Originally Posted by
GUWonder
EK thinks there is plenty of demand for trips to/from Canada (via DXB) to/from various parts of Asia and Africa that they service. Personally, I'd welcome the benefits of the increased competition that EK would provide, especially the benefit for those who need/want to go to/from various parts of South and Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Fighting EK's desired increase in serving Canadian-based customers does no good for the Canada-related VFR traffic to/from Africa and various parts of Asia.
While in general competition is a good thing and may give you some more options out of Canada to Africa and Asia, flooding the market with capacity will ultimately destroy competition and may reduce options to Europe. If EK undercuts KLM/LH (and others) on Africa flights, they may decide to pull out of the Vancouver market.
While one can debate whether or not EK is subsidized by the government, they clearly have access to a cheap labor pool and in an environment that lacks any employee protections that western carriers cannot compete with.
Using that unfair advantage would ultimately skim all the cream from AC and drive them out of business.