Air fares to India may go up because of United, American, Delta lobbying against Gulf airlines

WASHINGTON, DC: On May 15, CEOs of the “Big Three” of US air travel — Richard Anderson of Delta Air Lines, W. Douglas Parker of American Airlines, and Jeff Smisek of United Airlines — appeared together at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, to speak about “Restoring Fair Competition to the Skies.”The purpose of the joint appearance of the three honchos was to reinforce their campaign against three Persian Gulf-based airlines that have been eating into their long-haul market share in the past decade.
Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways are unfair competitors that take huge subsidies from their governments, which allow them to offer cheaper seats to customers, the CEOs alleged. The “exploitation” of Open Skies policy by the Gulf carriers is putting tens of thousands of US jobs are at risk, they argued.
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