Issue Summary

In an interview, JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes remains a staunch supporter of the open-skies regulatory regime as it stands and says the U.S. Big Three are "pulling the drawbridge of competition up" behind them on transatlantic routes. In particular, Hayes thinks Delta, United, and American are wrong in claiming that Air Italy, in which Qatar has invested, is a Trojan horse for more Gulf carrier expansion to the U.S.