THEY SAY, "America does it bigger." And this applies to the spat between American, Delta, and United and the "Big Three" Middle East carriers: Emirates (EK), Etihad (EY), and Qatar Airways (QR). Accusations of protectionism leveled against state-owned Gulf airlines are not new: the governments and flag carriers of Canada, Germany, France, and Australia, among others, have raised complaints for years accusing these airlines of government subsidization, capacity dumping and opaque fiscal policies.
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