“It (Air Austral) is a company that exists only for air travel and can maybe be compared to a tightrope walker who, in order to maintain balance, can only go forward or backwards.


“Fortunately, Air Austral has its sights set only in the forward direction.â€
– Air Austral, chief executive, Gerard Etheve, yesterday announcing the airline’s 2009 financial year profit of Euro5.7 million before tax.















