As most of our viewers will already know, Gulf carriers like Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Etihad, have a business model based on connecting traffic and getting travelers through their hubs rather than mainly serving those cities. Yes, there have been pushes to increase tourism and commerce in cities like Doha, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi, but connecting traffic remains the largest part of Gulf airline business models. But unfortunately for these carriers, it continues to be an uncertain situation as their operations have been impacted by the war in the region. Unable to conduct ‘business as usual’, one airport is offering itself as a solution.
KUL makes more sense - given the excellent infrastructure for Hub operations that already exist. Less investment and a faster set up would be possible.
Sri Lanka would benefit vastly for tourism ? A winner for them
MRIA does seem like a realistic approach for the major airlines affected by the conflict. The longer the airlines wait, the more money thrown away.
Your map shows the possible route from Australia to Europe with a stop in Sri Lanka. The route shown flies directly over Iran. That would never happen.
Never gonna happen even if it were possilbe to build the facility in a few day.
Emirates/Qatar/Etihad exist mainly to bring people and money to and through their respective hubs to stimulate the economy, not purely to make money as airlines.
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