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Lufthansa vs. Emirates

by Stewart on 30/06/10 at 1:04 pm

The war between Lufthansa and Emirates continues with the newest accusations form Dubai’s airline. Emirates claim that Lufthansa is blocking their access in Germany by distributing a document that contains misleading facts about them, such as: false facts about Emirates business model, an inaccurate number of flights that Emirates makes to the country and the carrier’s rights to land in Germany.

At the moment, Emirates Airlines cannot fly from Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich. For years in a row, Emirates is trying to get rights to land in Berlin and Stuttgart, but Lufthansa’s fear of a carrier that offers cheap flights to Dubai has been setting the rules when talking about the flights from Germany to the UAE.

In April, Lufthansa accused Emirates of trying to divert the airline traffic from the European country to the UAE. Lufthansa also suggested that offering more landing rights to the Emirates Airlines would mean a loss of German jobs to Dubai. Emirates argue that a bigger presence in Germany would imply more economic benefits for the country. Emirates is already supporting the German economy, since its recent order of Airbus 380 contributes directly and indirectly to tens of thousands of German workers.

Emirates accused Lufthansa of distributing the above-mentioned document not just to policy makers, but to media as well. As a reply, Dubai’s airline made its own anti-protectionist report, suggestively named: “Tearing Down the Other Wall”.

Is it already too much or the German restrictions imposed to an Arab airline might sound a bit too racist?

Source: The National.

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