Members of the Qatari royal family delayed a BA flight from Rome to London for several hours, when females from the entourage refused to sit next to unknown male passengers. The entire party were eventually removed from the aircraft and caught an Alitalia flight instead…
By: PMN - 1st August 2007 at 20:04
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I’m not the biggest fan of the UK, but I think that’s a tad harsh!
Paul
By: andrewm - 1st August 2007 at 18:11
“we have open plan seating available on the wings or in the baggage area your highness, no one else would be sitting with you”
By: rhavers - 1st August 2007 at 17:16
What’s fascinating about this story is how the headline spin has changed as the days have gone by. It was initially ‘Sheik delays plane and then asked to leave’. Two days later it became, “Three Arab Princesses kicked off plane.”
It just shows how the media get their teeth into things.
By: bring_it_on - 1st August 2007 at 13:13
If this was another other “normal” pax they would be off the aircraft in seconds
Not only off the aircraft the pilot would most likely have you arrested for approaching the cockpit which isnt allowed .
Surely there was an element of religious & cultural sensitivity here that the BBC report fails to mention ?
There is always a case of such however one person’s right to religion is only valid uptil a point where it doesnt infringe upon someone else’s rights . The person knows his religion and should have contacted BA and they would have easily assigned him proper seating had he told them of the situation in advance . Comming to the gate and expecting yourself to be treated higher up then anyone else is stupid to say the least. I have seen how BA treats its top customers (i think they have a special cell which deals with royal families and what not) and it is equal to anything else in the world .
I would like to see the charges of this delay to be sent to the Qatari embasy and have them pay for the 3 hour delay , missed gated , missed conections etc etc .
By: Old Git - 31st July 2007 at 17:10
Does’nt the Qatar Royal Family have the use of a B747 SP usually parked at Bournemouth?
By: Super Nimrod - 31st July 2007 at 15:48
Surely there was an element of religious & cultural sensitivity here that the BBC report fails to mention ? In most conservative Islamic countries a woman will only ever travel in close company with a man that they know or preferably with a male family member. BA would certainly have been aware of this.
By: steve rowell - 31st July 2007 at 07:46
^^^HA HA HA LOL. It is just tough. THey want to travell with a scheduled airline they have to accept that they are going to be mixing with “The Pure Public”
99% of the public are not pure!!
By: PMN - 30th July 2007 at 16:29
Yes but those parasites think they’re above everybody else
I’d have been the opposite. “I’m sorry, but I simply refuse to sit next to some random Royal family member. I demand another seat, NOW!”
🙂
Paul
By: steve rowell - 30th July 2007 at 08:20
If this was another other “normal” pax they would be off the aircraft in seconds:mad:
Yes but those parasites think they’re above everybody else
By: Jet 22 - 28th July 2007 at 14:40
^^^HA HA HA LOL. It is just tough. THey want to travell with a scheduled airline they have to accept that they are going to be mixing with “The Pure Public”
By: T5 - 28th July 2007 at 14:10
Perhaps they will take advantage of online check-in next time and choose which seats they would like to sit in.
By: cloud_9 - 28th July 2007 at 14:03
What ‘right’ have they over any other passenger to demand who they do and do not sit next to…a classic case of snobbery in my opinion:mad:
If they choose to fly with a scheduled airline, then they have to accept that they are going to be sat with other passengers that they may not know…
Perhaps they should invest in their own private jet…Boeing BBJ or Airbus A319CJ or something!
By: Cycling Spotter - 28th July 2007 at 13:22
If this was another other “normal” pax they would be off the aircraft in seconds:mad:
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