Emirates & Dubai General Thread

[Izanee 0]

Good thing TF is not running EK, or he may not be able to park the A380s anywhere!!

[Kee Hooi Yen 0]

Good thing TF is not running EK, or he may not be able to park the A380s anywhere!!

 

Not only parking issue, but he will also need to use emergency slide for disembarking in order to achieve 25 mins turnaround time on the apron

[Izanee 0]

Not only parking issue, but he will also need to use emergency slide for disembarking in order to achieve 25 mins turnaround time on the apron

 

 

Forget building multiple aerobridges for the A380!! lol

[Eugene Koh 4]

Maybe Tim Clark should be made an offer he can't refuse to turn around MAS!!

[Izanee 0]

MAS will never be turned around because of all the 'makhluk halus' controlling the purse strings

[flee 5]

Emirates is set to fly its flagship Airbus A380 superjumbo to and from Melbourne next year, giving local travellers a taste of inflight opulence that only Sydney passengers have previously enjoyed.

 

From October next year, Emirates will put its A380 on the route between Dubai, Melbourne and Auckland. From Dubai, the A380s then fly onward to London and other European cities including Paris and Rome.

 

The A380 aircraft will service the existing direct Dubai-Melbourne-Auckland route, coded EK406 and EK407. The service will operating daily.

 

Emirates will maintain its two other daily services to Melbourne from Dubai, via Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, which will continue to be flown by the long-range Boeing 777-300ER.

 

From Melbourne, it will run the 489-seat superjumbo configured for 14 first class private cabins, 76 business flat-recliners (87-inch seat pitch) and 399 economy seats (32 to 33-inch seat pitch).

 

Running the A380 will add an extra 135 seats a flight over the present Boeing 777-300ER, and with the Melbourne service running daily, equates to an extra 50,000 seats a year, in round figures.

 

That's the equivalent uplift of an extra 140 B777 flights a year.

 

Emirates' Australasian vice president, Barry Brown, said running the bigger planes wasn't a way around the cap on flight rights imposed by aviation treaties.

 

Emirates has rights to operate 84 flights a week from Australia, and are presently running at 70 a week, he said.

 

The airline was simply responding to passenger demand from Melbourne for the flagship service, he said.

 

"I've heard for many years passengers say 'I'm not transiting over Sydney'," Mr Brown said. "I've got a very healthy complaint list that says, 'I've had to book two weeks in advance to get a business class seat on your A380'. I think that's a high-class problem for any airline manager to have."

 

And despite the extra seats, Mr Brown was confident in being able to maintain present load factors (how full a plane is) around the low 80-per cent mark.

 

Melbourne was "a natural progression after Sydney in the Australasian market, he said.

 

October was the earliest date an extra A380 would become available on the Emirates network, and Mr Brown was able to win internal competition from other Emirates' regional managers requests for an A380 service.

 

"I'm fighting the rest of the [Emirates] world who are putting their hand up for an A380," he said.

 

It will be one of its 20-strong A380 fleet, with the airline having placed orders for 70 more.

 

Passengers won't be asked to pay any extra premium for flying on the superjumbo, as the higher capacity seating allows for a lower "per-seat" running cost, including fuel burn, Mr Brown said.

 

Qantas, however, still enjoys more than double Emirates' market share of Australia's international travel, with Emirates at 7.8 per cent market share, government figurers show.

 

Qantas runs its A380 on selected flights between Melbourne and Los Angeles direct, and on the route from Melbourne to London via Singapore.

 

But Emirates is in striking range of its next closest rivals, Air New Zealand with 8.3 per cent and Singapore Airlines with 9 per cent market share.

 

"All of our sales teams have individual targets," said Mr Brown. "The more capacity we add to the Australian market and beyond Dubai, the more natural growth they'll be for Emirates. It's good to see the market-share indicators creeping up."

 

Emirates was the only airline to offer first class across the Tasman, Mr Brown said.

 

Upstairs in first class, Emirate's double-decker A380 uniquely includes two fully equipped apartment-style bathrooms with a shower, allowing well-heeled passengers to get naked and soap up at 37,000 feet for a fragrant arrival.

 

There's even a blind on the outside bathroom window.

 

"It's for modesty on the ground," Mr Brown said.

 

The cheapest way to sample the inflight shower would be to book a first class sector on a trans-Tasman flight (expected to be about $1300 one-way).

 

Emirates has been running the A380 on the Dubai-Sydney-Auckland route since 2009.

 

Melbourne airport last year upgraded its international departures terminal last year to include more reconfigured aerobridges to accommodate double-decker boarding for the A380.

