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[RinsFury]

Disgusting.

 

[rrc1594]

JetBlue is whee it's at.

 

[kirblar]

It's amazing how quickly, and severely, travel to the US is becoming more and more unattractive.

If I was living somewhere that requires taking a 10 to 20 hour long trip to get to America, I simply wouldn't bother visiting if I had to fly with an American airline.
I don't even know anyone who had a decent experience with US airlines. They can get fucked.

This is by design. Trump & co detest foreigners.

 

[gutter_trash]

They shook from Turkish and Emirates, so they're gonna kiss Dump's ass.

now with Erdogan stirring shit up, I'm going to boycott anything from Turkey.

Erdogan wants to play his game, okay. Boycott Turkish products

 

[TankRizzo]

they're no more subsidized than the US airlines

Fly out of airports made off the backs of slave labor.

 

[Mesoian]

They just jelly they can't match Emirates.

I mean, you're right, but it's not like emirates tickets are anywhere near affordable for the majority of the country.

JetBlue is whee it's at.

They suck too now. Virgin is the last bastion of comfortable travel.

 

[Stinkles]

they're no more subsidized than the US airlines

Citation Needed.

Air Canada bois

However everything will always be better than Hawaiian Airlines.

The only reason Hawaiian doesn't get Spirit levels of flak, is that when you spill out of the plane, you're in paradise.

 

[m_shortpants]

Btw guys you can no longer use electronics from these countries.

Thanks, bye.

 

[FiraB]

Unfair competition.

Oh because they actual offer services, they have a staff member for nearly every language on long haul flights. Provided free meals,c heap snacks and drinks. The fact you can have a shower and on some flights even a bed to sleep in.

But most of all decent entertainment, power charge ports and god damn proper leg space for everyone.

Yeah unfair that they provide what should be standard on long haul flights.

 

[siddx]

Lufthansa, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Qantas, Air France, British airways, and KLM have all made the same accusations and raised the same concerns about these three airlines.
This isn't new. This isn't an American only thing, it's been an old and on going argument where nobody involved is "the good guy". The older airlines see the gulf airlines as a threat to their bottom line. The gulf airlines are almost certainly benefiting from massive subsidies that no other nation can match, despite their repeated claims otherwise. They are also rife with labor issues where they pay their largely immigrant employees like shit and overwork the hell out if then.

Bottom line is this is just the latest battle in a very long war, it wasn't borne out of any kind of anti arab or anti Muslim zeal, it was born out of greed.

 

[Dingens]

you think Etihad and Emirates compete through fair means?

If you're refering to subsidies, than, as many pointed out already, it's not a one-sided issue. And even if, I've yet to come across an explanation as to why we should care if they subsidize their airlines, if it means cheaper tickets for everybody. If tax payers in UAE are willing to subsidies my ticket, more power to them. I'd be more pissed about subsidies going directly into shareholder pockets like in the US case.

Fly out of airports made off the backs of slave labor.

and US airlines fly out of airports built on stolen land. I don't think you can blame the airline for that

 

[m_shortpants]

I flew Turkish airlines in December and it was great. In flight entertainment units were great, all kinds of movies and shows, and even games. Power outlets, and they were more spacious than US plane arrangements for sure.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

No more UAE flights to America and no more American flights to UAE, you have to jump out of the plane halfway and hopefully land on another.

 

[Any Questions]

And thus started the first straw which grew and grew, and then one day.... The trade wars started​

 

[Vilix]

What happened to free market?

 

[EGM1966]

What happened to free market?

It turned out to not favour the home team.

 

[Dude Abides]

i don't see any part of my OP where i insinuated that this was a democrat-led idea.

corporatism is the problem here, i added the addendum to point out that this is not solely a right-wing issue because otherwise there would just a ton of "republicans lol" posts.

What's wrong with the US government protecting US businesses and jobs? You some kind of neoliberal shill? The airline industry is one of the last private sector industries with high union density, why do you want to kill it?

 

[Mr. Giggles]

No more UAE flights to America and no more American flights to UAE, you have to jump out of the plane halfway and hopefully land on another.

It works in battlefield so I think its doable IRL

 

[Mesousa]

I sometimes feel like I am one of the few people who actually like flying US Airlines. It could just be the massive discount I get from my job, but I have nothing but good things to say about them. Notably Delta.

 

[gcubed]

they've been complaining about this for years.

 

[Salvadora]

One REAL objection is that a few Arab airlines subsidize costs. Business Class and First Class in particular receive huge floats from the respctive govts. Works for me as a passenger tho. I will take subsidizd luxury over "fair" rudeness and tiny seats. I almost wish I could fly Emirates and the ilk more frequently.

I recently checked Etihad/Emirates for a 1st class seat and it was over £20,000 iirc.

That is being subsidised? If so, fucking hell.

 

[Stinkles]

I recently checked Etihad/Emirates for a 1st class seat and it was over £20,000 iirc.

That is being subsidised? If so, fucking hell.

Yes, but in a somehwat backwards way - for one thing, that's the "rack" price - but I get a corporate discount that makes it half that sometimes, but more importantly, those cabins take up a massively disproportionate amount of space - and are often completely unbooked, or filled with upgraded passengers who paid biz clas fare.