Blog homeI am sorry. Yes this is bad taste. Indeed so bad taste that you are unlikely to find it featured in any travel trade press – hence I feel I am doing a bit of public service by distributing them here.
Here are the current odds for the next airline to officially go into administration:
SkyEurope 5 – 2
Alitalia 4 – 1
Air Berlin 7 – 1
Spanair 9 – 1
Vueling Airlines 10 – 1
Clickair 10 – 1
LOT 10 – 1
Olympic 12 – 1
Germanwings 12 – 1
Malev 14 – 1
JetBlue 14 – 1
Aeroflot 14 – 1
Aer Arann 16 – 1
Scandinavian airlines 16 – 1
Jetstar 16 – 1
United Airlines 16 – 1
Flybe 20 – 1
Czech Airlines 33 – 1
BMI 40 – 1
Aer Lingus 40 – 1
Qantas 50 – 1
Virgin Atlantic 66 – 1
easyJet 66 – 1
Lufthansa 100 – 1
BA 100 – 1
Air France 100 – 1
Ryanair 100 – 1
Source – PaddyPower – where you can bet on these odds if you so wish….. oh dear
XL – My thoughts are with you.
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Oh, you’re so big and brave, Alex.
We, the toothless and self-serving trade press are so scared to run such a tasteless yet witty and insightful post.
Of course, we could’ve simply been too busy writing our own coverage of today’s events to bother with this.
what price on the tour operators then?
It was actually a compliment!
I am truly stunned – a compliment to the trade press from Musings. An industry first, as they say.
Yeah – if it wasn’t a compliment – I would have written “this is in such bad taste I wonder why the trade press haven’t picked up on it yet”
Incidentally, I like your new mag….. !
that’s very kind of you. read it all here:
http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2008/09/12/1708/Travolution+Journeys.html
thanks.
HI Kevin
I don’t need to read it as I have found I have written half of it!
the link wasn’t meant for you, but your reader(s).
NB: Alex has written a half page article and is quoted twice(ish) in another article. hardly half of the almost 120 pages.
Can you for the life of me get the name of Australias national carrier correct, it’s QANTAS not Quantas, the original name was Queensland and Northern Territories Aerial Service.
Thank you.
R L Hampton
Hi Richard
Thanks…… it was a cut & paste job from PaddyPower….. but I should have spotted it.
Please also inform PaddyPower of your displeasure as well
Cheers from the UK.
Alex
Loving It, if the Olympic Medal Count doesn’t get the aussies riled, then mispelling the National airline is always a sure bet
All better now, thanks Alex.
Re: Olympic medal count…..
We were being nice to our new big brother China, the Aussie team held back being benevolent peeps that we are, but lovely Matthew Mitcham did us proud in more ways than one!
Cheers Rick
Hey Lee,
Tweaked your comments…. Incidentally – putting that big “in administration” post on the first page of your website….. makes it look like you are in administration rather than XL !
Alex
Alex – we also love to call the Flying Kangaroo “the Red Rat” but that is another story.
Very strange that the odds of Air France are better than QANTAS. QF have just announced another incredible set of results (deserved or otherwise). This is one of the most profitable airlines in the world. As a regular flyer I would love them to be in a bit of competitive trouble and therefore driven to improve their product but this airline is in the middle of a golden age of results.
It was first posted on Paddy Power as “First airline to crash” – but they later changed it following complaints about the connotations of the word “crash” in the airline industry.
Eek!
…. and now PaddyPower have “closed” betting on airlines.
Instead they now have a market for “next bank to crash”. Failing travel companies is yesterday’s news….. what is the digital equivalent to chip wrapping paper?
Fascinating… I sense some shorting soon ….. but where’s iberia in that list? Alitalia looks a good bet!
Paddy Power have reopened betting again
Paddy Power airline odds
This time excluding Alitalia.
FlyGlobespan (6-4) and Spanair (6-1) don’t look too good
Now flyGlobeSpan are threatening to sue Paddy Power because they were listed near the top of the odds
“The Edinburgh-based company last night appeared to have won a victory over Irish bookmaker Paddy Power after the firm suspended bets on who will be the next victim of the world aviation crisis. Paddy Power said it had stopped taking bets because of lack of interest. ”
From the Scotsman