Emirates executives rebuff US airlines’ claims of $40 billion in subsidies to Gulf carriers | The National

Emirates executives rebuff US airlines’ claims of $40 billion in subsidies to Gulf carriers | The National:



"Emirates Airline’s top two executives have hit back at claims by US carriers that they receive state subsidies.



Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed, the chairman of Emirates, and Tim Clark, the airline’s president, both described the US allegations as far off-base.



Their rebuttals came after the chief executives of America’s three biggest airlines – Delta, United and American Airlines – called on the US government to review the country’s air treaties with Gulf carriers. The three CEOs claimed that the foreign airlines have an “unfair advantage” of receiving government support."



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