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>Plus, can confirm that the ME airlines are highly competitive

Very, they are subsidized by their governments.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2015/03/airline-subs...

Guess the US government should do the same. You either play by the rules of the game, or don't play altogether.

They could work together to rewrite the rules of the game to be better for everyone. But since the G20 just had to take out wording about the dangers of protectionism to keep the US happy, I'd guess we're going for the tragedy of the commons version.

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