IATA AGM in Cancun: where the top dogs bite on the big stories

There is a lot coming out of IATA’s AGM in Cancun at the moment – not least of which is gossip. Apparently, Qatar Airways chief Akbar Al Baker, anointed chairman of the board of IATA from 2018, after Singapore Airlines’ Goh Choon Phong takes the role from IAG’s Willie Walsh this month, was forced to take a private jet back to Doha. At the opening reception on Sunday he appeared unaware of the crisis that was about to unfold at his airline, ...