Speaking at the Association of European Airlines (AEA) Airline Leadership Summit in Istanbul, AEA CEO Athar Husain Khan stated that he was “sick and tired” of being told Europe is protectionist. “The only region in world which has liberalised its airline market is Europe,” said Husain Khan. “No other region of the world has done the same. The Gulf is still strung together by old-fashioned bilateral air service agreements. So is Latin America. So is the Far East. So is Africa. The US has a slightly different situation; they did liberalise, but that was just in their domestic market, so

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