Here's how American Airlines and Qatar Airways swerved from bitter enemies to best friends:
At one point during the contentious summer of 2017, Qatar sought to acquire 10% of American. American opposed the effort, which Qatar abandoned: American then canceled code shares. Also that summer, Al Baker insulted U.S. flight attendants, referring to them as “grandmothers,” then apologized.
On American’s earnings call last week, Raja discussed American’s strategy, accelerated during the pandemic, to partner with other carriers. “At American, most of these asymmetric marketing schemes usually mean more flying for the partner than for American pilots,” Tajer said. “Whether it be a partnership with Qatar or JetBlue, they’re often just the appearance of market presence.”
Aviation unions joined American management in “staving off a Qatar takeover of ownership in American,” Nelson said. They also worked closely in securing $39 billion from Congress to pay airline employees during the pandemic. “It was a massive unprecedented alliance between labor and the airlines,” she said.“I still have a beef with their being a state-owned airline and with the they treat workers, but he has decided to play by the rules,” she said.
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