The EU Is Coming to the Support of U.S. Airlines Angry About Gulf Carriers


Skift Take

With tomorrow's air travel markets moving away from the US and Europe, this is Open Skies kerfuffle is far more than "growing pains" for the global aviation industry.
The Partnership for Fair and Open Skies in the U.S., a coalition of the largest three U.S. airlines and four labor unions representing pilots, flight attendants, and maintenance workers has applauded the decision by Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc to push for new talks with Persian Gulf states over subsidies to their airlines during the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting in Brussels on March 13. Acting on requests from secretaries of transport from France and Germany, Bulc referenced the report prepared by U.S. airlines which points to beneficia