US airlines step up war of words with Gulf carriers with fresh allegations

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More revelations this week from the Partnership for Open & Fair Skies, the coalition of American Airlines, United and Delta Air Lines which is strenuously lobbying the US government on alleged subsidised competition from state-owned Gulf carriers.

Among its latest allegations, POFS states that “according to its own 2014 financials recent uncovered in Hong Kong, Etihad sold its own cargo company to itself to show a profit”. This allegedly followed a similar process the previous year when POFS says Etihad “admitted ...