Originally Posted by
akerosid
But, what airline - even EK - would do this? The problem is that MO'L holds most of the cards here, even if the govt does find a way of keeping him out. What's to say he won't basically act in a fit of pique, base another 10+ 738s at DUB, set up a long haul airline and basically grind EI down until the govt agrees to a deal; he will be pretty ruthless here.
Not even to mention the fact that even without getting long haul a/c, you are probably able to reach places like Boston with the 738, just probaly some days struggling to make the westbound sector but really something achieveable.
So putting even more pressure on the EI stakeholders to sell (including the govt).