Qatar Airways chief condemns critics of Arab expansion

Qatar Airways chief Akbar Al Baker has lashed critics of Middle Eastern carriers’ use of export finance, and their desire for expansion.

In comments voiced during the Arab Air Carriers Organization conference in
Cairo, Al Baker noted that the region’s airlines were being “heavily criticised” for using cheaper finance to expand. But he retorts that carrier chiefs behind such attacks “do not understand the basic principles” of financing to airlines.

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