OATEK
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Not being able accept the difference between Government to Government treaty matters, and the airlines that benefit from them, is in my view to ignore reality. The decision made by the Australian government, and initially leaked from a third-party (the alleged victims of a QR flight in Doha) is to a request from the Government in Doha. A commercial entity, whether wholly or partly owned by a government, is just that - a commercial entity. I get that many are passionate about QR as a carrier, and would like greater access at lower prices even though QR is a premium airline. However there needs to be some recognition that the heading of this thread is misleading in that the actual decision was not to change a treaty, which has the knock-on effect of denying extra seats to QR. In other words first comes treaty, and then comes allocations to airlines.Sorry, since Qatar Airways is a 100% state organisation its really no distinction at all. One part of the Qatari state apparatus goes into bat for h the benefit of another branch. If we keep just using just Qatar or Qatari, then little meaning is lost in these discussions.