Emirates debunks US subsidy allegations | GulfNews.com:
"Emirates on Tuesday issued a comprehensive 350-page report snubbing allegations that it has received over $6 billion in subsidies, and that of unfair competition. The airline’s point-by-point rebuttal comes as a response to the three US carriers – Delta, United and American Airlines – aggressive lobbying campaign in January, in a protectionist bid to restrict the growth of international flights to the US operated by Emirates and other Gulf carriers.
Emirates President Sir Tim Clark said in Washington D.C. on Tuesday that the US carriers’ argument is nothing more than a “mess of legal distortions and factual errors”, and that the rebuttal proves false the claim that Emirates benefits from UAE government subsidies in violation of the US-UAE Open Skies Agreement.
“The methods employed by the US legacy carriers to discredit Emirates have been surprising and frankly, repugnant. The Big 3’s mess of legal distortions and factual errors falls apart at the slightest scrutiny. The allegations about Emirates receiving subsidies or competing unfairly are false,” he said, adding that the US carriers against Emirates is “full of holes”. “And if their protectionist campaign were to be successful, it will not end with just the Gulf airlines.”"
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