Originally Posted by
380Flyer
BAD ANALYSTS!!!
Analysts are analysts because they do not want to take the risk and actually bet on their opinions. They can say what they want with little consequence.
CEO's, executives etc are the ones who make actual bets...
analysts have always had a bias towards SQ....
so do magazines etc and most posters
SQ is untouchable.
and SQ is government owned. - Talk to a bank about financing when they know that a government is behind you- Talk to the same bank and they know a private business is behind you...
Guess who gets the better terms?
but they forget that SQ was always bigger than CX.
until 2005
Since then CX has left SQ a long way behind. CX needs to be compared to larger airlines at their hubs. BA at LHR, LH at Frankfurt etc - until these airlines launch LCC's from their own hubs- asking CX to launch an LCC makes no sense.
The only region where SQ is stronger than CX - Australia NZ
and that is only because QF has used the Aussie government to slow CX and CX has not been aggressive in NZ like SQ ( 2wice daily CHC over summer- daily winter)