Current aircraft requirements for all of the U.S. routes is around 16 airframes. That is out of a fleet total of over 170-180 ( I can't keep track ). So less than 10% of the total airframes are used on U.S. markets. With expansion into a few more U.S. cities it will still be under 10% of the total fleet because other new aircraft are used on other routes to Africa, Asia, and Europe.

So your statement that those aircraft are on order to serve the U.S. market only is absurd.

The unfounded paranoia of U.S. airline management is primarily based on the inability to compete competantly with a good product and good service. As more and more people in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere attain the income level required to travel they will want to travel to, among other places, the USA. Emirates serves the world so why would they ignore market demand? Your assetion that there is no demand or that there will be no demand is just ignorant. Intelligent airlines managers plan ahead for upcoming demand and put the pieces in place to capitalize on it. That is what Emirates excels at.

As far as the Export-Import bank. They support U.S. manufacturing by helping U.S. companies sell their prodcuts to foreign companies. That helps your union brothers and sisters who work for the big manufacturers in the USA. Again, only 10% of the aircraft that Emirates purchases are used on U.S. routes. Would you rather Emirates buy an all Airbus fleet, or Air India buy an all Airbus fleet since they might not be able to get favorable financing on Boeing products in the USA? That way the other 90% of the aircraft that they purchase to fly other global routes can be taken away from your union brothers and sisters order backlog.


TP