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Old 6th Feb 2019, 09:58
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Homo Simpson
 
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Qatar are not run like a normal business.
It's partly a huge vanity project.
I know the Middle East well and I can tell you that pride and winning at mine is bigger/better is everything and being seen to lose out to or even worse to be embarrassed by another country especially the ones that have shunned Qatar is not going to happen. It means they will do whatever to appear to stand up to them.
They will keep adding routes (some are just fanciful) and increasing frequencies to take on the likes of Emirates. Whether the routes make money is not always the first consideration.
That said I will take a Qsuite any day over a crappy Emirates Business Class.
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