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发表于 21-1-2010 16:09:04|来自：新加坡
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看看下面二篇，你会知道了穷疯了急于圈钱是本质，要说对手应该比虎航强太多太多。
Troubled Tiger Airways makes its play
Wednesday, 06 January 2010
Steve Creedy
The Australian
Tiger Airways is expected to reveal further details of its initialpublic offering today as it begins a roadshow aimed at convincinginvestors to help it reduce debt and fund further expansion.
The struggling Singapore-backed airline hopes to raise between $S225million ($177m) and $S250m but enters the market amid speculation itwill battle to find backers.
The company yesterday announced it had appointed Standard CharteredBank to arrange its first Export Credit Agency-backed financingarrangement with Frances Coface for two A320 aircraft.
The notoriously cagey carrier last month lodged a draft initial publicoffering document that shows its Australian operations made acumulative loss of $79.3m since its launch in 2007 and September 30.
The partial float will see private investment firm Indigo Partners,which currently owns 24 per cent of Tiger, put a proportion of itsstake on the market. The Ryan family's RyanAsia, which owns 16 percent, will also sell shares if the offer is oversubscribed.
Indigo's Bill Franke and RyanAsia's Declan Ryan, both industryveterans, have already quit the board and the airline this weekannounced a new chairman, accountant Gerard Ee Hock Kim, and three newindependent directors.
Some industry insiders view the capital raising as a desperate bid forcash amid signs existing shareholders are reluctant to stump up furthercapital. The airline had $S18.5m in cash at September 30 with a netliability position of $S106.8m as it faces payments of $US778m foraircraft alone by the end of fiscal 2012. However, Tiger says in itsprospectus it is confident it can generate the cashflow to pay itsbills.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/troubled-tiger-airways-makes-its-play/story-e6frg8zx-1225816395054
Jetstar, AirAsia form "world first" budget alliance
Wednesday, 06 January 2010
Talek Harris
AFP
Jetstar and AirAsia unveiled plans on Wednesday to slash costs andticket prices by pooling some resources, taking the first step in analliance that could transform the Asian budget market.
Jetstar chief executive Bruce Buchanan said the non-equity arrangement,which he described as a world first between low-cost airlines, wasexpected to save hundreds of millions of dollars in costs.
"By getting together and focusing on areas where we can actually reducecosts we think it's a really exciting opportunity," Buchanan toldreporters, calling the deal an "important first step".
"We have identified... many hundreds of millions of dollars of costsaving opportunities, and we think that is an exciting opportunity forus as we launch this partnership going forward."
Jetstar, a subsidiary of Australian flag-carrier Qantas, will shareparts and ground and passenger handling services with Malaysia'sAirAsia, which is Asia's biggest budget airline.
They will also investigate jointly procuring new aircraft, cooperate onbuying engineering and maintenance supplies and will carry each other'spassengers stranded by breakdowns and other disruptions.
Qantas chief Alan Joyce said the deal would give both airlines an edge in the competitive Asian market.
"Jetstar and AirAsia offer unmatched reach in the Asia-Pacific region,with more routes and lower fares than their main competitors, and thisnew alliance will enable them to maximise that scale," he said.
Jetstar, operating 60 aircraft, is the world's largest long-haul budgetcarrier, while AirAsia leads the Asian low-cost market with 85 planesservicing more than 60 destinations.
Analysts said the two were moving to dominate the growing Asian budgetsector and were likely to announce further joint ventures.
"Certainly the teaming of two of Asia's leading low-cost carrierssuggests that there will be some move to really dominate this regionover the longer term," Derek Sadubin, chief operating officer of theCentre for Asia Pacific Aviation, told AFP.
"We expect that the agreement could flourish over time to includerevenue-generating agreements and potential joint ventures in a rangeof other areas."
IG Markets analyst Ben Potter said Jetstar and AirAsia were "thinking outside the box" to stay ahead of the competition.
"In an extremely competitive environment where airlines have been underconstant pressures from a number of different forces, this world firstalliance is very positive indeed," he said.
"The Asia-Pacific region is one of the biggest growth markets inaviation, so any ways to further reduce costs and offer morecompetitive fares will benefit both shareholders and customers."
Qantas shares rose 1.4 percent to 3.0 Australian dollars (2.7 US) shortly after the announcement.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gqYgwDydUPFYsA-wOX1DBAp7CFMA
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