AirAsia X stops Europe flights over taxes, Eurozone woes

Isn't it about time the EU and especially the UK government woke up to the fact that these ludicrous taxes are stifling the economy.

There will be many more announcements like this I suspect as the intra-airline trading of available carbon credits is used up.... only then will the real effects of ETS come to light. I predict massively spiralling costs, and substantial cutting of 'less valuable' routes as credits become a rarer commodity like slots at LHR. Only the most profitable airlines are likely to survive in the long run and the rest will be swallowed up - probably resulting in a total reversal of the planned benefits of Open Skies agreements.

That's what I call killing one of the geese that lays the golden egg. For the Britsh travelling public they will be left at the mercy of very high ticket prices as the other airlines will be left with no choice but to pass these costs on to the travelling public.

Air Asia does not have aircraft capable of non-stop North America to KL flights.

MY perception is that in Europe the intercontinental traffic is dominated by the majors, BA-IB, AF-KL, LH so it is extremely difficult to gain any market share, as it was proved with the experiences in the hot market between US and Europe... not ready yet for low cost international..

Air Asia X was not that attractive anyway when you shopped around at the full service airlines. They are slaughtered by Emirates which invents the long haul hub-spoke system, from Europe to Australasia and Africa, combined with low capital costs, efficient airliners, cheap personnel, fuel (?). They are the true low cost airline....

Maybe KUL-ANC..... LOL

Watch this space, today is Friday January 13th and France has just lost its AAA credit rating and the EU is going on with its ETS BS ? This is a wedge at the core of the Eurozone, leaving Germany alone. Don’t worry, the EC’s EU ETS will fizzle out as a damp squib, like all Euro Wank. China in general and its flag flyer-literally-Air China in particular have decided to get on with business and simply ignore this latest EU parasite, mascurading as a virus. The EU, needless to say is as always talking through its derriere, it has to, as it has no tactical balls, nor strategic brains and is very especially needy of attention to affirm its irrelevance, when the working world is too lethargic-after working-to be apathetic to care.
I’m scheduled on CAO 1042 tomorrow, Saturday 14th, EDDF-ZBAA, I’ll get the latest then. The world, like Air Asia X, need not be concerned, simply, don’t pay, and wait for the EC to give up/surrender, as usual and then impose a time-wasting Muppet Tax of €1 on all ex-EU flight on April 1 2012.

I hope the EC leaders - Ms Hedegaard particularly - get to read the posts on here, especially the very astute ones from David - who I totally agree with. They need a serious wake-up call before EU gets in an even deeper mess through their arrogant and insitutionalised posturing and mind-numbingly dumb policies. I've been trying to raise awareness in the industry for the past 2 years about the damage ETS will cause, and few people are aware, or even remotely interested, how serious the problem will become. And yes everyone, I am British and living in the EU..