NEGATIVE OUTLOOK:The company’s joint venture with Singapore’s Tiger Airways is in a dire situation and might be shut down, CAL chairman Ho Nuan-hsuan said
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 02, 2016
By: Ted Chen / Staff reporter
China Airlines Ltd (CAL, 中華航空) yesterday said it has fully recovered from the losses stemming from
China Airlines chairman Ho Nuan-hsuan, center, introduces new members of his management team to the media at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Kan Chi-chi, Taipei Times
a flight attendants’ strike in June and outlined plans to revitalize its business.
“Our overall passenger load factor reached 81.2 percent in July and 82.6 percent last month,” CAL chairman Ho Nuan-hsuan (何煖軒) told a news conference in Taipei.
Ho said the company is confident that its third-quarter earnings would top its domestic peers.
“I do not have regrets about doing what had to be done,” Ho said, referring to the concessions he approved to end the strike.
“The concessions are in line with government regulations,” Ho said. “Those who participated in the strike are still my colleagues and it is vital to preserve amicable relations.” [FULL STORY]
