BERLIN (Reuters) - Emirates will press ahead with plans to launch flights on Sunday to Newark in the United States via Greece, despite attempts by members of the U.S. Congress to block the route, the airline's president said on Thursday.
Twenty-five members of Congress have written to U.S. President Donald Trump asking him to stop the flight over accusations Emirates and other Middle East airlines have violated the U.S. open skies agreement.
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