Willie,
If you flew to the places that I flew to, you would know that the 'real world' and 'real world airlines' are in fact a reference to the West.
You need to get out more.
Countries protect and underwrite their natural resources e.g. Oil sands in Canada, The Arctic natural resource areas etc. Its your right.
Dubai only has one natural resource: its location. So they invest in the logistical advantage.
If AC wants to take on the sub-continent with their 787's, good on them, its good for competition. But you cannot continue to deny the customer in Vancouver, Toronto or Calgary the ability to save money and time drastically by using a foreign airline.
If we do a moral audit on any country we do business with in this day and age - well you better stop drinking in a coffee house, because the coffee comes fron Africa and the cups come from China.
By protecting AC they lose there desire to innovate. Look at their product compared to EK. Its a joke. Why? because they dont have to compete on service delivery like EK...and the result is mediocrity.
But I suppose thats the right of a 'real world' airline. Just travel in a Sky suite in 1st or business class on EK and all you will see is 'real world' executives choosing to pay 'real world' money for a superior product.
...and thats what AC the dinosaur is scared of...
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Last edited by fliion; 12th August 2011 at 11:53.