There was an article in The Times this evening of an interview with QR’s CEO, Akbar Al Baker. He accuses BA of losing focus, but praised Sean Doyle as a good replacement CEO.
Unfortunately it is behind a paywall, but I’m sure some users here can pick out the key points. Here’s the interview summary below:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a...ocus-2b7xhc2vq
In the course of just 45 minutes from his boardroom in Doha, he dismisses British Airways as a “two out of ten” carrier; accuses Dubai of becoming a Covid-19 superspreader and lambasts arch-rival Emirates as a gas-guzzling dinosaur; says any airline that offers premium economy is ripping off its customers; and demands $5 billion (£3.6 billion) in compensation from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt for their “illegal” economic blockade of his country, which ended in January.