The fare paying public are too narrow minded and short sighted to see the long term implications here
Yep....and that is the same across all business....for the great unwashed like myself price factors into the equation.
What are the long term implications??? Air Canada are going to go out of business? Air France? KLM? The American carriers were doing so before Emirates showed up. Air Canada had financial problems before Emirates showed up.
Sorry not buying it. I still maintain that interational aviation reeks of hypocrisy and a holier than thou attitude. The legacy carriers are there for that reason (go look up BAs history of dirty tricks against Virgin) and the Canadian aviation landscape has many a sour tale to tell against the largest carrier.
So Emirates and the UAE are corrupt, bullying, immature, liars, unwanted, dishonest, dangerous, backwards...etc etc etc. They are probably looking at the West and laughing at the double standards.
The UAE think that because they spend billions of $ on aircraft in the USA (with Boeing) and in Europe (with Airbus) , that they can do whatever they want in the marketplace
And your point is? If I were spending BILLIONS...I might be inclined to get involved in a bit of political manouvering for my own benefit. You make it sound like it has NEVER happened before...certainly not to any company in the West.
Yawn!! Emirates today....who will it be tomorrow?