Boys and girls: Simply put its Geography.
I you are at either end of the world you cant make point to point work...if your are in the middle...you can connect the dots.
Newcastle-Sydney ...No
Calgary - Colombo....No
Only a matter of time...and before the AC crowd get too high on their moral horse, they agreed to let EK penetrate Canada for 50% of the profits a number of years ago and EK said no - at which point it was "well if we cant do business with them" lets attack (not sure why morally they sought a deal with the so called 'dictator in the skies' in the first place - after all its about principle right?.....riiiiiggghhht)
Awful lot of imported cars built by labourers in Asia zoomong around the streets of Canada...the consumer will ultimately prevail...at which point...shall we say "schadenfreude"
This isn't about human rights or competitive fairness - its about a business model that cannot work. Let Capt Luddite scream...it wont stop the paradigm global shift in hub dynamics.
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