The prospect of a speech at lunchtime by a top airline chief executive is enough to whet the appetite of any aviation enthusiast. When the speaker in question is the Group CEO of Qatar Airways, you'd be forgiven for wanting to skip the meal entirely and jump straight to the all-important QAs- even the most orthodox of vegetarians knows that is where the essential meat lies! Akbar Al Baker's main address to the Aviation Club UK on November 30 was a relatively measured affair, reflecting on the airline's impressive pandemic flying schedule as well as reaffirming the carrier's commitments to sustainability and passenger experience. Yet this congenial tone shifted somewhat when Al Baker opened the floor of London's Royal Automobile Club to questions, with seemingly no topic too hot to handle for this most lively of chief executives.
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