US airlines seek to limit flights of Gulf carriers

Atlanta

THE biggest US airlines, sparring with three Persian Gulf carriers over flights into the country, have asked the Obama administration to consider new limits on that service, Delta Air Lines' chief executive officer said.

US regulators could bar the Gulf trio from trips that don't stop or start in the United Arab Emirates or Qatar, CEO Richard Anderson said on Wednesday in an interview. He said the government also could keep Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways from expanding further into the US.