Fran\u00e7ois Choquette: In raw terms: 157 countries, 841 airports, 16409 daily flights and 19336 code-shares at the end of 2006. Globally, we remain the leading alliance in terms of passengers and destinations, with an overall market share of 26 %, putting us ahead of the other two alliances. In France, Star Alliance maintains its market share at around 15 %.<\/p>\n
F. C. : It has been confirmed that everything should be finished in the first quarter of 2008. This should be easy for Turkish Airlines, but more complex for the two Chinese airlines: the systems are radically different, particularly for distribution, GDS...<\/p>\n
F. C. : That's what we call 'white spots'... As far as South America is concerned, of course we regret Varig's departure, but it was necessary given the turn of events. As for Russia and India, we are of course continuing to make contacts, but there is nothing concrete for the moment. And this is all the more difficult as the local airlines, courted by the three alliances, are becoming increasingly demanding.<\/p>\n
F. C. : This is not something that can be achieved overnight. Consolidation is already well underway, with only three exceptions so far: Austrian, Air Canada and Swiss. The aim is to bring all the airlines together as part of the terminal renovation. France is, of course, not the only country where we are developing this 'move under one roof' strategy, which has already been completed at our hubs in Frankfurt, Zurich, Tokyo, Bangkok, Vienna, etc. It is clear that this enables us to acquire a certain authority vis-\u00e0-vis the airport authority and to multiply synergies on check-in, baggage management, etc.<\/p>\n
F. C. : On this point, there were a few illusions at the birth of the alliances, particularly concerning aircraft purchases. However, we can see that the logic of the alliance still works to influence negotiations in some purchasing sectors, such as catering or fuel. But that's not the main thing: the greatest synergies are still to be found in networks and customer loyalty, and the alliance's primary objective remains to feed routes with passengers in order to make them more profitable.<\/p>\n
1971: Born in Sherbrooke, Canada.<\/p>\n
2000-2002: Executive MBA at Concordia University, Montreal.<\/p>\n
2001-2003: Responsible for analysing partnership performance at Air Canada.<\/p>\n
2004: Director of Air Canada for France and the French West Indies.<\/p>\n
January 2007: Chairman of the Management Committee and spokesperson for Star Alliance in France.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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