Said at the IATA general meeting:

John Strickland, director at London-based JLS Consulting, said the industry would be well served by a full-throated discussion of the issues posed by the Gulf carriers’ emergence as industry heavyweights.

It needs to be an open debate, not just whispers in corridors, because the airline business is changing,” Strickland said in a telephone interview. “You still have the rock-solid markets of old, but you have new ones developing. Some carriers are seizing new opportunities and challenging the status quo. The question is, do you complain or do you follow their lead?”



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