by root | Apr 22, 2020 | Africa Business, Africa Commercial Telegraph Weekly, NewPost
Top business stories from Sub-Saharan Africa from the pages of the regional press – April 22 South African Airways – “South African Airways (SAA) is set to lay off all of its employees at the end of April. A document detailing the airline’s severance...
by root | Apr 22, 2020 | MENA Business Daily, NewPost
The top business/economic stories from the MENA region as reported in the regional and industry press – April 22 Qatar/China – “China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and Qatar Petroleum officially signed a RMB20bn($2.86bn) contract for the...
by root | Apr 22, 2020 | MENA Business Daily, NewPost
The top business/economic stories from the MENA region as reported in the regional and industry press – April 21 Oil Markets – “The day started like any other gloomy Monday in the oil market’s worst crisis in a generation. It ended with prices falling...
by Afshin Molavi | Apr 21, 2020 | Aviation, Latin America, NewPost
Two of the finest thinkers on matters globalization and fellow New Silk Road travelers, Andres Martinez and Richard Aboulafia, had a conversation recently about air travel, globalization, the airline industry, Mexico, Covid-19, and more. The following are some...
by root | Apr 21, 2020 | Aviation, Aviation Times Weekly, NewPost
Virgin Australia – Virgin Australia became the nation’s biggest corporate casualty of the coronavirus, calling in administrators after the outbreak deprived the debt-burdened airline of almost all income. Deloitte will take control of the company, the...
by Afshin Molavi | Apr 20, 2020 | Caravanserai, NewPost
The men and women of our humble Caravanserai are catching up on their reading in these Covid-19 times. Overheard: a veteran seafarer on merchant ships across the oceans was re-reading Herman Melville’s classic, Moby Dick, that great chronicle of 19th century...