 

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[alberttky 0]

Emirates to launch A380 flights to Melbourne and Tokyo

 

Emirates will add the A380 to its Dubai-Tokyo route from July 1, 2012, and to its non-stop Dubai-Melbourne service from next October.

 

The carrier has now taken delivery of 20 superjumbo aircraft, allowing it to add new destinations served by the superjumbo next year, including Kuala Lumpur on January 1, 2012, followed by Tokyo and Melbourne later in the year.

 

Emirates serves Melbourne with one service via Singapore, and one non-stop flight (continuing onto Auckland) – this second service EK406 will become an A380 flight from October 1, 2012.

 

It means that UK passengers will be able to fly all the way to Melbourne on Emirates' A380 aircraft. As things stand schedules allow for a 2215 departure from London on EK006, landing in Dubai at 0805 the following day, and connecting onto EK406, departing at 1010 and landing in Melbourne at 0635 the following day.

 

On the return journey EK407 departs at 2225, landing in Dubai at 0540 the following day, before connecting onto London on EK001, departing at 0745 and landing at 1215.

 

It's also worth noting that the news will increase the pressure on Air New Zealand's London-Auckland flights, as from next October Emirates will offer two daily A380 services to the New Zealand capital.

 

Ahead of the launch of A380 Melbourne services, the carrier’s daily Dubai-Tokyo route will become a superjumbo service from July 1, with EK318 departing Dubai at 0250, arriving into Tokyo Narita at 1735, and the return leg EK319 departing Narita at 2200, landing back in Dubai at 0415 the following day.

 

Routes currently served by Emirates’ A380 include: London Heathrow, Manchester, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Rome, Munich, Toronto, Seoul, Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai, Jeddah, New York, Hong Kong, Sydney, Johannesburg and Auckland.

 

From March 25, 2012 the carrier will operate four of its five daily services to London Heathrow with the superjumbo.

 

http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/emirates-to-launch-a380-flights-to-melbourne-an

[Ashraf 0]

i've heard that EK will be commencing a special global sale from 25Dec for a short period with discounts up to 25% to all routes......check-out the website as sales start 25dec!

[Robert 0]

I booked an open jaw with them last week and will be flying KUL-LHR & ZRH-KUL tomorrow for RM3600 which is pretty good in my view. Not a massive fan but they offer value for money and the 30kg if luggage is useful for Christmas shopping.

Edited December 22, 2011 by Robert

[flee 5]

Emirates enters Vietnam from June

 

Effective 4th June, Emirates Airline resumes service to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The airline is resuming service to Vietnam after a hiatus of almost 15 years.

 

The airline will launch service on the route on board two class Airbus A330-200 aircraft, switching to the Boeing 777-300ER effective Winter 2012/13 season.

 

Schedule:

EK390 DXB 0925 - 1920 SGN 332 D

EK391 SGN 2050 - 0045+1 DXB 332 D

 

Source

[Naim 6]

i've heard that EK will be commencing a special global sale from 25Dec for a short period with discounts up to 25% to all routes......check-out the website as sales start 25dec!

 

I got 2 tix KUL/LED for MYR2436/pax, travelling in April, 2012. With A380 for DXB-KUL.

[alberttky 0]

More aircraft are having to circulate and burn fuel above Dubai International at peak times as slot congestion rises.

 

The practice - well known to passengers travelling to London Heathrow and other key hubs - has spread to the Gulf's leading airport as it grapples with capacity constraints amid increasing growth. The airport handled 50.98 million passengers last year, up 8% on 2010.

 

One pilot said: "It's becoming a bigger problem. When you're flying an A380 around for half an hour waiting to land, that's a considerable add-on cost."

 

Emirates declined to comment.

 

Helen Woodrow, Dubai Airport's Head of Aeronautical Strategy, said there has been a rapid rise in demand for airspace capacity in the past five years, which has led to congestion at Dubai International during peak periods.

 

Evenings and early mornings tend to be the busiest times as flights criss-cross from Asia and Europe, although many flights operate in the middle of the night.

 

"We are aware of this and are tackling the issue at multiple levels," she said.

"In the near term, changes to standard arrival and departure routes are currently pending regulatory approval. These changes are designed to enhance the efficiency with which flights to and from Dubai and our neighbouring airports are able to be handled by air traffic control."

 

She added there are several further phases of airspace development planned over the coming years which will focus not only on changing processes, but also on using emerging technologies such as 'performance based navigation'.

 

In the meantime, Dubai Airports is engaging with various stakeholder to ensure air routes are decongested, bottlenecks are reduced and latent airspace capacity - much of UAE airspace is reserved for military use - is unlocked.

