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Old Apr 18, 2014 | 4:47 pm
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Originally Posted by exwannabe
Being capitalized by the state is a huge subsidy in itself.
The initial capital injection was quite small. Has there been subsequent capitalization? Moreover, if we are to use this criteria, then pretty much every non-US airline received a "huge subsidy". In many cases, especially those European airlines that bleat the loudest about EK, I'd fully agree that the subsidies were monstrously large.
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