Originally Posted by
adambisi
Its Open Skies with UAE and USA - Etihad could launch AUH-BOS/MIA/SEA/IAH tomorrow if it wanted to. MIA is begging EY or EK to come. They could use Terminal B or C in BOS and avoid the packed Terminal E since AUH has pre-clearance.
There is no open skies between USA and UAE.
The American carriers are fighting tooth and nail to keep the Gulf carriers out of America.
(Apparently, that's "Diplomacy in Action")
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/ata/u/ae/114502.htm