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1. 1. SIA says passengers unaffected by United's woes

   biz.yahoo.com/rc/021210/airlin - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/10/2002   Last Visited: 12/10/2002

   John Casey, analyst at DBS Vickers Securities, said any route restructuring by United was likely to be on the less profitable domestic U.S. routes.
   
   "One would expect any route rejuggling to involve the least profitable routes rather than the more profitable routes, in particular the long-haul international flights," he said.
   
   "The places where Star Alliance interface with United Airlines should all be fairly untouched."
   
   Casey said SIA could benefit from passengers switching from United to SIA but said the increase in revenue would be small.
   
   "The impact from alliance partnerships is at most five percent of passenger revenues and that's from the entire alliance affiliation," he said.
   
   SIA shares were flat at S$10.90 in late afternoon trade on Tuesday.
   
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2. 2. Gulf Daily News

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   Published on: 3/30/2002   Last Visited: 3/30/2002

   "For SIA and Cathay, it's a different market segment - the premium market segment," said John Casey, a regional transport analyst with DBS Vickers Securities.
   
   "Philippine Airlines, Garuda (of Indonesia), Korean Air and China Airlines are possibly the airlines that may take up the challenge," he said.
   
   A survey by credit card firm MasterCard showed SIA was the top airline for business trips in the Asia-Pacific region with 17 per cent of respondents preferring the airline. It was followed by Cathay (12pc), MAS (10), Thai Airways (9) and China Airlines (9).
   
   MAS has cut business class fares by up to half to key destinations in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the United States, upending the Thai carrier which had earlier offered luxury seats for 20pc less.
   
   Business and first class seats - which normally can cost up to 10 times more than an economy seat - are the key money spinners for airlines.
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   Casey said Malaysia Airlines' strategy seems geared more towards convincing economy class passengers to upgrade to business class for a few hundred dollars more, rather than aiming to attract customers away from SIA and Cathay.
   
   "Generally speaking, business class travellers are not that price sensitive. The strategy they (MAS and Thai Airways) are taking is one of luring price-sensitive economy class passengers to upgrade for a few hundred dollars more.
   
   "Malaysian Airlines and Thai Airways have always been cheaper than SIA or Cathay. Just because they are cheaper still does not mean that customers will suddenly change allegiances," Casey added.

3. 3. Schwartz Finance -> Fullnews

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   Published on: 7/16/2002   Last Visited: 3/17/2003

   "Planes won't be able to fly non-stop, and they would have to land at secondary airports to refuel," said John Casey, an analyst at DBS Vickers Singapore Pte. "That's going to add costs for landing charges and more fuel."
   
   Eva Airways Corp., Taiwan's second-largest airline, may incur an extra cost of NT$10 million ($288,000) a week, if it changes its flight path in the event of war, said Katherine Ke, a company spokeswoman. The airline's flights to London, Vienna and Amsterdam as well as all cargo services to Brussels and Milan go over the Middle East.
   
   "There are about 20 alternative flight paths for us to choose from," said Ke.