The big Gulf carriers are under quite a bit of political pressure lately, as a lot are questioning whether they're really competing on a level playing field. That's certainly the case in the US, as the "big three" US carriers have been urging the government to do something about the "big three" Gulf carriers. The…
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I don't see behind the scenes in airline operations so perhaps you can elaborate a lottle bit more. Why is it so crucial to put the EY code on those flights? Can't they still sell them on one ticket as mixed-carrier booking. Wouldn't interlining suffice?
A bit of sad news for local airport like Stuttgart (which with Tegel is the only one operating affected flights) which is heavy on holiday & europe flights but lack long distance flights and the Abu Dhabi Flight is one of two destinations.
Similar to Peter I still don't quite understand why they need codeshares. If their fare conditions were to allow bookings on the other carrier respectively, they could still sell the connections affected ... may be I'm missing the point ...