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"Stop The Boats" Takes Toll On Bottom Line

icyfroth — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 04:59:47 GMT

Drop in asylum seeker boat arrivals hits charter operator's bottom line

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's mission to 'stop the boats' has taken a toll on airlines that once racked up big business flying intercepted asylum seekers across the region.

Fly-in fly-out and charter operator Alliance Aviation Services is searching for new clients to offset a downturn in ad hoc charters from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection now that unauthorised boat arrivals are at a standstill.

The Brisbane-based airline reported a 34.2 per cent fall in half-year underlying earnings to $7.1 million in the first half, based on a 9 per cent fall in revenue during the period as flight hours per aircraft fell.

Chief executive Scott McMillan attributed the lower earnings in part to the airline doing "a lot fewer charters" for the government since Prime Minister Tony Abbott was elected in September.

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monman12 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:11:32 GMT

Actually IF the aircraft could be fitted out for some "chemtrailing" which has been all up in the air recently.

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icyfroth — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:12:43 GMT

@monman12 wrote:
Actually IF the aircraft could be fitted out for some "chemtrailing" which has been all up in the air recently.
nɥºɾ

not touching that one Monno

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lakeland27 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:13:11 GMT

a dubious claim.

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icyfroth — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:17:03 GMT

@lakeland27 wrote:
a dubious claim.

Oh yes. They're always dubious claims when they're about Mr Abbotts successes lol.

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lakeland27 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:23:03 GMT

touchy. what i mean is i doubt the operators claim.

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icyfroth — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:23:42 GMT

@lakeland27 wrote:
touchy. what i mean is i doubt the operators claim.

why?

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lakeland27 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:43:42 GMT

i just feel like it.

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icyfroth — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:46:11 GMT

@lakeland27 wrote:
i just feel like it.

thought so lol

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silverfaun — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 06:22:37 GMT

I presume the immigrant industry lawyers will be doing it tough now as well. The massive industry that mushroomed around the Labor policy failures on borders staggers the mind.

Billions of dollars was geared up by Labor to try to put a lid on it, to try to hide the massive failures they engineered, money no object.

We are now witnessing Labor & its supporters doing everything they can to discredit the successes, we are also witness to the endless negativity run on the Abbott govt by the ABC.

The untold millions it will take just to get some semblence of border security back is mind boggling.

All thanks to Labor, this catastrophe that never seems to stop giving.

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newstart2380 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 06:53:18 GMT

@lakeland27 wrote:
touchy. what i mean is i doubt the operators claim.

you may doubt BUT you don't really know do you ?

Sewing the seed of doubt is a very good ploy of yours and you should consider politics as you would fit in very well.

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lakeland27 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 07:19:56 GMT

@newstart2380 wrote:
@lakeland27 wrote:
touchy. what i mean is i doubt the operators claim.
you may doubt BUT you don't really know do you ?
Sewing the seed of doubt is a very good ploy of yours and you should consider politics as you would fit in very well.

icy said lol because she gets it. its a poor attempt at a joke which is why you and 2 others missed it i guess.

politics ? i have no backing and i doubt anyone would vote for me .. i wouldn't .

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boris1gary — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:42:10 GMT

@silverfaun wrote:
I presume the immigrant industry lawyers will be doing it tough now as well. The massive industry that mushroomed around the Labor policy failures on borders staggers the mind.

Billions of dollars was geared up by Labor to try to put a lid on it, to try to hide the massive failures they engineered, money no object.

We are now witnessing Labor & its supporters doing everything they can to discredit the successes, we are also witness to the endless negativity run on the Abbott govt by the ABC.

The untold millions it will take just to get some semblence of border security back is mind boggling.

All thanks to Labor, this catastrophe that never seems to stop giving.

what are immigrant industry lawyers? Anybody know?

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ca04 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:52:59 GMT

what are immigrant industry lawyers? Anybody know?

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Yep we have a couple here in Alice they are simmilar to

A...........l. industry lawers. 🙂

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freakiness — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:01:40 GMT

Which ABC would that be?

The ones we get hardly report any negativity about Abbott.

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monman12 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:16:52 GMT

I doubt it is a dubious claim LL, as I noticed it in a Financial Review article.

Alliance Aviation Services earnings fall on fewer asylum seeker charters

Updated | Fly-in fly-out and charter operator Alliance Aviation Services is seeking more long-term contracts in the resources sector to offset a downturn in ad hoc charters from the government now that unauthorised boat arrivals are at a standstill.

Fly-in fly-out and charter operator Alliance Aviation Services has entered a trading halt prior to the release of its half-year accounts after the company’s shares plunged by 9 per cent in trading on Wednesday.

If you wish for some aviation technical information LL here are the "wet lease" operational hours for the company:

1HFY13 = 4,320

1HFY14 = 1,592

Meaning 1/3 of the hours leased (with fuel) to customers in the 2014 period compared with 2013.

nɥºɾ

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silverfaun — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:43:38 GMT

Like I said. The industries that burgeoned under the Labor failures are now doing it tough & will prob fail in the long run. Will Abbott be blamed for these job losses too.

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icyfroth — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 03:04:10 GMT

@lakeland27 wrote:
@newstart2380 wrote:
@lakeland27 wrote:
touchy. what i mean is i doubt the operators claim.
you may doubt BUT you don't really know do you ?
Sewing the seed of doubt is a very good ploy of yours and you should consider politics as you would fit in very well.
icy said lol because she gets it. its a poor attempt at a joke which is why you and 2 others missed it i guess.
politics ? i have no backing and i doubt anyone would vote for me .. i wouldn't .

I only lolled because you call "dubious" straight off the top without even knowing the first thing about it. So funny the way you do that.

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lakeland27 — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 03:18:17 GMT

that was merely because i have so easily debunked material you've put here in the past. as i said it was a poor joke.

MM you really need to read the entire thread.

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icyfroth — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 03:46:49 GMT

attacking the material I put on here is not the same as debunking.

As evidenced by your "dubious" comment, which you've admitted you made simply because you felt like it, hardly makes your comments credible.