West must loosen airport access or we may cancel jet orders – Sheikh Ahmed
Setting aside the whole "holding my breath till I turn blue" petulance of such a stance (which does sum up the level of sophistry of the place).
The logic (??) is that EK will cancel their aircraft orders that they need to serve new destinations - if they can't get more access to new destinations?
Ohhh. OK.
Let them buy airframes from the Chinese and Russians then.
Sheikh Ahmed said some governments were hindering business and affecting customer convenience by refusing to allow airlines more landing slots, in some cases to protect national carriers.
Yes, the concern for local business and customer convenience is touching. Couldn't have anything to do with not being able to expand unimpeded with the tsunami of cheap labour to further the company's massive profits. Could it?