The Street: Gulf Airlines Eat Into Traffic on American, Delta, United
"Newly available statistics show that U.S. flights by Mideast carriers have a significant impact on the number of passengers carried by American, Delta, United, as well as their joint venture partners, to the Mideast, Africa, Indian and southeast Asia -- all destinations where international airline passengers generally rely on connecting flights.
In four U.S. gateway cities -- Boston, Dallas, Seattle and Washington, D.C. -- the combined decline in the year after Emirates began service to its Dubai hub ranged between 8% and 21%, according to the statistics, which were filed Monday with the U.S. departments of Commerce, State and Transportation by the Partnership for Fair and Open Skies, which represents the three global U.S. carriers and their unions as they seek to mitigate the impact of the subsidized Gulf carriers' rapidly expanding U.S. service."