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Old Mar 19, 2015, 10:03 am
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Originally Posted by wco81
So the US carriers complained because of the JFK-MXP route or is it more of a pre-emptive strike, as they anticipate more TATL routes between the US and Europe?

Or do they not like the US to Dubai routes either?
To me it seems like more of a pre-emptive strike. They know that if EK started 4 daily A380s flying DXB-LHR-JFK people would flee AA/DL/BA etc. in droves.
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