New sponsor - China Southern Airlines

[DemonOX 8,550]

there is Major - AHG

then Platinum Plus - Hertz, NT Gov

then Platinum - New Age Caravans, New Balance, City of Casey

Cheers Daisy

[DemonOX 8,550]

About $500K a year according to my sources within the club.

This is, I believe, the fastest growing airline in the world. I real coup.

Good $$$$ for a third tier sponsor.

[hardtack 10,129]

please...no lacist jokes here

lets just say Xièxiè

Or perhaps (from my thoughts regarding them), 中国南方航空公司，吸我的咸球

Edited March 12, 2014 by hardtack

[daisycutter 28,682]

Good $$$$ for a third tier sponsor.

maybe they are platinum plus?

[Bitter but optimistic 21,554]

Growing? Airline?

I know those words, but that sentence makes no sense...

Since when has that mattered on Dland?

[Moonshadow 16,388]

While as usual we don't know the details, on the face of it you'd have to give CS some credit for the new deal which PJ has finalised regardless of the Energywatch fiasco.

I have had a lot of dealings with big companies in Asia, particularly Japan, in my work. It takes a long time to get a relationship started. But usually once it is, confidence grows and it gets deep and lasts a long time. One I was involved in is still going after 27 years.

Congratulations on that Sue. You must be pleased.

Anyway, back to the MFC. Full praise to PJ..... CS, not so.

[Bitter but optimistic 21,554]

While as usual we don't know the details, on the face of it you'd have to give CS some credit for the new deal which PJ has finalised regardless of the Energywatch fiasco.

I have had a lot of dealings with big companies in Asia, particularly Japan, in my work. It takes a long time to get a relationship started. But usually once it is, confidence grows and it gets deep and lasts a long time. One I was involved in is still going after 27 years.

Something Moonshadow has never experienced.

[Whispering_Jack 28,089]

Well done to the club for landing China Southern. I was told when they pulled out of negotiations in early April last year that Cameron Schwab and his team at the club put in almost two years of hard work only to miss out on getting them across the line. My guess is they baulked at signing on during the height of our woes at the start of last season but someone involved from our club persisted and with PJ's authority we succeeded in the end.

Let's hope the team out on the ground matches that persistence.

[Gorgoroth 12,351]

Still nothing on club site or twitter.

[Machsy 2,858]

maybe they are platinum plus?

Platinum plus sponsors appear to be alternating shorts sponsors.

I doubt there's room for a 3rd, as it would decrease the frequency of the other sponsors appearing.

New Age Caravans, as current "platinum sponsors", appear prominently on the coaches' uniforms, as I'd expect CSA to do.

[Bitter but optimistic 21,554]

Take the money but not the free flights would be my advice.

[DeeSpencer 23,421]

According to a quick twitter search they sold 7 tickets to MH370 including the 2 who had stolen passports. Maybe not the best time to associate ourselves with them but hey 500k sounds good

[PaulRB 6,041]

If we can cultivate the relationship with China Southern Airlines like the Pies have done with Etihad, we would do very well.

[Bitter but optimistic 21,554]

If we can cultivate the relationship with China Southern Airlines like the Pies have done with Etihad, we would do very well.

If we could swap China Southern for Etihad we would do very well.

[beelzebub 22,282]

If we can cultivate the relationship with China Southern Airlines like the Pies have done with Etihad, we would do very well.

The two Airline regions with any real clout.. Middle East and China

if not one, foolish to ignore the other

[Deemotivated 550]

Chinese or middle eastern... Just bring your cheque book!!

[daisycutter 28,682]

Chinese or middle eastern... Just bring your cheque book!!

well at least it's not a russian airline

[Biffen 12,426]

Good news.

Well done MFC .

I suspect that Colonel Tom Parker may have helped get this deal done.

He is also no doubt responsible for the China trip which saw Max Yawn on Scully.

When that Irish gnome succeeds in destroying Qantas they could be our national carrier.

[sue 8,475]

Congratulations on that Sue. You must be pleased.

Anyway, back to the MFC. Full praise to PJ..... CS, not so.

I wasn't leaving the MFC. The point I was making is that a relationship with these companies can take a long time to start, but can last a long time. Could be great for the MFC.

So probably some praise to CS and maybe more to PJ, but we don't know the details of how it evolved so we can't apportion credit.

[Deemotivated 550]

Good news.

Well done MFC .

I suspect that Colonel Tom Parker may have helped get this deal done.

He is also no doubt responsible for the China trip which saw Max Yawn on Scully.

When that Irish gnome succeeds in destroying Qantas they could be our national carrier.

Given half a chance they will snap up as much of QF as possible...

[Guest]

Weren't too bad when I flew with them. I spent most of my time trying to tune onto the chick sitting next to me. Inflight meals were pretty limited and was mostly woodchipper chicken (i.e. a chicken thrown into a woodchipper and whatever came out the other side was served).
Good work from the MFC. Hard to proportion praise for this one so it's best to give a blanket 'well done'.

[caddypgt 30]

Given half a chance they will snap up as much of QF as possible...

They could be part of the lobby to repeal foreign ownership restrictions in the Qantas Sale Act.

[DemonOX 8,550]

About $500K a year according to my sources within the club.

This is, I believe, the fastest growing airline in the world. I real coup.

If I remember correctly a few yrs ago didn't we have a major sponsor for the same $$$$ as this one? I think it was either handkook or kasper.

Amazing how things change with a good administration in place.

[whatwhat say what 19,639]

so did fox footy get wind of it, and it's actually being announced tomorrow?

is the airline listed on the chinese stock exchange, or anywhere else for that matter?

[alpha33 277]

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