"Delta Air Lines Inc has scrapped a number of its flights to Dubai this winter in an apparent nod to how competition with three Gulf carriers is hurting its business.

Delta, the second-largest U.S. passenger carrier, will fly nonstop to Dubai from its Atlanta hub between four and five times per week starting Oct. 1, down from daily service this summer. The airline revised its schedule on Friday to reflect the change, part of a broader 15-to-20 percent cut in capacity to the Middle East and Africa that Delta announced in April.

'The reduction comes amid overcapacity on U.S. routes to the Middle East operated by government-owned and subsidized airlines,' Delta spokesman Trebor Banstetter said in a statement, noting that daily service would return in the spring of 2016."

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