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The so-called "Emirates business model" is the business model that lies at the heart of Emirates's commercial success.〔(Rise of the Emirates Empire ) CNN Money, 1 October 2005〕 Its main ingredients are a lean workforce comparable to a low-cost carrier and a flat organisational structure that allows the airline to maintain low overhead costs.〔''The Economist (Easy Oz - Emirates, Low cost is coming to long haul flights, next could be low fares''), pp. 82/3, The Economist Newspaper Ltd., London, 29 October 2005〕 Some industry analysts believe the airline is second only to Ryanair on a cash cost per seat basis due to lower operating costs at its Dubai base.〔 This enables it to serve secondary destinations profitably by connecting these via its global hub in Dubai.〔''The Economist (Flights of fancy''), www.economist.com, 5 October 2006〕〔(Tim Clark, President, Emirates Airline: Speech to the European Aviation Club, 12 November 2009, p. 11 )〕 Emirates has not joined any global airline alliance, stating that unless an airline is the lead participant in such an alliance - e.g. Lufthansa in the Star Alliance or Air France in SkyTeam, individual alliance members' freedom of action is compromised by the imposition of common alliance goals that mainly serve the interests of the alliance leaders.〔(Emirates.com )〕〔(Tim Clark, President, Emirates Airline: Speech to the European Aviation Club, 12 November 2009, pp. 12-15 )〕 Emirates operates an all-widebody fleet, largely composed of Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s. This results in lower unit costs compared to other large airlines operating a mix of narrow- and widebody fleets and allows the airline to use the aircraft's cargo capacity to increase its revenues and total profits. Since Dubai International Airport does not have any night flying restrictions, Emirates achieves a higher utilisation of its aircraft than competitors. It also has lower staff costs than longer established rivals, because in Dubai there are no unions and there is an abundance of cheap labour from India and Pakistan.〔 ==Accusations of unfair competition== The established network carriers in Europe, Canada and Australasia, i.e. Air France-KLM, Lufthansa, British Airways, Air Canada, Qantas and Air New Zealand, perceive Emirates' strategic decision to reposition itself as a global carrier as a major threat because it allows air travellers to bypass traditional airline hubs such as London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt Airport and Amsterdam Schiphol on their way between Europe/North America and Asia/Australia by changing flights at Dubai instead. Some of these carriers, notably Air France and Qantas, have accused Emirates of receiving hidden state subsidies and of maintaining too cozy a relationship with Dubai's airport authority and its aviation authority, both of which are also wholly state-owned entities that share the same government owner with the airline. They also allege that Emirates is able to reduce its borrowing costs below market rates by taking advantage of its government shareholders' sovereign borrower status. They claim that this government support cross-subsidises the airline, masking its true financial performance.〔〔(Emirates Accused of Unfair Practices )〕〔Financial Times (Row erupts between Qantas and Emirates), UK Edition, London, 9 November 2005〕〔(Tim Clark, President, Emirates Airline: Speech to the European Aviation Club, 12 November 2009, pp. 5-7 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emirates business model」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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