LUFTHANSA WADES INTO UAE-CANADA ROW

According to Maurice Flanagan, vice chairman of Emirates Airline, has suggested that Lufthansa egged on the Canadian authorities to block Emirate Airline’s bid to expand the number of flights it operates to Canada. Flanagan said the move was purely for the “protection of Air Canada”. “We have perfect open skies to the United States, we can fly anywhere we wish with any capacity and any frequency so we go to New York, San Francisco, Los Angles they are all non-stop,” said Flanagan. “Canada we are restricted to three flights a week [which is] absolutely ridiculous when the market is there