Emirates considers other options
Emirates President Tim Clark stated over the weekend that a budget long haul carrier could be an attractive proposition for his airline to consider.
“Introduce the low-cost, long-haul carrier, operating something like an A380 with 800 seats in it, and you can start flying very long distances for very low unit costs, and you pass those low unit costs through to the fares,” Mr Clark told the Nine Network’s Business Sunday program yesterday.
However, he said the carrier was too busy to introduce such a service just now, although he wouldn’t rule it out in the future.
“I’m actually quite attracted to it myself, I think we would do a very good job.”
He also stated that Emirates would probably not look at a merger with Qantas if the Federal Government relaxed foreign investment rules.
“If you look at our track record we tend to stay away from alliances, we stay away from mergers and acquisitions, with the exception of Sri Lankan which we bought 44 per cent of, we manage and control,” Mr Clark said.
Certainly since he has been here, Mr Clark has very succesfully put Emirates ambitions and future direction on the Australian travel industry’s radar and managed to ruffle a few high flying kangaroos in the process.
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