Originally Posted by
CXBA
Al-Baker is trying to pull a stunt that, if successful would have huge repercussions among the alliances, trying to convince EK to merge with QR. I don't know about the chances, but if it happens i guess OW will have a lot of traction in quite a lot of countries. Finger crossed...
This would totally shake up the entire airline industry!
I'm not that sure EK wants to join an alliance: I do think they at least considered to join OW while they were in talks with QF for the JV.