GERMANY GIVES EMIRATES COLD SHOULDER - REPORT

May 20, 2011

Germany's transport ministry is giving Emirates the cold shoulder by refusing to hold talks on granting the Dubai-based airline rights to land in Berlin, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Friday.

"There are no negotiations," daily Handelsblatt cited a German government source as saying. Emirates has been aggressively expanding its route network, provoking fears that Gulf-based superjumbos will draw traffic from European carriers' hubs.

It has been pushing to get landing rights in Germany's capital as well as in Stuttgart, in addition to its existing German destinations Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich and Hamburg.

German flagship carrier Lufthansa has reportedly asked the government to deny Emirates landing slots at Berlin's new airport.

Last year, the United Arab Emirates failed to gain greater access for Emirates and Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways in Canada, leading to tension between the two countries.

Handelsblatt cited industry sources as saying Emirates plans to fly to Munich with an A380 superjumbo from 2012 to increase passenger capacity in and out of Germany.

(Reuters)

Membaca article diatas membuat saya tersenyum saja......akhirnya the arrogancy of European carriers started to notice how powerful the Asian carriers. Perusahaan seperti Emirates, Singapore Airlines, dll akan melumat European carriers kalo mereka tidak segera memperbaiki pelayanan mereka. Amazing!!!

coba kalau liverynya lufthansa, dalemnya thai or cx, kalau sq.... i begin to smell arrogancy inside it ..... hehehe ...