Gulf traffic flow accommodating Qatar rift: Emirates' Clark

While the Gulf political crisis centred on Qatar is continuing, Emirates Airline president Tim Clark believes traffic flows have stabilised to accommodate the situation. The United Arab Emirates is one of several countries to have imposed a blockade on Qatar flights in early June. Clark said that, following "initial traumas", the traffic flows had "settled down" and reached a "degree of equilibrium". Clark adds that there has been a "redistribution" of the way in which passengers travel around the region. But he says that, while the dispute had persisted for 3 months, Emirates had yet to determine whether it was benefiting from the circumstances. Emirates has been coping with a slower economy in the Middle East which, says Clark, has resulted in a decline in corporate travellers. <br/>