Jetstar Middle East - Maybe one day?

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What are the ownership rules for the UAE? I’d be thinking if Jetstar started middle-east operations based in Ab Dhabi it’d really upset Emirates, and maybe even Eithad. While the market there is heavily premium traffic, a little competition at the discount end could shake things up!

Don’t agree about the direct SYD-LHR flights, that’ll never be profitable, at least not at todays prices. May as well just work on teleportation.
 
There already are some LCC's in the region. I've travelled on both Bahrain Air (based in Bahrain) as well as Air Arabia (based in Sharjah) and both fly to a number of destinations around the world. Air Arabia already flies to 65 cities, so I don't think Etihad or Emirates are immune from LCC's working on their turf.
 
There will be no JetStar base in the UAE.
JetStar Asia might attempt a SIN-DXB or KUL-DXB route sometime in the future.
There is no way Qantas will be flying that route - Qantas only cuts routes.

Of course Qantas' new premium Asian airline "Red Herring" may start flying that route from 2019.
 
There already are some LCC's in the region. I've travelled on both Bahrain Air (based in Bahrain) as well as Air Arabia (based in Sharjah) and both fly to a number of destinations around the world. Air Arabia already flies to 65 cities, so I don't think Etihad or Emirates are immune from LCC's working on their turf.

I believe that EK or Dubai govt has their finger in the Air Arabia pie. Also the UAE has fairly liberal aviation rules, such as open skies, to encourage other airlines. A quick look on google would suggest that foreign ownership is limited to 49%, as can be found in this document.

http://www.iata.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/Documents/UAEReport.pdf

After the Vietnam experience, you can expect that QF/JQ could be wary of setting up operations in the UAE where things could change in a heart beat should the governments there feel their state-owned and controlled entities are significantly threatened.
 
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