Qatar Airways CEO knocks World Cup critics at airport event


              A general view shows the air conditioner inside the new central concourse terminal expansion new airport opened to accommodate people arriving for the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.   (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
            
              People walk at the new central concourse terminal expansion new airport opened to accommodate people arriving for the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
            
              People walk at the new central concourse terminal expansion new airport opened to accommodate people arriving for the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.   (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
            
              People walk at the new central concourse terminal expansion new airport opened to accommodate people arriving for the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.   (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
            
              People walk at the new central concourse terminal expansion new airport opened to accommodate people arriving for the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.   (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
            
              People walk at the new central concourse terminal expansion new airport opened to accommodate people arriving for the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.  (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
            
              People walk at the new central concourse terminal expansion new airport opened to accommodate people arriving for the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.  (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
            
              People walk at the new central concourse terminal expansion new airport opened to accommodate people arriving for the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.   (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
            
              A Qatari man films new central concourse terminal expansion new airport opened to accommodate people arriving for the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.   (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
            
              Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker speaks to a journalist at Hamad International Airportat the new central concourse terminal expansion new airport opened to accommodate people arriving for the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. The outspoken CEO of Qatar Airways lashed out Thursday at critics of his country hosting the upcoming FIFA World Cup, saying his nation will "always rub salt into the wound" of its adversaries. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
            
              Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker listens to a journalist's question at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. The outspoken CEO of Qatar Airways lashed out Thursday at critics of his country hosting the upcoming FIFA World Cup, saying his nation will "always rub salt into the wound" of its adversaries. (AP Photo/Lujain Jo)