 2014". "". Every crisis offers opportunities. "We want to make the best use," he explains. In total, the company of Doha should inaugurate 15 destinations in 2010, including São Paulo and Buenos Aires, his first two stops in South America. The possible accession to one of three major international alliances will wait a few more years. "We do not want to be part of an alliance that stifle our development", justified Akbar al-Baker.
"Confident" in Airbus
On the controls of aircraft, if Qatar Airways does not intend to move in new, having already more than 200 aircraft on order, his boss wants, however, to speed up the pace of deliveries. "We would like to receive our Boeing 777 and B787, earlier and our Airbus A320", details, including showing his impatience for the delivery of the first 787. "We have warned Boeing that any further delay will result in the cancellation of our command", says the leader.
However, Akbar al-Baker said "confident" in capacity to Airbus to deliver at the time the A350, whose first delivery to Qatar Airways is planned "for the last quarter of 2013" I do not think that there are long delays, as Airbus has learned a great deal of his past, believes. T may have two to three months of delay, but it is not a problem.
The pattern of Qatar Airways also said "interested" by the re-engining of the Airbus A320 projects. "If Airbus were thus able to reduce the consumption of 15 to 20, this would increase the radius of action and able to fly to Paris in A320", he explains. Not that Qatar Airways wants to replace its two daily flights by Airbus A340s by of A320. But the company much uses the Airbus airliners to clear secondary European destinations, as Barcelona, Stockholm, Geneva and Brussels, until power put larger planes. On the A380, which Qatar Airways has ordered "only" 5 copies, "do we not need before 2012 even if we would be willing to accept before", is the leader. Indeed, the construction of the new Doha international airport, which will accommodate up to 50 million passengers by 2015, took the delay. "Contractually, should be completed end of 2011, which I doubt."But we anticipated a possible delay in opening a new terminal at the existing airport. "It will therefore not impact on our development", concludes Akbar al-Baker.
