Qatar Air says decision on whether to choose Boeing or Airbus is “imminent”: Link
Should be interesting in the wake of the Dubai Ports World protectionist nonsense the US pulled — this might be the first test of whether or not that decision will have repercussions on the ability of our companies to do business elsewhere, particularly in the Middle East. Qatar Air’s CEO is at the Arabian Travel Market Fair in Dubai right now. I wonder if the topic has come up…
~Alyx


March 29th, 2006 at 1:55 am
My money’s on Airbus. And they should pick up those A380s!!
March 29th, 2006 at 2:18 am
I dunno if Qatar is a big enough tourist destination to be serviced by 380s! Wait.. do you know somethin’ I don’t? Do I need to pick up some investment property there? (You think they’d let me?)