http://arabist.net/archives/2007/12/15/there-goes-egyptair/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:31:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://arabist.net/archives/2007/12/15/there-goes-egyptair/#comment-391498 Tom Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:03:01 +0000 http://arabist.net/archives/2007/12/15/there-goes-egyptair/#comment-391498 very good piece frederik, best, tom very good piece frederik,
best, tom

]]> http://arabist.net/archives/2007/12/15/there-goes-egyptair/#comment-391483 Richard Burton Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:21:15 +0000 http://arabist.net/archives/2007/12/15/there-goes-egyptair/#comment-391483 Spot on Mr Richter! Somehow EgyptAir never seems to attract the critical attention it so richly deserves. Its role in the sell-off and destruction of the South Sinai coastline should be a matter of international outrage (not to mention Interpol investigation). In military dictatorships, the "flag carriers" are no doubt the last refuge of the scoundrel but as a 'touristic' country and a natural international transportation hub, EgyptAir's corruption and incompetence have probably done more to arm Egypt's future prospects than any other single factor. Spot on Mr Richter! Somehow EgyptAir never seems to attract the critical attention it so richly deserves. Its role in the sell-off and destruction of the South Sinai coastline should be a matter of international outrage (not to mention Interpol investigation). In military dictatorships, the “flag carriers” are no doubt the last refuge of the scoundrel but as a ‘touristic’ country and a natural international transportation hub, EgyptAir’s corruption and incompetence have probably done more to arm Egypt’s future prospects than any other single factor.

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