Etihad Airways sought to head off the prospect of further clashes over its US expansion now that Donald Trump is president, saying it has no plans to add destinations beyond those already served. “We are not flying into any further points in the USA,” Etihad Aviation Group CEO James Hogan said Wednesday. “We are very comfortable with our American network.” Should US airlines revive claims that Mideast carriers have benefited from illegal aid now that Trump is in the White House, Etihad stands ready to reassert that it has expanded fairly and operates trans-Atlantic services strictly in line with an Open Skies aviation treaty, Hogan said in Abu Dhabi. “In regards to how that’s addressed moving forward, we have to wait and see,” said Hogan, who plans to step down later this year. “You can only work with the issues that are in front of you. If those issues are raised again we will tackle them.” Partnership for Open & Fair Skies, which represents US carriers and labor groups, said in response to Hogan’s comments that Etihad could still grow it’s American capacity on existing routes while remaining true to the CEO’s word, adding that the carrier’s market exposure is in any case already too great. “This meaningless pledge will not stop Etihad from continuing to add subsidy-fueled flights to the US markets they already serve,” the lobby group said. “Hogan appears to think that the US should be willing to accept the status quo and just move on. He’s wrong. The US should not tolerate this rule-breaking, bad behavior.”<br/>