The executives also said that Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways have received $42.3 billion in subsidies since 2004, the Journal reported on Thursday.
Possibly- with, of course, the rider that Etihad and Qatar received ALL of it!
Emirates returns dividends to its' owners, it does not receive subsidies.
US airlines, on the other hand, receive the advantages of bankruptcy protection laws, and the revenue gained from their protectionist domestic networks.