We're not containing Macau skies, says Air Macau CEO David Fei
We are just totally controlling them, he could have said, as "VIVA Macau was not restricted in its operation, as long as Air Macau approved of where it was intending to fly.[footnote]" From linguistic point of view, this is probably one of the finest oxymorons an aviation industry representative could come up with while trying to protect his domination of the skies.
If civil aircraft were equipped with rockets, they'd be firing at one another right now. Luckily we are not into another episode of star wars, but this war of words doesn't lead Macau any closer to the source of tourists it needs and wants.
As Macau heads into a largely unknown, but hugely promising, future, first of our home-grown airlines does extremely well in two major areas: protectionism and ... golf ! Air Macau directors are continuously ranking among the best local golf players, while VIVA Macau tries to excel
in ... well, aviation business.
Beat up your own people, so the outsiders would feel scared! An age-old totalitarian dogma that nicely found its way into a booming capitalist melting pot that Macau is today.
Singaporeans should be grateful as they are able to put two of their carriers on a lucrative route, which could have brought a handful of benefits, and income, to all Macau airlines and Macau people. It didn't. The service is reserved for yet another Macau airline that doesn't even exist, if not on paper, not without the Air Macau's blessing.
Oh, we should have overreacted here. Why not letting foreign operators to take care of our business and our future? It's been done so successfully in so many sectors of our economy already. Why bother registering local company and going through the myriad of procedures, tons of paperwork, hassle with authorisations and the likes, when you can do better by just being an outsider? Come and take advantage of Macau economic boom! Why not? The local regulators will protect you from ... local competitors! They will indeed make sure that your "home-grown" business adversaries are well-groomed by prohibitive local bureaucracy and sufficiently sick and tired of their own labour blues.
Macau means money, it seems to have more money, than it can possibly cope with. It's all there waiting for you, just come and take it. The destination is Macau!
Footnote: Macau Daily Times, 06 March 2008
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