The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ranking Member Peter DeFazio: DeFazio Urges Administration to Curb Anti-Competitive Practices By Gulf Carriers
“Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), sent letters to Secretaries Anthony Foxx and John Kerry, urging them to protect U.S. jobs and immediately act to restore a fair, competitive balance between U.S. air carriers and Gulf state subsidized airlines. The letters were sent after a recent report uncovered anti-competitive practices of the three largest airlines of the Gulf states of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (“the ME3”).
Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), sent letters to Secretaries Anthony Foxx and John Kerry, urging them to protect U.S. jobs and immediately act to restore a fair, competitive balance between U.S. air carriers and Gulf state subsidized airlines. The letters were sent after a recent report uncovered anti-competitive practices of the three largest airlines of the Gulf states of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (“the ME3”).‘Based on the analysis released last week, I am concerned that state subsidies and other special favors bestowed upon the ME3, combined with those carriers’ blatant disregard of fair labor practices, have created a particularly pernicious anti-competitive situation that adversely affects U.S. air carriers and their stakeholders, including the hundreds of thousands of U.S. airline employees who depend on the industry for stable, long-term employment,’ DeFazio wrote.”