Oman out of Gulf Air
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GF will benefit from this breakup since the economics did not make sense to Oman and Bahrain as partners. The same applies to Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Dubai before. Oman Air will also benefit because the government will not be its eyes on "2 kids". They had always complained of not flying non stop to certain intercontinental destinations from MCT. Well, now they only need to get those airliners and fly them.
GF will now have to look at their home market, serve the high yield business just like EK did at the beginning, strengthen the regional market and the shaken customer base and finally expand its business by targetting "the through traffic" just like the other ones do. Downsizing is rational.
Airlines such as GF, KU, SV, QR, EK, EY, WY and even G9 are here to stay and will never close they way they are right now. The same cannot be said about Jazeera, Sama and NAS.
Almost all these Gulf airlines are state run companies after all despite all sorts of denials where their traffic rights will be always protected which is acceptable. Other airlines worldwide still do it. Obviously, the markets in Europe and America have opened up but only less than 10 years ago where you may an English based airline operating a CDG-FRA route, etc..
It would be interesting to see the different UAE National Airlines operating regionally and internationally from other UAE airports other than theirs in a real sign and test of "open skies". Would it be a clean and equal "fight"? It could make economic sense.
EY would operate through DXB and SHJ, EK through AUH and AAN, besides having G9 operating doing the same through AUH and AAN, etc.. It's a thought that could lead to certain disconfort in the individual Emirates within the UAE.
GF will now have to look at their home market, serve the high yield business just like EK did at the beginning, strengthen the regional market and the shaken customer base and finally expand its business by targetting "the through traffic" just like the other ones do. Downsizing is rational.
Airlines such as GF, KU, SV, QR, EK, EY, WY and even G9 are here to stay and will never close they way they are right now. The same cannot be said about Jazeera, Sama and NAS.
Almost all these Gulf airlines are state run companies after all despite all sorts of denials where their traffic rights will be always protected which is acceptable. Other airlines worldwide still do it. Obviously, the markets in Europe and America have opened up but only less than 10 years ago where you may an English based airline operating a CDG-FRA route, etc..
It would be interesting to see the different UAE National Airlines operating regionally and internationally from other UAE airports other than theirs in a real sign and test of "open skies". Would it be a clean and equal "fight"? It could make economic sense.
EY would operate through DXB and SHJ, EK through AUH and AAN, besides having G9 operating doing the same through AUH and AAN, etc.. It's a thought that could lead to certain disconfort in the individual Emirates within the UAE.
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GF is maintaining a base for 4 destinations?
