Thread: Emirates: DL Didn't need to Cancel ATL - DXB. It was 85% Full...

Originally Posted by ddagencylv

Delta announced Wednesday that it would stop flying to Dubai effective Feb. 11, 2016, and move its Boeing 777 aircraft to a different route across the Atlantic.

"The route has been losing money for two years because of government-subsidized capacity from the Gulf carriers that have flooded the U.S. market, violated the Open Skies agreement and ultimately forced Delta to cancel the route and redeploy the aircraft to a market not distorted by government subsidy," she said.
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BUT DL’s ATL/DXB is the only game in town. There has to be something else.