fliion
I do get out. AND often.
This entire thread is about money. The rest is window dressing.
When I left the Emirates the dirham was 3.68.
The variations to that exchange rate since I left graphs out as a flatline.
Ever look at the other currencies? Other markets?
Your reference to 'real world' and 'real world airlines' may be 'the west', but maybe you'd best be advised to have a look around.
The Dubai Exchange rarely comes up in most financial conversations and as for travelling in any business class on any Middle Eastern airline, it is absolutely fantastic and there's no way an Air Canada can compete!
Good service, is good service
Excessive service, (for those who can afford it (a.k.a. money)) even better.
The average wage earner in Calgary will never see Business Class on Emirates unless his employer picks up the tab. No advantage to that Canadian consumer.
As for me and my dinosaur ideas, I'm sick of Low Cost, Low Fare airfares. They're bringing out the Greyhound crowd and wrecking the industry. They have been for years,
...that too is reality.
Willie