Emirates Airline to make the United States its third largest source of revenue
After a few years of quiet operations, Gulf carriers appear to have finally caught the radar of US airlines, which are urging their government to re-consider its approach to open skies agreements. The US has open skies with the UAE and Qatar, home to the Gulf trio of Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways.
Unless US carriers have a strategic re-think of their competitors, antagonism towards Gulf carriers will surely grow. Emirates president Tim Clark told Reuters in Sep-2014 that Emirates aims to make the US its third largest source of revenue.
To do so, Emirates will likely need to increase its US capacity by 50-100% in the medium term. It may very well exceed that. The US comprised 7% of Emirates' revenue in 2013.
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