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Hold your horses!!!!!!!!!AAmech said:Why in the world should EU airlines be allowed to fly within the US? Theres NOTHING the EU could give in return that would make up for the loss of US jobs that this would bring. This would be nothing but a another Job Export!
Delta "used" to fly with in Europe but has opted now to use the network of their Alliance Partners.Farley said:I'm just curious what routes a US Flag carrier is flying within the EU. I don't know of any.
And Delta's route authorities were inherited from Pan Am, who did it prior to DL's takeover of PA's European routes in 1990. TWA also used to have a few intra-European services (remember the hijacked 727 of Capt. Testrake?).Just Plane Crazy said:Delta "used" to fly with in Europe but has opted now to use the network of their Alliance Partners.
I agree with you that the future will not be how many airlines are going to survive. It is going to be how many Alliances are ther going to be.PHX Flyer said:You are forgetting the freight carriers. Both UPS and Fedex have huge hub operations in Europe. When their European competitor DHL tried to establish the same here in the US - by taking over Airborne, they faced all sorts of hurdles thrown in their way by an unholy alliance of UPS, Fedex, and politicians who love to praise free trade on every occasion except for when it comes to opening up their own home turf. I am not even sure if the foreign ownership issues surrounding the construct of ABX Airlines are resolved at this time, or if it's still pending before an appeals court somewhere.
Another issue is the claim of European airlines that US carriers "subsidize" their transatlantic flights with revenues from their domestic operations, which allows them to undercut their European competitors' fares. For all major European airlines, the North Atlantic market is by far the biggest revenue generator, whereas all US airlines rely first and foremost on the domestic market (case in point: those who did not have a sufficient domestic network as a backbone, are not around anymore). I am not sure if this claim actually holds water, especially nowadays in light of the increasing competion from low-cost airlines here in the US.
On the other hand, I cannot think of a single reason, why we should not allow European airlines to compete here, if they feel they are up to it. As long as these rights are reciprocated in the EU, I have no qualms about it at all. Actually, I think that both US and EU carriers would be better off, if they merged into global corporations with equal access to all pertinent markets. This would create a level playing field for everybody.
Not since the 1973 model year. But this isn't a car group, so never mind... B)Just Plane Crazy said:(A Mustang and a Cougar are the same car just with a different logo on it).
No it is not, but VW owns Porsche 100% and that since over 30 years!PHX Flyer said:... and Porsche is not VW (sorry, I just had to put this straight )