News / Qatar Airways CEO heats up the bitter war of words with Europe's 'biased' carriers

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The outspoken CEO of Qatar Airways, Akbar Al Baker, added heat to the spat with legacy carriers today, accusing Lufthansa and Air France-KLM of bias and colluding to mislead the European Commission.

Speaking at a Qatar Airways Cargo press event, he noted that the structure of Chinese carriers was the same as those in the Middle East. “Chinese carriers are sleeping giants. China is an economic superpower with huge growth potential.

“I want to put one very simple question to people that ...