两年前,美国三大航空公司(美航、达美和美联航)为市场利益不均而指责海湾航空“三巨头”(阿联酋航、阿提哈德航和卡塔尔航)抢占了他们的市场,爆发了一场口水战。他们强调海湾“三巨头”享受巨额政府补贴,违反了“天空开放”公平竞争原则,让美国利益受损。故此,他们要求美国政府在天空开放的条款中,增加对海湾航空的限制。这样的争论,当然也得到了一些欧洲航空公司的支持。2016年由于美国三大航自身 Two years ago, the three major U.S. airlines (American, Delta and United) accused Gulf Air of “Big Three” (Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways) of prejudicing interest in the market Of the market, a war of words broke out. They emphasized that the “big three” of the Gulf enjoyed huge government subsidies and violated the principle of fair competition in the “open skies” and damaged the interests of the United States. Therefore, they demanded that the U.S. government should increase its restrictions on Gulf Air under the terms of the open sky. This controversy, of course, also got the support of some European Airlines. 2016 due to the three major American Airlines themselves