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Old May 20, 2011 | 11:44 am
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Post Emirates gets cold shoulder from Germany
May 20 (Reuters) - Germany's transport ministry is giving Emirates, the cold shoulder by refusing to hold talks on granting the Dubai-based airline rights to land in Berlin, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Friday.

"There are no negotiations," daily Handelsblatt cited a German government source as saying.

Emirates has been aggressively expanding its route network, provoking fears that Gulf-based superjumbos will draw traffic from European carriers' hubs.

Read further: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...74J06720110520

And more http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...70G01R20110117

Seems like Lufthansa lobbying to block EK from extending and flying from ore destinations in Germany!
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