'We will compete like we have been competing all these years,' Qatar's CEO Akbar Al Baker said at the Arabian Travel Market conference in Dubai.
Qatar Airways welcomes competition from new Saudi flag carrier Riyadh Air as it enters the scene, even as Qatar's CEO acknowledges that certain challenges remain in the airline industry.
"We love competition," Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker told CNBC's Hadley Gamble at the Arabian Travel Market conference in Dubai Monday.Launched in March, Riyadh Air will be the second flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, with a main operational base in Riyadh and. The new airline says it will serve more than 100 destinations globally by 2030 and forms part of the Saudi royal family's Vision 2030 program.
"I am very satisfied with our performance. We will have again [a] very good year ... we see a very good forward projection for Qatar Airways."
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