Originally Posted by
The Old Fat One
Incidentally the UAE ruling family has just pronounced that supporting Qatar, in anyway, in the UAE is now a criminal offence punishable by up to 15 years in prison. So if you are travelling thru any of these places, best keep your gob shut.
And yet, according to Al Jazeera anyway, the port in Abu Dhabi has eased restrictions on ships coming to/from Qatari ports...as long as they aren't Qatari registered, operated or owned, so while heavy restrictions remain, there is surely a good amount of foreign ships now able to access Abu Dhabi on their way to/from Qatar which have presumably been blocked for the past 48 hours.
And co-incidentally, while QR are obviously facing big bills rerouting people onto other carriers, presumably any of the other Gulf airlines with passengers going to/from Doha will also be facing big bills getting people to/from there. Any ex-pat workers from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, SE Asia booked to travel in the next few days/weeks/months using EK or EY for example will now have to be re-routed onto other carriers, presumably QR in most cases? With all the construction work and domestic workers in the country that's a lot of people who could be disrupted.