Subj : Re: if he gets his way..
To   : August Abolins
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Thu May 29 2025 13:16:44

August,
 
AA>WD> ... Remember, the Qataris want to get rid of it because it
AA>WD> is too expensive to fly,
 
AA> I was not aware of that take on it.
 
They had 4. One has been given away to Turkey and thisone, 12yr old, they've been trying to sell it for years (just as the other remaining 2). There's just no demand for it.
 
AA>WD> ..and the orange-one may be rich but not compared to that
AA>WD> Qatari-league.
 
AA> ..but he's bound to profit from the new buildings and golf
AA> courses he's planting in Qatar, no?
 
Abu-Dhabi, Qatar, the Emirates, Saudi-Arabia have humongous plans for diversifying into tourism by the time oil runs out. Personally I think it's a bubble, thought of by people with too much money, which at one time will collapse. I don't plan to spend a penny into any of these totalitarian regimes with a blatant disregard for human rights and the role of females in our societies.
 
Plus that aircraft is fast nearing a D-check in a few hundred more flying hours ... meaning it gets taken completely apart and then gets re-assembled. Takes like 4 months and costs a fortune ...
 
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