Originally Posted by
thbe
For EY it makes more sense to expand the business to China and even to Africa than expanding the business to the US. Trump is the main reason for that, but not the only one.
The timing might suggest so, but I really don't think this has anything to do with Trump.
Eithad is going through the first rough patch in its short history. For the first time ever - or at least in a long time - it has reduced the number of destinations it is flying to. It needs to take a pause and get its house in order - particularly as its own core business is now in trouble, together with the fact that it's been distracted for the last several years trying to resusciate both airberlin and Alitalia.
Of course, it is no bad thing NOT to antagonise Trump by launching new services right now. But Etihad is in uncharted territory at the moment.