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Viewing cable 09KINGSTON743, AIR JAMAICA SALE: DEAL OR NO DEAL? GOJ CAN'T STAY ON MESSAGE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09KINGSTON743 2009-11-30 13:50 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Kingston
VZCZCXYZ0000
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHKG #0743/01 3341350
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 301350Z NOV 09
FM AMEMBASSY KINGSTON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0322
INFO RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RUEHDG/AMEMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO IMMEDIATE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON IMMEDIATE 0092
RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA IMMEDIATE
RUEHKG/AMEMBASSY KINGSTON
C O N F I D E N T I A L KINGSTON 000743 
 
SIPDIS 
STATE FOR WHA/CAR (VDEPIRRO) (WSMITH) (JMACK-WILSON) 
WHA/EPSC (MROONEY) (FCORNEILLE) 
EEB/ESC/IEC (GGRIFFIN) 
EEB/IFD/ODF (MSIEMER) 
EEB/TRA (VLIMAYE-DAVIS) 
EEB/ESC/IEC/EPC (MMCMANUS) 
INR/RES (RWARNER) 
INR/I (SMCCORMICK) 
SANTO DOMINGO FOR FCS AND FAS 
TREASURY FOR ERIN NEPHEW 
EXPORT IMPORT BANK FOR ANNETTE MARESH 
USTDA FOR NATHAN YOUNG AND PATRICIA ARRIAGADA 
OPIC FOR ALISON GERMAK 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2034/11/30 
TAGS: ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
XL 
SUBJECT: AIR JAMAICA SALE: DEAL OR NO DEAL? GOJ CAN'T STAY ON MESSAGE 
 
REF: KINGSTON 737; KINGSTON 521; KINGSTON 471; KINGSTON 405 
KINGSTON 901; KINGSTON 922; KINGSTON 306 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: Isiah Parnell, CDA; REASON: 1.4(B), (D) 
 
Summary And Comment 
 
------------------------- 
 
1. (C)  Air Jamaica (AJ), the beleaguered national airline, is days 
away from finding out whether Indigo Partners (operator of Sprit 
Airlines) will be its new owner.  The airline, currently owned by 
the Government of Jamaica (GOJ), is eight months behind the 
original deadline for privatization, but a final decision appears 
imminent.  According to sources involved in the AJ-side of 
negotiations, there is still a real possibility that U.S.-based 
private equity group Indigo Partners may walk away from the deal. 
Unfortunately, AJ has no other offers on the table.  Conflicting 
public messages from GOJ officials are not helping AJ's bargaining 
position; the Minister of Tourism recently told reporters at a 
London tourism conference that the airline is now back on the 
market for sale.  A few days later the Minister of Information told 
local reporters that the sale of AJ is contingent on a desperately 
needed Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
(Reftel A).  Adding to the confusion, an organization headed by a 
former AJ pilot has promised to picket AJ in Miami on December 15, 
unless Indigo withdraws from negotiations and the GOJ sells the 
airline to employees--at a hefty 20 percent discount from the 
undisclosed terms negotiated by Indigo.  Given Jamaica's dire 
economic situation, it is crucial for the GOJ to offload this loss 
making albatross, which has bled more than USD 1 billion over the 
last decade.   Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding's inability to 
coordinate his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)-led administration to 
speak with one voice on such a vital issue is further evidence of 
his questionable leadership skills.  The GOJ is facing monumental 
financial challenges including multiple rating agency downgrades, 
sluggish IMF negotiations, and falling tax revenue; the inability 
to get on message to ditch AJ is nothing short of mystifying.  End 
Summary and Comment. 
 
 
 
Final Weeks Approach 
 
------------------------ 
 
2. (C) The Air Jamaica Privatization Committee (AJPC), supported by 
funding from the World Bank's International Finance Corporation 
(IFC) and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), has spent 
nearly 20 months preparing for the divestiture of AJ, a goal now 
eight months past the original deadline of March 31  (Reftel B). 
Members of the AJPC are scheduled to meet with representatives of 
Indigo in Florida the week of November 30, in an attempt to firm up 
a deal.  The final details of an agreement would still take a few 
more weeks to complete.  Emboffs spoke with Dennis Chung, one of 
the members of the AJPC team, on November 20; he said there were 
still eight issues outstanding between the AJPC and Indigo, but 
only one or two were serious enough to cause a stalemate.  AJPC 
recognizes that it faces a tough negotiator in William Franke, 
Managing Partner of Indigo, who is a veteran of the airline 
industry.  (NOTE: Franke was Chairman and CEO of America West 
airlines for eight yeas and worked to acquire a majority stake in 
Spirit Airlines in 2006 where he serves as Chairman of the Board. 
He also serves as Chairman of Tiger Airways based in Singapore and 
WizzAir based in Hungary.  END NOTE). 
 
 
 
Absence of Alternatives 
 
 
 
 
 
------------------------ 
 
3. (C)  AJ has lost nearly USD 1 billion over the last decade 
(Reftel C and D) including nearly USD 173 million in 2008.  Some 
elements of the GOJ, including PM Bruce Golding, are desperate to 
remove the loss making entity from the GOJ's books, particularly 
before the next budget cycle begins at the end of March.  However, 
Golding does not appear to have the leadership skills needed to 
galvanize support for the sale, even within his own party.  (NOTE: 
The GOJ has been in negotiations with the IMF since July for a 
Standby Agreement; the delay in securing an agreement, coupled with 
multiple recent credit downgrades from international rating 
agencies, is placing greater pressure on the GOJ to get its 
financial house in order and to calm an increasingly skittish 
private sector).  Minister of Tourism Ed Bartlett has been vocal 
about keeping AJ under Jamaican control to support the tourism 
sector by guaranteeing airlift to the island.  The ever politically 
influential Gordon "Butch" Stewart, who owns the Sandals group of 
resorts and for a few years actually ran AJ, also is keen to keep 
the airline in Jamaican hands to bring a ready supply of tourists 
to his all inclusive hotels (Reftel E). 
 
