RE: PIA PIC

Nice shot Keltic. 🙂

RE: for PII

those wingmen are no good!

RE: Pic of the evening…from a different angle.

Yes its a brilliant c/s….superb pic A330C.

RE: Nothing justifies deliberate & wanton killing of civilians

>Sikhs are one of many oppressed and terrorized minorities in
>India. However nothing can justify terrorism; the wanton &
>deliberate killing of innocent civilians, whatever the
>grievance, is unforgiveable.

Thats such a biased comment….i would like to rephrase that they were. Also to point out its the bloody whole community just some people in it who drag the community word with them.

>All credit must go to the Canadian authorities for not
>giving up on this case and ensuring that justice is finally
>done.

very true.

>Sikhs will get their independent homeland (Khalistan)
>someday where they can live and practice their faith in
>freedom. But that freedom will have to come through peaceful
>means, not through terrorism.

This wont happen…..those days of Sikh terrorism were over after operation blue star and assasination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi.

>If the whole Indian sub-continent could win its freedom from
>the British through peaceful Civil Disobedience then I am
>sure there is still some hope for the long suffering Sikhs
>(tens of thousands of whose brethren were slaughtered by
>Hindu zealots in the streets of India in the aftermath of
>Mrs. Gandhi’s assassination with the Indian police standing
>by and, in many cases, aiding the genocide).

They won freedom through peaceful disobedience?? The Civil Disobedience movement started by Gandhi was a failure, he pulled out of it during the second round table confrence in 1931, when nothing was concluded he came back to india and stated it again. A incident took place at a place caled Chauri Chora where 21 polic people were killed and after this Gandhi withdrew the movement and was dorment in Indian pol. for sometime. Yes i agree attrocities were commited after the assasination of Mrs. Gandhi but you have to see the past activities for thens communal riots.

And please for heaven sake dont take up religious issues like this on this forum.

RE: Airliner World 2010

>Kabir, what, if any, consoidation could happen in Asia? I
>have heard for years that JAL is in trouble, like UA, AA and
>AC, too labour heavy, and the government apparently gave a
>number of slots at Narita to foreign airlines (a while back
>now). For example, would both Malaysian and Singapore
>survive, both ANA and JAL, Korean and Asiana?

Stephen SIA and ANA are not facing any types of problems currently…both are moving on in the Asian aviation industry in rock solid spirit. Malaysian is slowly gaining popularity and most important of all profits, a new CEO has recently taken over Malaysian.

You have heard right, JAL is not in a very good condition. JAL is getting aid from the government for past 3 years and like Air India JAL has a problem of over-staffing. JAL operates around 250 people per aircraft. SIA and Thai already work in collaboration for only South East Asia. I dont see any major Consodation in this area but i do know that Asiana is bleeding within. Its in a poor financial state and is continuing to deplete. On the other hand Korean Air is doing well and gaining profits, specialy from the Cargo sector. I wont be surprised in future seeing Korean Air gobble Asiana. In my opinion Asiana’s management staff is not upto the mark, they are taking out routes that are not that profitable, while they should first concentrate on improving there financial status not adding more lines on there route map. Actualy there present strategy is gaining more from trans-pacific routes. hence it operates to countries like India where there is a huge market for USA bound travelers. Also Asiana is cheaper than many other airlines, if you want to goto USA its cheaper that AI from here. That is why Asiana’s most profit making sectors are to the States.

Also we have growing airlines in Asia which include Air India, PIA and Vietnam Airlines who have strategies to expand there current route network by 50%…specialy AI and PK. Vietnam also is steadly increasing its fleet capacity with Airbus for short haul and Boeing for long haul. Of coourse the Boeing deal is part of an aid pact to Vietnam by USA.

Also not forgetting likes of SriLankan, who are famous more on the European routes rather than Asian ones.

Also taking China in….none airliens are in any sort of major colaboation with any other airline, although China Eastern does have with Air india, its a different story it goes half empty.

RE: Cricket World Cup – 2003

>This debate is pointless, everyone knows Pakistan is gonna
>win! 🙂

dream on pal! 🙂