Originally Posted by Glassos
"Pathetic propaganda" indeed! Continental absolutely has valid objections to Virgin Nigeria being given this route, in that Continental's application to serve Lagos was denied by the Nigerian government last year.
Glassos, you seem to forget that the root of the problem was that Virgin Nigeria was barred from plying US routes because it was considered 'British'. Subsequently, you couldn't have expected the Nigerian government to hand CO the route rights on a gold or silver platter. It is simply a mattery of reciprocity.
I don't think you would classify Virgin Atlantic as being a Singaporean carrier because SQ owns 49% of its shares. Think about it. The US DoT can no longer speculate on the matter, it must present real concrete facts.
The matter can be resolved. The ball is in the US DoT's court.