Originally Posted by
PilotFrog
I had a question about the just announced Milan-JFK route being given to Emirates. I thought I saw somewhere that it is a Alitalia route authorization being given to Emirates. How does it look that a SkyTeam member and JV partner is giving routes to our competitor and competitor of the JV airlines. Not only that with Alitalia giving up this route, will it still count against the JV ratios. Now that Alitalia isn't flying it, will that be a decrease in their portion of the ratio?
Emirates is not using Delta or Alitalia route authority, their Milan-JFK flight also isn't part of Skyteam or the Transatlantic JV.
Emirates is using fifth-freedom routes that are part of the US-EU Open Skies agreement. The only approval EK received was a temporary approval from the Italian authorities...
Basically Emirates is flying NYC - Milan - Dubai and can sell each leg individually...
Cheers
George