Originally Posted by
djerikd
But if this route turns out to be targeted at the government cargo/pax, the premium product really doesn't matter. Thanks to the Fly American Act, it'll be lucrative for any US carrier able to get there. The only 2007 GSA city pair for Dubai is NYC-DXB on AA.
How does NYC-DXB on AA happen, a code-share? DL is to do this on their own plane, but AA, CO, NW, US definitely don't do NYC-DXB on their own planes.