Parker Warns Gulf Competition Could Make Hubs ‘Fall Apart’

WASHINGTON—American Airlines CEO Doug Parker believes Gulf carriers opening new routes from countries outside their own home bases to the U.S. poses an “enormous threat” to U.S. airlines. “Our hub-and-spoke system will fall apart—it is that serious,” Parker told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Aviation...

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