Aircraft
Emirates-Australia story offers no pointers to fate of Gulf-U.S. spat
Emirates and Qantas fly 98 flights a week between Australia and Dubai
Both Qantas and Emirates have used the Airbus A380 to develop new intercontinental routes.
Both Qantas and Emirates have used the Airbus A380 to develop new intercontinental routes.

Students of the falling out between the three major Gulf airlines and their three main U.S. rivals may look to the association between Emirates and Australia for guidance about how such relationships evolve. Some analysts who have studied that history are saying the clash between Emirates and the Americans was “inevitable.”