hardwood wrote:maka wrote:obiero wrote:lochaz-index wrote:Whoa! This is way worse than I anticipated. More bailout money down the gutters.
38% load factor is indeed low.. Remember though that traction is developed and isn’t instant. Also remember cargo is in the belly
Jesus Christ @Obiero....I said il stop posting but... I feel like strangling you.... Aaaargh.... The commercial viability of this flight is almost nil... Lets focus on Mogadishu next 2 weeks.... Forget NYC.... Forget kabisa....
BTW Mikosz had also been advised to fly to Dakar or Accra.... Then onwards to US this would have worked 110% he refused... He has already made his name... Watch him go to another carrier....
Check this after Kapirwok left The Strategy committee.. KQ doesn't do its strategy in-house ... They outsource to some silly firm that knows nothing about the airline industry....The connection between strategy and network planning is non existent hence the goofs...
This is akin to emirates routing their Dubai - US flights via JKIA. KQ and kenya would never allow that. Note senegal and ghana have direct US flights and would have protested any move by KQ to snatch their customers.
Also I believe JKIA was approved as a last point of departure and therefore the US authorities would never allow KQ to make stop overs enroute to the US.
Questions:
1) Does Senegal and Ghana have national airlines? [I thought the national airlines were dead]
2) If they don't have a national (or local) airline flying from Dakar/Accra to USA, then wouldn't they welcome competition?
If all permissions were received, and if KQ did fly NBO-Dakar/ACC-USA, could it not reduce one 737 frequency to Dakar/ACC as well as pick up more USA-bound pax from Dakar/ACC?
They should still try this route for ATL or DC to cater for the African diaspora.
I am rooting for KQ as an (unfortunate) shareholder via GoK and KQLC.
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett