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Qatar Airways CEO says no planned reprisals against U.S. carriers

Xinhua, May 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Akbar Al Baker, the CEO of Qatar Airways, said the state-owned airline and two other Gulf Arab carriers do not plan any reprisals amid ongoing accusations by United States carriers of receiving unfair state subsidies.

Speaking at an ongoing tourism fair in Dubai, Al Baker said he was not in a rush to collect data and to provide it to the United States government and its three biggest carriers -- Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines -- to prove that Qatar Airways does not received cheaper jet fuel from the Qatari government.

Earlier this year, the U.S. airlines and their unions alleged that Qatar Airways, Emirates and Etihad Airways have received more than $40 billion in subsidies from their home governments in the last decade.

The Qatar Airways CEO said the U.S. rivals could have consulted him and the other Gulf carriers, but collecting information and then presenting it to the public without consulting the Gulf carriers "was disgusting."

Al Baker also announced Qatar Airways plans to expand its services to the United States, with its first direct flights to Los Angeles, Boston and Atlanta from Doha. Endit