Articles tagged “open skies”

It's getting lonely as a legacy carrier CEO in the United States.

Will U.S. airlines try to get the NFL and the MLB on their side?

Well, at least the parties are talking and sitting around a table but things will probably get a ton more strained before this whole thing is over.

It isn't often that you see the U.S. Travel Association calling out anyone, let alone the largest airlines in the U.S., but the Gulf carriers' subsidy issue has exposed deep differences about competition and the global travel industry.

A lot is at stake here and we expect the investigations to continue.

With the reach of a Gulf carrier and the connections of a European carrier, Turkish Airlines knows where it stands and looks forward to Istanbul New Airport opening in 2017 to help it grow even faster.

It's really difficult to find Clark unprepared or off his game. The big three U.S. Airlines and the EU Transport Commission will have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat his arguments--not just because of the time difference with the UAE, either.

Missing in action in the U.S. airlines' report about the Gulf carriers' subsidies was transparency about the U.S. airlines' own subsidies. Although the congressional report is very dated, the Business Travel Coaltion, via WikiLeaks, is helping to fill in some of the blanks.

The selective outrage is cynical at best.

The U.S. Travel Association looks at the Open Skies issue from the standpoint of inbound tourism while Delta, United, American and their unions view it from the perspective of their companies and unions. They come to diametrically opposing positions.