Hollywood star poʻo le Air Pacific CEO

(eTN) - O tagata gaosi Hollywood o loʻo vaʻai e faʻatautaia le matafaioi a le ofisa sinia o loʻo faʻauluina se kamupani vaʻalele lele i atunuʻu mamao e faigofie ona filifilia Dave Pflieger.

(eTN) - O tagata gaosi Hollywood o loʻo vaʻai e faʻatautaia le matafaioi a le ofisa sinia o loʻo faʻauluina se kamupani vaʻalele lele i atunuʻu mamao e faigofie ona filifilia Dave Pflieger. E atamai o ia, talavou, lalelei, tautala ma faalilolilo. Sa nofo o ia i le pito (Air Force pailate ua manatu o ni masini); e talitonuina o ia lava (e aunoa ma le fia 'ai), ma talia le luʻi o le aumaia o le kamupani vaalele Air Pacific manaia i le tamaoaiga.

Tausaga o Aafiaga
Fanau i totonu o se aiga militeli i Seoul, Korea, Pflieger faauu mai le US Naval Academy (1985) i Annapolis, Maryland, ma felelei B-52s ma C-130s i le US Air Force, Air Force Reserve ma Air National Guard. Na ia mauaina lona faʻailoga MBA ma le tulafono (ma le eseʻesega) mai le Emory University i Atlanta, Georgia, ma faʻauʻu mai le University of Southern California's Aviation Security Program.

O ia sa fesoʻotaʻi ma le ofisa lōia a King ma Spalding seʻia oʻo ina maileia o ia e le ofo mai le Delta Airlines lea na avea ai o ia ma Faʻatonu o le Faigamalaga Faigamalaga, Ofisa Sili Lagolago Loia ma lele 767s, 757s ma 737s. Aʻo faʻagaioia le VP Operations ma le pese a Delta na ia faʻatulagaina le feʻaveaiga o 7 miliona tagata i tausaga taʻitasi.

I le 2004 na ia auai ai i le Virgin America o se faʻavae ofisa, galue o General Counsel, Senior Vice President Legal, Government Affairs and Sustainability, faʻapea foi ma le Vice President Operational Control Center ma - na ia lele loa vaʻalele o se Virgin America Captain - faʻataʻitaʻi le vaalele muamua a le vaalele mai Uosigitone, DC i San Francisco.

E le naʻo se Foliga aulelei
E ono mafai ona filifilia Pflieger CEO ona o lona atamai faaupufai molimauina i Virgin America lea na ia tau faasaga i tauva ma le malo o Amerika e faamaonia le tausisia e le kamupani manaoga mai fafo pulega. O le lelei o lana feutanaʻiga e mautinoa o le a valaʻaulia aʻo ia galue i le Air Pacific ma Fiti e ala i le vevesi na fausia e le mataupu feteʻenaʻi e taʻua o le Pacific Islands Air Services Agreement (PIASA; ua uma ona faʻamaonia e le tele o malo faʻaitumalo, seʻi vagana ai Fiti, o loʻo manaʻo e puipuia Air Pacific mai malosiʻaga o tauvaga. Afai e faʻatinoina, o le feagaiga e tatalaina ai ala o vaalele a Atumotu o le Pasefika i kamupani vaʻalele uma ae le o faigamalaga faʻatapulaʻaina e maliliega maliega na soalaupuleina e malo. E manaia le maitauina o loʻo iai pea le PIASA; peitaʻi, e leai se o atunuʻu o loʻo saini ile maliega ua maeʻa faʻatinoina.

O le tetee i le maliega e sau foi mai le Association of South Pacific Airlines (ASPA) o se faalapotopotoga e fai ma sui o le tele o kamupani vaalele a le itulagi. E talitonu le ASPA o le maliega o le a tatala ai le itulagi i tagata tauva finau mai kamupani vaalele i fafo. O kamupani vaalele a Ausetalia o loʻo i ai le popolega faʻapitoa mo latou o loʻo i le tulaga e filifili ai ni auala lelei, ae tuʻu ai kamupani vaʻalele a le malo e faʻagaioia ni auala e le aoga ai ni auaunaga lautele ua faatonuina e le malo.

Fesoʻotaʻi ia Atumotu
O le Air Pacific e le o le kamupani vaʻalele muamua lea na fesoʻotaʻi atu motu o Fiti. Lenei paionia gaioiga auai i le Adelaide, Saute Ausetalia faʻavae vaalele lagolagoina e Guinea Airway ma faʻagaioiga mai 1932 -1933. I le 1947 na amata ai e le Niu Sila National Airways Corp. se auaunaga vaʻa lele e fesoʻotaʻi ai Niu Sila ma Fiti, Tonga, Samoa ma le Atu Kuki. Ile taufaaiuga o le 1940s Qantas amata malaga i Fiti ma e 1951 Harold Gatty, lauiloa o "le Prince of Navigators" (na ia faataamilo le lalolagi ma Wiley Post i le 1931), amataina le lona lua kamupani vaalele, Fiji Airways.