 
 
Airline Will Fail in Employees Hands 
 
------------------------------------- 
 
4. (C) There is no doubt that many Jamaicans have an emotional 
connection to AJ; when it appeared that the Trinidad and 
Tobago-owned Caribbean Airlines might purchase AJ, there was a 
vociferous public outcry, often in the form of in newspaper 
editorials.  (Reftel C).  Although U.S. ownership appears more 
palatable to the Jamaican public, there are many who want the 
airline to remain Jamaican owned.  A new organization Mayday Air 
Jamaica led by Wesley Sampson, a former president of the Jamaica 
Airline Pilots Association, is advocating this position.  Sampson 
calls the airline a "national treasure" and "the only resource to 
be handed down to the children of Jamaica in the hopes of a better 
future."  He is asking the GOJ to sell AJ to its employees for a 20 
percent discount on whatever deal it has negotiated with Indigo 
(NOTE:  The terms of a potential agreement with Indigo have 
remained private, but are likely to include the GOJ assuming all of 
AJ current outstanding debt, with a commitment from Indigo to 
adequately recapitalize the airline and retain the AJ brand, END 
NOTE).  In a feeble attempt to disrupt holiday travel, Sampson is 
promising to picket AJ flights in Miami on December 15 if the sale 
goes through to Indigo.  In reality, the AJ employees do not have 
the capital to take control of the airline, nor do they have the 
leadership needed to adequately run it.  Chung, commenting on this 
proposal to Emboffs, said the airline would definitely fail within 
six months if it were taken over by employees. 
 
 
 
AJ In Better Shape, But Faces Stiff Competition 
 
--------------------------------------------- ---- 
 
5. (C)  AJ CEO Bruce Nobles spoke with Emboff on November 20.  He 
discussed his continuing efforts to restructure the airline, cut 
costs, and position it for sale.  AJ secured a parliamentary 
guarantee on June 11 for a USD 101.8 million loan to finance 
operations until the divestiture was complete, but AJ is still 
waiting on USD 23 million of these funds to be dispersed. 
Meanwhile, AJ is facing increased pressure from Jet Blue which has 
added new flights to Montego Bay and Kingston in the past year. 
Jet Blue also has plans to add new routes from Orlando and Boston 
to Montego Bay in 2010 (Reftel F).  Nobles said the operating loss 
for AJ will be down 70 percent from last year, and the airline will 
be close to a break even point by next year.  He said AJ is now 
managing cash flow pretty well, and revenue per seat mile is up 
five percent this year, while on time performance is up 50 percent 
over last year.  He said advanced bookings are facing challenges, 
as ticket buyers are reluctant to buy seats on an airline with an 
uncertain future or with hopes that fares will fall. 
 
 
 
JLP Needs To Get On Message 
 
--------------------------------- 
 
6. (C)  On November 20 during an interview with The Gleaner 
newspaper, Minister of Information Daryl Vaz indicated that the AJ 
divestment was contingent on the signing of a Standby Agreement 
between the GOJ and the IMF (Reftel A).  Nobles tried to distance 
the AJ sale from IMF negotiations by saying it was the first time 
he had hear of this link, adding that he is busy running the 
airline, and is not involved in discussions with the IMF.  The week 
before, Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett, who was at the World Tourism 
Market in London, told the press that AJ was "now back on the 
market for divestment."  Nobles, who also attended the event, said 
he pulled Bartlett aside to clarify that his comment was incorrect, 
as negotiations were still progressing with Indigo.  Even after the 
warning, Bartlett chose to repeat the comment to the press later 
that day.  Nobles told Emboff that Dennis Lalor, the chair of the 
JAPC who is leading negotiations with Indigo, "went berserk"  when 
he heard Bartlett's comments.  Nobles, who has been in three 
previous negotiations with Indigo's Franke, described him as a 
tough negotiator who should not be underestimated.  Nobles said he 
has seen Franke walk away from deals at the very last minute, if he 
thinks deal will be more trouble than it is worth.  Nobles, noted 
that the media back and forth by the GOJ is not helping the talks. 
 
 
 
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7. (C) As the AJ negotiations near their final days it is crucial 
for the JLP to stop equivocating in the press, and fall in line 
behind a single message of selling AJ.  Despite PM Golding's 
personal interest in finalizing this sale, he has not been able to 
keep his party on message, including his own Information Minister. 
Echoing similar comments heard by the private sector, Nobles said 
he is "very concerned" about Golding's leadership.  After a year of 
restructuring at the hands of  Nobles, AJ is in the best position 
to be taken over by a new team and recapitalized.  If the Indigo 
purchase fails or if Nobles, who has held to a hectic schedule 
trying to prepare the airline for sale, should depart, AJ is not 
likely to retain the management/operational improvements it has 
achieved.  AJ has not really made a profit in its 40 years of 
existence, so it is likely to slide back into its old ways of 
racking up multimillion dollar losses.  It will be major political 
success for PM Golding if he can see this deal through, as well as 
a major benefit to the GOJ's fiscal bottom line.  End Comment. 
Parnell