geoff dixon - Orient Aviation

December 2005-January 2006
CONTENTS
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COVER STORY
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PERSON OF THE YEAR
Qantas Airways managing
director and CEO, Geoff Dixon
Geoff Dixon knows only one way to face the
challenges confronting his airline – head on.
In the process this no-nonsense Australian
has made Qantas of the most profitable
carriers in the world.
49TH AAPA ASSEMBLY OF PRESIDENTS
12 AAPA carriers buck the world trend
with record profits
PLUS full coverage of the annual
airline summit and its newly released
annual report
CARGO
36 Korean Air Cargo
on top of the world
38 Major expansion
at Incheon airport
40 Asia to take part
in e-freight pilot
scheme
LOW- COST CARRIERS
28 Jetstar could become the first
global LCC
CHINA PERSPECTIVE
32 How successful have been China’s
airline consolidation reforms
29 Ozjet setting a trend
AIRPORTS
42 Too many ‘vanity’ airports in Japan,
say critics
4 ORIENT AVIATION DECEMBER 2005-JANUARY 2006