American’s Parker: Gulf carriers threaten US hub-and-spoke system
In another indication that there is a renewed push against the expansion of the major Gulf carriers in the US, American Airlines chairman and CE Doug Parker said he was “highly confident” that the new Trump administration would address the issue. Parker said the major Middle East airlines had received US$15b in govt subsidies. He also described Emirates Airline’s announcement in January that it would launch Dubai-Athens-New York Newark service in March as “a shot across the bow.” Emirates can operate the transatlantic route under fifth-freedom rights permitted in the US-UAE Open Skies agreement. But launching a second fifth-freedom route—the first was Dubai-Malpensa-NY—and going into a United hub has reignited a campaign against the Gulf carriers that was highly vocal in 2015 but mostly quiet last year. <br/>
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American’s Parker: Gulf carriers threaten US hub-and-spoke system
In another indication that there is a renewed push against the expansion of the major Gulf carriers in the US, American Airlines chairman and CE Doug Parker said he was “highly confident” that the new Trump administration would address the issue. Parker said the major Middle East airlines had received US$15b in govt subsidies. He also described Emirates Airline’s announcement in January that it would launch Dubai-Athens-New York Newark service in March as “a shot across the bow.” Emirates can operate the transatlantic route under fifth-freedom rights permitted in the US-UAE Open Skies agreement. But launching a second fifth-freedom route—the first was Dubai-Malpensa-NY—and going into a United hub has reignited a campaign against the Gulf carriers that was highly vocal in 2015 but mostly quiet last year. <br/>