Alu i le Itulagi
I le 1958 na maua ai e Qantas le Fiji Airways faʻatasi ai ma paʻaga na aofia ai ma le Air New Zealand, ma le lua tausaga mulimuli ane na maua ai e le British Overseas Airways se vaega e pei foi o malo o Tonga, Western Samoa, Nauru, Kiribati, ma le Solomon Island. Le fuafuaga: liliu Fiti Airways i se kamupani vaalele itulagi.

E oʻo mai i le 1970s turisi i totonu o le itulagi ua sili atu i faʻatoʻaga ona o le kamupani muamua a Fiti na faʻatauaina le Air Pasefika taua tele na mauaina ai e le malo o Fiti se aia faʻatonutonu i le kamupani vaʻalele (1974) faʻaopopo le tautua ia Aukilani, Niu Sila (1975) ma Brisbane (1975).

luitau
E oʻo atu i le 1981 ua faʻateleina turisi ae o le auala i luga atu o le sami na manaʻomia ai le tele o meaʻai ma paʻu masima na faʻaleagaina ai le vaʻa. E oʻo atu i le 1984 ua manaʻo le malo o Fiti e faʻatau ni paʻaga a le Air Pacific ma ua le toe manaʻomia le kamupani vaʻalele e faʻatumau le leiloa o fesoʻotaʻiga vaalele ma isi pitonuu. O le kamupani vaʻalele e leʻi mauaina se fesoasoani a le malo ma e tatau ona faʻatupe lana lava vaʻalele. E ui lava sa i ai le tauvaga laiti i le fale maketi - i lena taimi, sa faava o malo auala sa tumu i tagata lapoʻa fili.

I le 1983 Air Pacific na amata lele i Honolulu ae o le "Project America" ​​na liliu mai se manatu poto i se mala ma ina ua mavae le 14 masina na toʻesea. O le leiloa o le US $ 4- $ 7 miliona i le tausaga, na faʻaputuputu ai e le Air Pacific tupe leiloa e sili atu i le US $ 20 miliona. Peitaʻi, ina ua amata e Qantas le sefulu tausaga le pulega faʻatonutonu ma le kamupani vaʻalele i le 1985 faʻafesuiaʻi suiga ma e 1986 na i ai se tupe mama e tusa ma le $ 100,000. O le fesoʻotaʻiga ma Qantas na fesoasoani i le kamupani vaʻalele ia maua pisinisi mai ofisa femalagaaʻi ma i le 1987 Qantas totogi le $ 3.5 miliona mo le 20 pasene siteki i le kamupani vaʻalele.

Fiti Fuʻa
E lua pulega faapolokiki i le 1987 na mafua ai le vevesi i le maketi tau turisi i Fiti, ma le au malaga faavaomalo na o ese mai le nofoaga na agai i ai, ma faaalia ai le taua o le iai o le kamupani vaalele a le atunuu. E oo atu i le 1989-1990 Ua faaalia e le Pasefika se polofiti e $ 11 miliona. Tupe maua na siitia 52 pasene (US $ 100 miliona), aveina 300,000 pasese i le tausaga, ma 650 tagata faigaluega.

Na toe taumafai foʻi le Air Pacific e ulufale i le maketi i Amerika i le 1994. O le taimi lea ua tuʻua e le Continental Airlines lana auala i le Pasefika i Saute, ma ua faʻateleina foʻi le naunau o Amerika i Fiti ma le Air Pacific na amata tautua i Los Angeles. I le 2004 o le FJD 1.3 miliona vaʻalele okaina na tuʻuina e avea ai ma sili ona tele pisinisi faʻatau i Fiti talaʻaga.

O le mafutaga a Qantas/Air Pacific i le 2010 na atili ai ona leaga ma e tusa ai ma le tala a Fiti Today (Iulai 20, 2010), “O loo taumafai vave le Qantas e tatala i tua mai le ana sea. Talu ai e leai ni tagata fa'atau o lo'o manatu e tu'u atu lana sea i le isi paaga o le malo o Fiti." Masalo o le leai o ni tagata fa'atau e mafai ona fa'amauina i le mea moni na maua e le Air Pacific le gau o le US$35.2 miliona mo le tausaga e o'o ia Mati (2010), "...fa'afefe ai so'o se tagata e ono fa'afaigaluegaina tupe." O le isi fa'afitauli o lo'o finau pea le malo o Fiti e fa'agaoioia le kamupani va'alele mo le manuia o Fiti ma "...e le o se faiga fa'apisinisi e avea ai le umia o sea o se filifiliga lamatia."

