Originally Posted by
Jagboi
Rather difficult to fly AC to Doha or Riyadh, so somebody other than AC will always benefit from Canadians going to the Middle East.
Yeah, and right now that would be LH which is essentially the same entity. Or at least that is how I flew to Doha and Riyadh when I had to go there for business (YOW - FRA - ...).
But if EK was a better option I'd consider it, which is exactly what they are trying to avoid.