Originally Posted by georgetg

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