"Collin has no idea who he is playing with"
That is one more reason to be carefull. The more the EK expands in the world, the more they will learn that the rules of the game are different than they are used too. Money talks but there are limits.
If you want to control the traffic flow from the West to the East via a hub situated in a dictatorship you will have to accept that people will look for alternatives. Read cooperation based on mutual respect. EK is getting nervous, they have overstretched themselves and it starts to show. The world does not turn around their ass.
If the UAE uses their position in various international bodies to defend the intrest of some family business then they will have to accept that there are limits to what other States will accept as being reasonable.
If EK has bought too many A 380 then it's to be expected that the competition will prevent them from using them. The EK expansion in Europe was a piece of cake. Europe is a lion without teeth. The politicians just want to sell Airbus. But now the European airlines start to feel what that means. As long as EK took some passengers to the ME they did not worry too much but it is getting a different dimension.
EK is fighting an ecconomical war. The only problem is that there are too many mercenaries in their army and they are expensive to keep if it gets too hot. Mercenaries are not loyal at all.
Last edited by Pitch Up Authority; 9th Jan 2011 at 03:02.