Tausiga o Foliga Vaaia
I le faʻaopopoga i vaiaso taʻitasi faʻaleleia nofoaga i Nadi, o vaalele e lua a le Air Pacific B747-400 talu ai nei na pasi atu i le 2-vaiaso o le tele tausiga i le Singapore Airlines Engineering Base i Sigapoa ia Aperila / Me 2010. O le polokalame fuafuaina aofia ai le afi, vaʻalele ma fale faʻapea foi ma le susunuina o totonu ma loloto faʻamamaina. Eletise, eletise ma masini masini i luga o le vaʻalele ma afi na siakiina ma tautuaina. O le mamafa tausiga e taugata ma e alu i le faitau miliona o tala; ae ui i lea e tatau lava pe a fai o le kamupani vaʻalele e tatau uma ona saogalemu ma tauvaga.

O le Air Pacific Ltd. o le kamupani vaʻalele i le Pasefika i Saute ma o loʻo faʻatautaia pea ni vaʻa e oʻo atu i le ono vaʻalele ma o loʻo faʻagaioia i le 16 taulaga i atunuʻu e 11. Ua lauiloa o le "Worldliuest Friendlyest Airline" o lona tuafafine kamupani vaalele, Pacific Sun o loʻo faʻagaioia vaʻalele i Fiti auala i totonu o le atunuʻu ma auaunaga faʻaitumalo i le va o Suva, Tonga ma Funafuti, faʻapea foʻi ma le va o Nadi ma Port Vila.

Manatu Faatosinaga
E pei ona faailoa e le Pulesili fou Pflieger o le maualuga o tau o suauu o se avega mamafa, ma aemaise faigata i luga o auala Pasefika auala e le o fuafuaina-totogiina e pasese ma uta tupe maua. O le tauvaga mai le Freedom Air (o se lala o le paketi a le Air New Zealand) ma le Virgin Blue, o loʻo faʻagaioia o le Pacific Blue, ua faʻaopopoina ai le mamafa.

O le Failautusi Aoao o le ASPA, George Faltaufon, e le o mautinoa e uiga i le Pasefika o loʻo tau ma kamupani vaʻalele ma ona atugaluga aofia ai: faʻalavelave faʻaletonu, siisii ​​i luga o tau o suauʻu, tau o le puipuiga e manaʻomia e tagata Amerika ma Ausetalia ona o le fefefe i tagata faatupu faalavelave, le faigata faʻatekinolosi tulaga tau tupe o le itulagi, o le utiuti o punaoa ma faʻatapulaʻaina le puleaina o tomai.

Mai lana CEO perch Pilferer e foliga mai o vaʻai i isi mea e le vaʻaia, ma e talitonu o ia i le lumanaʻi o le Air Pacific, talitonu o le galue malosi mai se agavaʻa faʻamautinoaina le isi limasefulu tausaga mo le kamupani vaʻalele. Na ia naunau e sui, pe a uma na ia maua le taimi e iloiloina atoatoa ana filifiliga. (O le toe iloiloga na amata ia Me 2010).

I se taimi le tumau, ua oʻo le Air Pasefika i ni nofoaga sili ona matagofie i le lalolagi, ma o le Business Class service ma le 'aiga' ai e faʻamanatu ai le pasese i le taimi na talitonu ai kamupani vaʻalele e taua tele, ma o le faʻamalieina o tagata uma o se vaega o le faʻamatalaga a le kamupani.

O le Air Pacific atonu e le o se kamupani vaʻalele taʻutaʻua e lele mai Hawaii ma Kanata i Motu o le Kerisimasi, Toga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Fiti, Kiribati, Samoa, Ausetalia, Niu Sila ma Hong Kong, ae o se mautinoa e le mafai ona i ai se Ofisa Sili o Pulega o le a foliga mai e alualu i luma, aumaia le lalolagi i le kamupani, faʻateleina pasese numera ma le faʻaleleia o tupe maua i lalo.

E maua faʻamatalaga a le Air Pacific i le airpacfic.com.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

  • In 2004 he joined Virgin America as a founding officer, serving as General Counsel, Senior Vice President Legal, Government Affairs and Sustainability, as well as Vice President Operational Control Center and – he got to fly the planes as a Virgin America Captain –.
  • By the 1970s tourism in the region surpassed agriculture as Fiji's leading industry making Air Pacific so important that the Fiji government acquired a controlling interest in the airline (1974) adding service to Auckland, New Zealand (1975) and Brisbane (1975).
  • His was associated with the law firm of King and Spalding until he was lured away by an offer from Delta Airlines where he became the Director of Flight Safety, Chief Operating Attorney and flew 767s, 757s and 737s.

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