 By Jamie Freed SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Emirates is open to cooperation with rival Etihad Airways in areas including procurement, its president Tim Clark said on Wednesday, adding a full merger between the pair was unlikely but up to the owners. Based in the United Arab Emirates, Emirates and Etihad have competed to build global networks from their respective hubs in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, even as they battled overcapacity, security concerns and a fall in regional business travel. "It is my superiors who have to make that call, not me." When asked if the pair could pursue a merger along the lines of Europe's Air France and KLM, Clark said: "I don't think that will be the case but it is not my call, really.
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