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Old May 24, 2022, 2:04 pm
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ph-ndr
 
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Originally Posted by brunos
And we guess that the regulator's decision is "inspired" by QR to offer QR some legal protection in what was a tough overall negotiation to obtain benefits from Airbus.
Such minor issues are frequent and AAB just used it to gain some leverage with Airbus. It badly backfired. And the World cup is getting near.
That is how it seems to have gone down. The problem now is that the regulator has to roll back it’s opinions without being seen to be ruled by commercial interests.

So it appears that what’s left here is who will be left holding a bag of ripe dates.

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