Emirates, the largest of the Gulf carriers, has announced it will start a daily flight between Dubai and Orlando, starting September 1, using a B777. The expansion comes at a time U.S. carriers are lobbying hard for limits on expansion into the…
First, the American legacy carriers (American, Delta and United) had a press conference on March 5, stating Emirates, Qatar and Etihad are violating the fair-play terms of their nations’ “Open Skies” agreements with the U.S. by receiving over $40 billion in government subsidies in the past 10 years.
U.S. airlines, which have usually pushed for “open skies” agreements that have let them expand into new markets previously closed except to the local domestic carriers, are now asking the Federal government to slow down, and perhaps renegotiate some of them.
Emirates, the largest of the Gulf carriers, has announced it will start a daily flight between Dubai and Orlando, starting September 1, using a B777. The expansion comes at a time U.S. carriers are lobbying hard for limits on expansion into the…
First, the American legacy carriers (American, Delta and United) had a press conference on March 5, stating Emirates, Qatar and Etihad are violating the fair-play terms of their nations’ “Open Skies” agreements with the U.S. by receiving over $40 billion in government subsidies in the past 10 years.
U.S. airlines, which have usually pushed for “open skies” agreements that have let them expand into new markets previously closed except to the local domestic carriers, are now asking the Federal government to slow down, and perhaps renegotiate some of them.
