U.S. Defenders of Gulf Airlines Press Tillerson on Open Skies Deals
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An Emirates Airline Airbus A380-800 aircraft is seen on the tarmac outside terminal 3 at concourse A, the new A380 terminal at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Dedicated for use by Emirates Airline the terminal 3 complex includes an associated airside facility known as Concourse B and a purpose-built facility for Airbus A380 known as Concourse A.
Photographer: Gabriela Maj/BloombergThe major U.S. airlines that allege unfair competition by Persian Gulf rivals can’t show that new flight routes are costing U.S. jobs, allies of the Middle Eastern carriers told Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Opening discussions with the governments of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar over trade claims could hurt travel and tourism and encourage other countries to take actions against the U.S. “with some significant unintended consequences,” Bill Flynn, chief executive officer of freight company Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc., said in an interview.