For several years the “big three” US carriers, led by Delta, have been running a smear campaign against the Gulf carriers. I think they could have a case, but instead they’re running a campaign based on faux-patriotism, suggesting that if the Gulf carriers aren’t stopped then airline employees in the US will lose their jobs,…
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Lower price, better quality, treat people like human beings. If I have to choose between us3 or me3+Turkish, my choice is obvious.
If I was Delta, making all this money, I would be very concerned too.
Let them save their faces as much as they wish and allow them to live in their bubbles..the future of the US carriers is not good. They are only excisting because US pax want a good piggy bank for their mileages in combination with the seasonsal offerings of credit card sign ups...this is the basis of a contemporary US FF.. A lot of these pax only fly premium with the US3 mostly with their miles. Even if they fly with them as rev pax, they endure them only because of the generous earnings of miles...not because of a great service and experience...
Now these US carriers are afraid that these US pax are now opening their eyes and now want the full package(good price, great service, outstanding food,big airline alliance..)...so they are trying to do whatever is possible to defeat their foreign competitors with all the resources they have..
There is nothing bad being patriotic and fly your national carriers..but do not fool yourself and the others..stop bullying your competitors because you want to deter from your desperate situation in the future..
Let us see if these US3 will stand the time, competition and development...Lets face it, if you have a far better choice for your money, in whatever part of the US you live or stationed, you will not fly a US carrier if you have a better choice..PanAm, Nortwest, Continental..they were once dominator in the US skies and after a fashion they are all gone as they become obsolete (bankcruptcy, merger etc..). The winner is still the pax as we can still choose to support the product which we want or not..only we can blind ourselves, not others!!
the biggest hypocrisy of this is the NRA incident revealed that Delta receives billions of dollars of tax break in hard cash. if that's not the most blatant subsidy i don't know what is
Every time I board an Airbus A-3xx with a Delta paint job I am reminded how many US jobs they are concerned about.
They do have nice product but I would never support any airlines from Middle East regions. Cmon you guys know human rights don’t even exist in those shit holes, especially for women
You want the best ride for lowest price, and the ME3 are good competitors. That said, if governmental subsides are revealed by this new development (the ME3 could always cook the books!), then unfair competition is proved. We as a country are against unfair competition. The laws on our books (Sherman Antitrust, etc.) and court decisions are rife with expressions of legal protections for fair competition in this country. This is what we are about business-wise. You may be all for unfair competition when it is lining your pocket with savings accruing from buying extra low, but you might feel different your business was suddenly inundated with unfairly supported businesses digging into your clientele at below-cost. You might squawk too.
@RD Truitt
"We as a country are against unfair competition."
I'm guessing you are talking about US ? That is cute! Open your eyes and take a hard look at the big companies and their lobbying and their campaigns. Pretty much in all the countries, big businesses strive for unfair practices. It is also ironic how much the US3 have used the fifth freedom routes but when the ME3 or other airlines do this, they go straight to mama.