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The Big 4 Middle East/Gulf airlines (Emirates, Etihad, Qatar, Turkish) have been giving legacy US carriers a lot of grief lately, since they're both cheaper and
by jpatokal 10y ago
The Big 4 Middle East/Gulf airlines (Emirates, Etihad, Qatar, Turkish) have been giving legacy US carriers a lot of grief lately, since they're both cheaper and better on essentially all counts, so I can't help but wonder if they have their finger in the pie here. Few businessmen will opt to fly long-haul if they can't use their laptops, and they're specifically targeting 9 airlines here, not just airports or countries.
It's also beyond bizarre that the US trusts Abu Dhabi's security enough to locate its only Middle Eastern Customs/Immigration preclearance facility, but not enough to let passengers who have gone through security bring tablets...
- waqf 10y ago[duplicate comment, admins merged two stories]
- hueving 10y ago>Plus, can confirm that the ME airlines are highly competitive Very, they are subsidized by their governments. http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2015/03/airline-subsidies-gulf http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2015/03/airline-subs...
- goodplay 10y agoGuess the US government should do the same. You either play by the rules of the game, or don't play altogether.
- ZeroGravitas 10y agoThey could work together to rewrite the rules of the game to be better for everyone. But since the G20 just had to take out wording about the dangers of protectionism to keep the US happy, I'd guess we're going for the tragedy of the commons version.