Deutsche Lufthansa AG is bidding to stop Dubai-based Emirates serving more German cities as part of a campaign to undermine its rival’s business model, Tim Clark, the Middle Eastern carrier’s president, said in an interview.
Cologne-based Lufthansa has so far succeeded in lobbying to prevent Emirates from obtaining landing slots in Stuttgart and at the new Berlin-Brandenburg International airport, which is scheduled to open in June next year, Clark said.
“Their mantra is to take the Gulf carriers down, as well as dominate the markets they sit in,” he said. Emirates aims to “re-engage” with the German government over the slots issue before the summer and is hopeful it “will see sense,” he said.
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