RedQ could be the new name for Qantas in China

[Alex Morley]

RedQ could be the new name for Qantas in China

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/travel/news/redq-could-be-the-new-name-for-qantas-in-china/story-fn32891l-1226135379438

[Greg W.]

This is a curious choice of name given that some people refer to communists as 'reds'. To me, I am stating the obvious, but maybe not so for some QF management types.

[Andrew P]

But then every Chinese gets girl married in red (traditional) lai see packets given at Chinese new year are red, etc etc

[Ash W]

Sounds more like an internal project name to me rather than an airline name.

[Jayden Laing]

RedQ already has some competition lined up...

AIRASIA chief executive officer Tony Fernandes is planning to start a new regional airline to compete with Australian carrier Qantas, a news report says.
The Sun daily reported today, quoting unnamed aviation sources, that the airline would be a super-premium full-service carrier to rival Qantas' upcoming carrier RedQ.
Plans are for the airline, likely to be called Caterham Jet, to be operating from an airport near the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur from May next year, the report said.
Proposed routes include Bangkok, Jakarta and Singapore, it said. The airline has yet to obtain an operating licence from the government though several Bombardier CRJ have been secured, the report said.
Fernandes, who is also Formula One Team Lotus principal, bought British sports car company Caterham Cars earlier this year.
An AirAsia spokesman said the budget carrier could not immediately comment on the report. Fernandes, who was travelling in Tokyo, could not immediately be reached.

Malaysia-based AirAsia has become one of the airline industry's biggest success stories after Fernandes acquired the then-failing company a decade ago.
Its 2010 full-year net profit nearly doubled to 1.07 billion ringgit ($A328 million) compared to 2009.
Embattled Australian carrier Qantas recently grounded its global fleet for two days to force an end to months of strike action by pilots, engineers and ground staff, leaving some 70,000 travellers stranded.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/airasia-to-compete-with-qantas/story-e6freuyi-1226190678185

[Andrew P]

see Air Asia Philippines makes its 1st flight in early December,

will operate on same modus QF will use in Asia, a less than 50% ownership, with the majority locally owned by passive investors