Skift: The EU Is Coming to the Support of U.S. Airlines Angry About Gulf Carriers
“The Partnership for Fair and Open Skies in the U.S., a coalition of the largest three U.S. airlines and four labor unions representing pilots, flight attendants, and maintenance workers has applauded the decision by Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc to push for new talks with Persian Gulf states over subsidies to their airlines during the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting in Brussels on March 13.
The Partnership for Fair and Open Skies in the U.S., a coalition of the largest three U.S. airlines and four labor unions representing pilots, flight attendants, and maintenance workers has applauded the decision by Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc to push for new talks with Persian Gulf states over subsidies to their airlines during the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting in Brussels on March 13.Acting on requests from secretaries of transport from France and Germany, Bulc referenced the report prepared by U.S. airlines which points to beneficial interest-free loans, free land, and low airport charges, and other considerations representing $42 billion in ‘quantifiable subsidies’ which, U.S. airlines say, have given Gulf carriers an unfair competitive advantage and allowed for their rapid expansion.”