Qatar Airways CEO Shades Lufthansa’s New Offering
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker is one of the most interesting people in the airline industry and there’s never a dull moment when he has a press conference. In his most recent one held at the ITB Berlin, one of the largest travel trade shows in the world, he announced a significant expansion and then took questions from the audience.
During the Q&A period, he was asked about Lufthansa. Specifically, a reporter mentioned how Lufthansa recently lost its Skytrax five-star rating and asked Al Baker what his thoughts were on Lufthansa’s new Allegris cabins, and if he’d fly on Lufthansa if he were invited by Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr.
“Yes, I have seen it, I have seen images of it. Congratulations to him, but he is nearly 12 years behind Qatar Airways’ product improvement. And whilst he does that program, we are now going into our next evolution with Qatar Airways product.”
