There hasn't been a well thought out reason yet given why EK should be blocked from offering the consumer an alternative choice. It still comes down to whinging and whining by AC
Precisely, because they know they simply cannot compete! they NEED to be protected. Sad, isn't it? Only the consumers and taxpayers of Canada suffer.
Clunk,
Part of your argument is not really valid, I believe, as the cost of extracting oil from the middle east region vs the grand banks or oil sands of alberta are substantially lower, so the profit margins on the oil in the ME are quite a bit higher. And I think there's still quite a bit in reserves in the ME. But part of this particular argument is EK vis a vis oil revenues, and I think its fairly well known that Dubai does not have very much of that. Point being, EK isn't thriving because of the existence of oil reserves. That's like saying AC is succesful because of the oil sands, or will at some point be.