#Qatar Airlines runs into turbulence in the US House | Financial Times

Qatar Airlines runs into turbulence in the US House | Financial Times:

The Democrat who will head the House of Representatives committee that oversees aviation has lashed out at Qatar Airways for allegedly subsidising Air Italy and giving it an unfair advantage as the Italian carrier increases its routes to the US. 


Peter DeFazio of Oregon, who will chair the transportation committee when Democrats take control of the House in January, said he was concerned that Qatar Airways, which has a 49 per cent stake in Air Italy, was engaging in anti-competitive practices to help the Italian airline fly to new destinations in the US. 


“Their intention is to take over international aviation. They’re subsidising the heck out of it,” Mr DeFazio said in an interview with the Financial Times, in which he also raised concern about Emirates, a UAE airline that flies from the Gulf to the US via Europe.