Ibéria ?
Bah, comme les autres.
Et projet de fusion avec BA.
Intéressant de voir que le train à grande vitesse prend la moitié du marché entre Madrid et Barcelone. Comme il se passe la même chose sur Rome-Milan, on peut supposer que Paris-Toulouse, qui était la 3e ligne aérienne la plus fréquentée d'Erope, est maintenant la première.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/95693c32-ed52 ... fd2ac.html
Iberia profits down 90% as demand falls
By Mark Mulligan in Madrid
Published: January 28 2009 16:47 | Last updated: January 28 2009 16:47
Net profits at Iberia Airlines dropped about 90 per cent last year, as high fuel costs and flagging demand offset efficiency gains, the Spanish flag carrier said on Wednesday.
The airline, which is in merger talks with British Airways, told analysts that profits for the year were a provisional €32m ($42.3m), from operating revenues down 1.3 per cent at €5.5bn. Passenger revenues fell 2.5 per cent, to €4.2bn, while cargo was ahead slightly at €346m.
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Iberia is scheduled formally to report its full 2008 figures at the end of next month. Wednesday’s preview follows a BA profits warning this week when the OneWorld alliance partner said it would slip into loss for the year to end-March, after earlier guidance of a “small profit”.
The caution, which drove down the shares, further undermined its negotiations with Iberia, whose market value has been above that of the UK carrier since last Friday.
Iberia said fuel costs last year had been 45 per cent higher than in 2007, at €1.7bn. This represented 31 per cent of the total cost base.
Load factors suffered despite a sharp adjustment in domestic capacity, where the airline has been buffeted by falling demand, competition from low-cost operators, and the inauguration last year of a high-speed train service on the 608km between Madrid and Barcelona, Spain’s main business centres.
The load factor in Spain dropped 4.5 percentage points, to 71.3 per cent, despite a 17.1 per cent reduction in available seat kilometres.
Iberia estimates that the Madrid-Barcelona rail service could claim nearly 52 per cent of the passenger market this year, compared with 34 per cent last year. By 2011, nearly 57 per cent of travellers between the two cities could be opting to take the train, it says.
Capacity on long-haul services – mainly to Latin America – grew 3 per cent, but weakness in the final quarter dragged the load factor down 2 points.
Shares in Iberia were up 2.2 per cent, at €1.89, in afternoon trading in Madrid.
Toujours moins.
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Quand on a un javelin dans la main, tous les problèmes ressemblent à un T-72.
