Media Coverage
Huffington Post: We’re All in This Together: How Subsidized Gulf Carriers Threaten the U.S. Domestic Airline Network
For the past several months, the Obama administration has been considering a trade dispute with important implications for all 50 states.
The Hill: U.S. flight attendants join fight against trade violations
A serious risk to the health of the U.S. aviation industry has emerged, and it is threatening tens of thousands of jobs and service to consumers due to the largest trade violation in our nation’s history.
Huffington Post: Emirates Airline’s One Percenters
The new, $20 million Emirates Airline TV commercial featuring Jennifer Aniston is generating a lot of buzz. If you haven’t seen it, the spot opens with Ms. Aniston dreaming about being aboard a U.S. airline. She’s in her bathrobe, asking three flight attendants about the location of the shower and the bar. They laugh, telling her those things aren’t on board.
Huffington Post: Subsidized Gulf Airlines Are Damaging Airlines Globally, Not Just in the U.S.
Because of the subsidies and unfair benefits they receive, the Gulf airlines pose an enormous threat to European and U.S. airlines, and the international aviation marketplace. As a result, the U.S. airlines have rightfully urged the Obama administration to intervene in this growing trade dispute.
The Hill: Reps push feds to ‘swiftly address’ foreign flight subsidy allegations
A bipartisan group of House members is pushing the Obama administration to “swiftly address” allegations about foreign airline flight subsidies that have roiled the nation’s aviation industry this year.
The Hill: Qatar and the UAE aren’t playing by the rules
Qatar and the United Arab Emirates think Open Skies rules don’t apply to them. New details have surfaced over the last month that showcase the harm that is being caused to the U.S. aviation industry, and the tens of thousands of pilots we represent, by the subsidization of the Gulf carriers. Now that the government’s comment period is complete, it is time for the administration to stand up for American businesses and workers and enforce the Open Skies agreements with Qatar and the UAE.