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Emirates could restore
U.S. capacity within six to nine months
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[September 07, 2017]
LONDON (Reuters) - Emirates
President Tim Clark said on Thursday he hopes the Middle
East's largest airline will restore capacity to the
United States in six to nine months after some flights
were dropped earlier this year. |
An Emirates Airlines Airbus A380-800, with Tail Number
A6-EEV, lands at San Francisco International Airport,
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"Demand for travel is still fairly strong, and I'm hoping that
in the next six to nine months that we will restore our capacity
to what it was," Clark said at an industry conference in London.
Emirates started cutting frequencies on five U.S. routes from
May, blaming a drop in demand on travel restrictions imposed by
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.
Clark said in June that demand to cities where Emirates had cut
capacity had started to improve.
(Reporting by Alistair Smout; writing by Alexander Cornwell;
editing by David Clarke)
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