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: Return of the industry in the "friendly skies aviation" by Farnborough 2010?

SUNIL KEWALRAMANI February 18, 2009

As investments, airlines are best left to the relentless optimism and colorful egomaniac. In the long term, a diversified portfolio of airlines has certainly lagged behind the broader market average. margins of airlines operating long-term averaged just 2 percent since 1950, says UBS.

In 2007, at the Paris Air Show, the aviation industry was Flying high .... The world economy was booming and the credit has been abundantly. Customers who had booked by Boeing and Airbus could get a premium for giving up their reservations in favor of companies interested in jumping on the history of the growth of the aviation industry. Today, airlines are happy to return their cameras to take delivery. In 2008, the Amex Airline Index has fallen more than 70%. Not only the game has changed, the dominant players have also changed. At Farnborough this year, East Etihad Airways ordered 45 planes East Boeing and 55 Airbus, worth about $ 20 billion at list prices. It strengthens the position of East East as one of the few regions where airlines have the financial clout to expand aggressively.

Singapore Airlines, which reported its third quarter results on February 10, 2009, is one of the operators less terrible. It has two qualities any carrier must bear hollow: a strong brand and a major shareholder of the patient (state Temasek, in case AIG). In addition to that, he has one leaves the world a better looking balance: money in the bank over the long-term liabilities of more than three to one, a young fleet of aircraft fuel, and the rated management teams around. As such, the world's largest airline by market value is a benchmark in the industry. If AIG is struggling, pity the rest.

AIG is indeed suffering. The period from September to December, traditionally the most profitable, saw net profit almost halved. operating parameters are sound: the passenger load factor decreased by only 3 percent, while the costs (excluding fuel) fell by 5.5 percent. But there came a cropper on hedging, locking fuel purchases at rates much higher than average period of 99 dollars a barrel. Losses should be widening: 44 percent of fuel needs for the fourth quarter - well above the industry average - have been pre-purchased at $ 131 a barrel, compared to cash price of the day 56 USD.

As the covers fall, however, SIA has a real opportunity to stand out from the pack in protecting its dividend. China Eastern has recently rejected Singapore Airlines' bid to expand its operations. Moreover, the cash flow after capital expenditures during the first nine months covering almost dividend last year. In an industry that fluctuates between the different degrees of more than ability, preserve the gain would be really pounding the difference between leaders and laggards.

For Vijay Mallya, the self-proclaimed "King of good times" reasons of its own after Richard Branson, the launch of Kingfisher Airlines three years ago seems to have come as a cropper. Slower economic growth because of the global crisis with unexpected dramatic increase in fuel prices earlier this year took the tail of the airline industry. There are urgent calls made to reduce taxes on sales of 26 per cent to 4 per cent which could help reduce air fares. A blood Mallya urged India to ease its restrictive policies on FDI, which currently prohibit foreign companies from owning stakes in domestic Indian carriers.

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