Narrative:

During pushback in las the ramp controller gave aircraft Y clearance to enter the ramp area on the green line; taxi around the aircraft pushing off (us) on the yellow line; and then to resume the green line to their gate. I advised our ground crew to watch out for aircraft Y taxiing inbound based upon prior experience and the confusion in read back by the aircraft Y crew. As I did so; over my left shoulder I noticed aircraft Y taxiing at a high rate of speed; not appearing to slow or change to the yellow line to avoid a collision with our aircraft. I advised the ground crew to stop pushback of our aircraft as quickly as possible. I keyed the mic on ramp frequency stating that 'we are stopping the push as it appears aircraft Y was not going to give way.' the ramp controller stated that aircraft Y needed to stop at their current position. Aircraft Y failed to follow her additional instructions to enter the hold pad. We completed our push; started our engines and were cleared to taxi to spot around aircraft Y. It is my opinion that if I had not acted by stopping our push; and keyed the mic and broadcast that we were stopping our push; aircraft Y would have taxied into our aircraft at speed causing major damage to both aircraft. Aircraft Y's speed took them to within 80-100 feet of our aircraft during their rapid stop. The pushback crew needs to be commended for a job well done; as they were already acting to stop the aircraft as I stated to stop the pushback. The ramp area is a congested area of the airport and when dealing with international carriers; complicated taxi procedures on the ramp may need to be avoided to keep down any confusion by international carrier crews.

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Title: Air Carrier Captain reported a potential collision during pushback with traffic that failed to give way.

Narrative: During Pushback in LAS the Ramp controller gave Aircraft Y clearance to enter the ramp area on the green line; taxi around the Aircraft pushing off (us) on the yellow line; and then to resume the green line to their gate. I advised our ground crew to watch out for Aircraft Y taxiing inbound based upon prior experience and the confusion in read back by the Aircraft Y crew. As I did so; over my left shoulder I noticed Aircraft Y taxiing at a high rate of speed; not appearing to slow or change to the yellow line to avoid a collision with our aircraft. I advised the ground crew to stop pushback of our aircraft as quickly as possible. I keyed the mic on ramp frequency stating that 'We are stopping the push as it appears Aircraft Y was not going to give way.' The ramp controller stated that Aircraft Y needed to stop at their current position. Aircraft Y failed to follow her additional instructions to enter the hold pad. We completed our push; started our engines and were cleared to taxi to spot around Aircraft Y. It is my opinion that if I had not acted by stopping our push; and keyed the mic and broadcast that we were stopping our push; Aircraft Y would have taxied into our aircraft at speed causing major damage to both aircraft. Aircraft Y's speed took them to within 80-100 feet of our aircraft during their rapid stop. The pushback crew needs to be commended for a job well done; as they were already acting to stop the aircraft as I stated to stop the pushback. The ramp area is a congested area of the airport and when dealing with international carriers; complicated taxi procedures on the ramp may need to be avoided to keep down any confusion by international carrier crews.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.