Yes, who will tell them? Years ago it was the Swiss [Wilhem Tellblackbox wrote:Let's face it: the fleet is a weak point of SN. I know people avoiding SN because they don't want to end up in thos BAEs/Avro's...
] that told SN needed a Airbus fleet, in German...I will tell them in English, that the lesson then was, don't buy what cann't pay....
When you don't have the money, you need imagination.
Some people obviously think that imagination can be found in Africa.
In German that is called: Gewieftheit (Wasn't Wilhem Tell not from Uri?)
Synonyme für Gewieftheit: Gerissenheit, Finesse, Raffinesse, Gewitztheit, Pfiffigkeit, Raffinement, Schlauheit, Trick, Findigkeit, Schläue, Kunstgriff, Feinheit.
The economies of French speaking Africa, with their CFA linked currency, are like a fish on the dry. Some say their condition is worse than 20 years ago....
Leaves: English speaking Africa.
Their economies are doing a little better. Their airlines have an african and intercontinental network*.
Thriving african economies that do well, have petrol.
That narrows the selection to a Portuguese speaking country and a few English speaking countries, that are in a process of quickly learning Chinese.
Of all the african countries, it looks like the airline is selecting, frenchspeaking, landlocked countries without petrol**.
Call that Gerissenheit, Finesse, Raffinesse, Gewitztheit, Pfiffigkeit, Raffinement, Schlauheit, Trick, Findigkeit, Schläue, Kunstgriff, Feinheit.
*All these countries have also intercontinental airlines visiting them. French speaking countries have few of these links, as there are are: DXB, SIN, KUL, BOM/DEL and other chinese destinations.
**Do they project to transport not more than the staff of IMF, the Worldbank and their families.
fftopic:
(Tintin au royaume des Babaoro'm, où il devient le sorcier attitré. Il découvrira que les hommes blancs qui veulent sa mort sont des gangsters affiliés à Al Capone, qui veut contrôler la production de diamants au Congo...)