Austria bans Emirates A380

[Flanker2]

A bit off-topic to reply to this, but why would you want to deal with some arrogant distributor if you can buy from the source for less?

What makes sense with a order volume of 1000, doesn't always make sense with an order volume of 100.
So if I deal with the source, I have to order 1.000 and invest in other things, like brand marketing, sales, certification, etc...
However, when you can get 1000 for the price of 100, it starts to make sense to invest in those other things and to become a competitor of the guy who's trying to sell them at the high price. Sometimes that guy is also the only approved guy by the manufacturer, which prompts you tol look for an approved guy closer to the source (country) to buy them at a much lower price. Or sometimes, you just go with a competing product that doesn't have a representative.

Either way, arrogance never pays off, believe me.
In my mind, the customer is always king and more often than those arrogant guys realise, price isn't the only selling point.

[tsv]

I was not surprised about the refusal of extra flights or capacity upgrade, I think more Governments, especially European ones who are Geographically more vulnerable to the ME Carriers, are going to try this tactic.

But I am surprised the Austrians have denied the QF codeshare on existing EK flights. I am not sure how often this happens in the Industry but I haven't heard of it before. Given OS does not fly to Australia and the Austria-Australia market is not exactly massive it smells of something like Paranoia, Childishness or Panic.

Interesting to see if others deny QF code share rights on EK flights.

[DannyVDB]

Indeed, Dubai has close to zero oil reserves. Almost all the oil is in Abu Dhabi that also makes up the biggest part of the UAE territory.

Look at the map on this website and you understand ...

http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=TC

Regards,
Danny