CEO Talks Archives - SamChui.com Sam Chui Aviation & Travel Tue, 19 Dec 2023 09:34:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://samchui.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1con2-100x100.png CEO Talks Archives - SamChui.com 32 32 108386868 CEO Talks: An Update from Scandinavian Airlines on Alliance and Fleet https://samchui.com/2023/12/19/ceo-talks-an-update-from-scandinavian-airlines-on-alliance-and-fleet/ https://samchui.com/2023/12/19/ceo-talks-an-update-from-scandinavian-airlines-on-alliance-and-fleet/#respond Tue, 19 Dec 2023 09:10:20 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=50259 There are quite some changes we can see at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) during these times. With a new investor consortium around Air France-KLM, SAS is planning to leave the Star Alliance in favor of SkyTeam. I had a chat with Scandinavian Airlines President & CEO Anko van der Werff during a recent webcast. Leaving the […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2023/12/19/ceo-talks-an-update-from-scandinavian-airlines-on-alliance-and-fleet/feed/ 0 50259 Emirates CCO Adnan Kazim on Airline Performance, Aircraft Orders and Middle East Conflict https://samchui.com/2023/11/10/emirates-cco-adnan-kazim-on-airline-performance-aircraft-orders-and-middle-east-conflict/ https://samchui.com/2023/11/10/emirates-cco-adnan-kazim-on-airline-performance-aircraft-orders-and-middle-east-conflict/#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2023 07:05:25 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=49884 I met Adnan Kazim, Emirates' Chief Commercial Officer at the sidelines of Arab Air Carriers Organization 56th AGM in Riyadh. We spoke about the latest airline performance, new aircraft orders, and the Middle East Conflict. Here is the Q&A interview transcript. Can you give us an update on Emirates' operation and the load factor? We […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2023/11/10/emirates-cco-adnan-kazim-on-airline-performance-aircraft-orders-and-middle-east-conflict/feed/ 1 49884 CEO Talks: Turkish Airlines Large Aircraft Order Delayed and Leasing 34 Aircraft https://samchui.com/2023/10/29/ceo-talks-turkish-airlines-large-aircraft-order-delayed-and-leasing-34-aircraft/ https://samchui.com/2023/10/29/ceo-talks-turkish-airlines-large-aircraft-order-delayed-and-leasing-34-aircraft/#comments Sun, 29 Oct 2023 14:10:11 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=49780 Turkish Airlines’ large aircraft order has been further delayed and will be made in the upcoming months, Turkish Airlines Chairman Ahmet Bolat confirmed to CEO talks. In the meantime, the Star Alliance member has agreed to lease 34 aircraft from AerCap, including three Boeing 787-9s, 25 737 MAX 8s and lease extensions on six current […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2023/10/29/ceo-talks-turkish-airlines-large-aircraft-order-delayed-and-leasing-34-aircraft/feed/ 4 49780 CEO Talks: Air Astana Fleet Update on B787, A321LR and E190-E2 https://samchui.com/2023/07/11/ceo-talks-air-astana-fleet-update-on-b787-a321lr-and-e190-e2/ https://samchui.com/2023/07/11/ceo-talks-air-astana-fleet-update-on-b787-a321lr-and-e190-e2/#respond Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:57:08 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=48753 With an area of 2,724,900 square kilometres, Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest country in the world and also the largest landlocked country. Located in Central Asia and the former Soviet Republic, Kazakhstan stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Altai Mountains on its eastern border with China and Russia. The country's largest metropolis, […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2023/07/11/ceo-talks-air-astana-fleet-update-on-b787-a321lr-and-e190-e2/feed/ 0 48753 CEO Talks: Saudi’s New National Airline Riyadh Air https://samchui.com/2023/07/03/ceo-talks-saudis-new-national-airline-riyadh-air/ https://samchui.com/2023/07/03/ceo-talks-saudis-new-national-airline-riyadh-air/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2023 07:32:32 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=48688 One of the world’s newest and most ambitious airlines; Riyadh Air made its international debut at the Paris Airshow with a striking purple Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The new airline has plans to carry more than 100 million passengers to a network of more than 100 destinations by the end of the decade. I interviewed Riyadh […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2023/07/03/ceo-talks-saudis-new-national-airline-riyadh-air/feed/ 2 48688 CEO Talks: Turkish Airlines Outlines Australia Strategy and 600 Aircraft Orders https://samchui.com/2023/06/18/ceo-talks-turkish-airlines-outlines-australia-strategy-and-600-aircraft-orders/ https://samchui.com/2023/06/18/ceo-talks-turkish-airlines-outlines-australia-strategy-and-600-aircraft-orders/#respond Sun, 18 Jun 2023 13:18:34 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=48579 Turkish Airlines is preparing to serve the Australian market, as it evaluates adding more destinations to its network. Australasia is the sole continent to which Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines does not currently operate. This will change from December 2023, when a 3X-weekly Istanbul-Singapore-Melbourne service will be launched, operated by a Boeing 787-9 aircraft. “At the beginning, it [will not […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2023/06/18/ceo-talks-turkish-airlines-outlines-australia-strategy-and-600-aircraft-orders/feed/ 0 48579 CEO Talks with Embraer President and CEO Francisco Gomes Neto https://samchui.com/2023/06/06/ceo-talks-with-embraer-president-and-ceo-francisco-gomes-neto/ https://samchui.com/2023/06/06/ceo-talks-with-embraer-president-and-ceo-francisco-gomes-neto/#respond Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:32:50 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=48120 Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer sees itself coming out even stronger without the established joint venture with Boeing. The partnership was founded in February 2019, after Boeing agreed to purchase an 80% stake in Embraer's commercial aircraft division, but in April 2020 it was not executed due to the pandemic and an uncertain market outlook. During […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2023/06/06/ceo-talks-with-embraer-president-and-ceo-francisco-gomes-neto/feed/ 0 48120 CEO Talks: flydubai considers Airbus A321LR Orders https://samchui.com/2023/05/17/ceo-talks-flydubai-considers-airbus-a321lr-orders/ https://samchui.com/2023/05/17/ceo-talks-flydubai-considers-airbus-a321lr-orders/#respond Wed, 17 May 2023 13:39:25 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=48316 flydubai hopes to make a new aircraft order soon. The long-term Boeing operator is open for Airbus as the A320neo family range creates new opportunities, flydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith told me in Dubai. “As a matter of fact it has been a long time, since 2017, we have not made any aircraft order“, Ghaith […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2023/05/17/ceo-talks-flydubai-considers-airbus-a321lr-orders/feed/ 0 48316 CEO Talks: Update on Air India’s Transformation https://samchui.com/2023/05/15/ceo-talks-update-on-air-indias-transformation/ https://samchui.com/2023/05/15/ceo-talks-update-on-air-indias-transformation/#respond Mon, 15 May 2023 12:49:31 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=48343 I met with Air India CEO, Campbell Wilson on the transformation of Air India since the TATA group takeover. We discussed the new aircraft orders, existing aircraft retrofit, all the changes and challenges to revive Air India. The CEO also reacted to some skepticism about the changes. Here is the transcript of the Q&A: Video […]

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