Pursuits
Hungary Opens Door for Emirates to Provide Lost Air Link to U.S.
- U.A.E. seeking rights to fly to two points beyond Budapest
- Deal could stoke row between Gulf carriers, American rivals
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The United Arab Emirates is seeking to establish Budapest as a bridgehead for onward flights in a move that could allow two of the Gulf region’s biggest airlines to carry people between central Europe and the U.S.
The application for so-called fifth-freedom rights concerns services to two points beyond Hungary, Saif Al Suwaidi, director general of the U.A.E.’s General Civil Aviation Authority, said in an interview, adding that those locations have yet to be determined, but could include the U.S.