Minutes from CCA Meeting
Introductions
General Star Alliance by Chris Klick
Carrier Updates:
LOT:
new CEO since March 2006
4 new Embraer aircraft acquired in 2006
expansion of e-ticketing product
re-vamp of Business Class on transatlantic routes
20% more transatlantic passengers July 2006 vs. July 2005
Air China:
Star Alliance MoU signing 22 May 2006
Air China share swaps Dragonair with Cathay Pacific
Olympic Games 2008
Asiana Airlines:
New president of Asiana Airlines
New logo
New destinations launched
Code-share with Qatar Airways
Austrian:
New President
New long-haul business class product on Boeing 777s
Australian routes to be discontinued end of March 2007 (incl. KUL and SIN).
New destinations and more frequencies to Eastern Europe
Singapore Airlines:
New destinations MOW, BCN, MXP.
New aircraft orders Boeing 787s, Airbus A350s, Airbus A380s.
Fuel costs
ANA:
Japanese economy improving
Record profits in 2005
20 years of flying internationally.
New international routes: ORD end of October 2006
New Terminal 1 at NRT; very successful PR launch
Liz Baker
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