British Airways and Iberia disagree with the rest of the airlines of Europe over complaints about the 3 big Gulf carriers (their parent company is ~ 10% owned by Qatar, and prior to that BA sponsored Qatar into oneworld).
Of course BA and Iberia are joint business venture partners with American who is a prime driver of complaints.
Etihad has big ownership stakes in several European carriers, and Emirates is a huge Airbus operator which just signed a nearly $10 billion deal for new European engines. Things get even more complicated still..
Continue reading Just to Show You How Complicated the World Is, British Airways and Iberia Pull Out of European Airline Lobbying Group...
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