ok. I am not talking about stopping EK, and the likes flying direct to Oz, or NZ, if they can make it.... but about flying the tasman.... and picking up extra paxc along the way.
I am pretty sure that QF flying AKL-LAX and back is not in NZ's interest either.....
And Canada hasnt stopped EK flying there, direct from DXB... they just told them to get stuffed when it came to EK wanting to fly from Canadia to anywhere else BUT DXB.
which is fair enough, methinks.ie... DXB-YVR-SYD has been blocked... but not YVR-DXB-SYD. but that is a LONG way