News / US airlines get back at 'subsidised' Gulf carriers via latest US tax and jobs Bill

© Gary Blakeley

Hidden deep at the end of the latest Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Bill is the revenge of the US majors on the Gulf carriers – or, as Politico calls it, “a gift to the three largest US airlines”.

Despite the US majors’ very public fight about so-called subsidies they claim are received by the Gulf carriers, the US government response to this has been very quiet. But the bill could be damaging – and not just to the Gulf airlines.

The bill includes an ...