 

"Unfortunately not all of the fixes required are under our control. Dubai Airports is actively participating in several national and regional forums with our industry partners such as CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation), the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority and Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, to work across borders to optimise the region’s airspace structure," she said.

 

Peak periods, by their very nature, are highly desirable by airlines who typically prefer to retain these slots.

 

But should the situation deteriorate then the 'plan B' option of switching more flights to Dubai World Central could be accelerated.

 

"We do anticipate slot constraints at Dubai will make Dubai World Central an increasingly attractive option for general aviation and cargo airlines in future," she said.

Planes circle for up to 55 hours a day over Heathrow, burning 190 tonnes of fuel and releasing 600 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

 

Around 60% of arrivals at the airport are held in four holding stacks, according to figures released by air traffic control service Nats.

 

http://www.businesstraveller.com/middle-east/news/dubai-impacted-by-landing-congestion

[xtemujin 0]

Etihad cancellation puts A350-1000 programme at risk says analyst

Posted 7 May 2012 (Mon)

 

Etihad has cancelled seven more A350-1000s according to the latest set of figures from European planemaker Airbus – a move that a leading analyst says may put the programme at risk.

 

Etihad now has just 12 orders for the A350-1000 aircraft, down from 25 for the according to the Airbus' Excel spreadsheet.

 

Industry analyst Saj Ahmad said: "Airbus should be very worried by these new cancellations for the A350-1000. It's been a while since it snared any orders and with Etihad now cancelling over half of its original 25 orders for the type, it seems inevitable that they will ditch these orders too. Etihad has been working with Boeing and other airlines to define the 777X family and with just 62 orders for the entire A350-1000 family, there is little Etihad can gain from just have 12 units, especially when it upped orders for the 787-9m for which it will become the biggest single operator of that type.”

 

There was criticism of Airbus by the Gulf carriers when the dallied over the design and then went back with a redesign and production delay. Ahmad says Airbus will be extremely concerned about the view that Emirates and Qatar Airways will be taking.

 

“Emirates has been known for a while that it is not happy at all with the way the A350-1000 is shaping up and is also poised to cancel or convert these orders should Airbus fail to implement the design changes they are demanding,” Ahmad said.

 

“As it stands, the A350-1000 is at a very high risk of being dropped altogether by the only four customers it has - this is something Airbus will be desperate to avoid, especially as the 777-300ER continues to rack up orders. But frankly, it's out of Airbus' hands and they know it."

 

Airbus figures show it took 12 new orders in April, bringing its total for the year to 112. Adjusted for cancellations, net orders for the year to date stands at 95 passenger jets, up 5 from the end of March.

The company delivered 183 aircraft in the January-April period, including five A380s.

 

http://www.arabianae...ys-analyst.html

Edited May 7, 2012 by xtemujin

[Ashraf 0]

EK posts profits but a reduced one.

 

http://www.ameinfo.com/emirates-profits-fall-72-fuel-costs-300025

[flee 5]

Etihad cancellation puts A350-1000 programme at risk says analyst

I think their main problem is with the unreliable delivery dates. The A350-1000 deliveries are pushed back two years - this was why Eithad cancelled. Etihad also cancelled earlier B787 orders due to lack of clarity on delivery dates. Once this became clearer, the ordered more.

 

EK posts profits but a reduced one.

 

http://www.ameinfo.c...el-costs-300025

Q1 2012 results were bad everywhere, AF/KLM, Lufthansa, SIA and Emirates have all reported hugely inflated fuel bills. This does not augur well for Malaysia Airlines. Looks like they will report another big loss.

[kandiah k 0]

EMIRATES To Offer the Widest IFE Screen

 

http://travel.malaysia.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=250234113

[Isaac 0]

EMIRATES To Offer the Widest IFE Screen

 

http://travel.malays...entid=250234113

It looks like the Panasonic Eco9i integrated screen... but the screen position is a bit different on this one. 12.1" PTV in Y, a first indeed and not just some PR stunt some airlines like to fool the general flying public

Edited June 9, 2012 by Isaac

[xtemujin 0]

Emirates puts heat on Qantas

sullivan Aviation

July 6, 2012

 

EMIRATES has stepped up the pressure on Qantas by increasing flights to Australia, leaving the local airline to face another financial year of hardship as it prepares to deliver its first annual loss since privatisation.

 

Qantas is caught in a pincer movement between large capacity increases on international routes by state-sponsored airlines seeking to benefit from a strong economy and Australians' desire to travel with a high dollar, and a price war with Virgin Australia in its lucrative domestic market.

 

A week after Singapore Airlines singled out Australia as one of two markets worldwide it is targeting for growth, Emirates announced a 50 per cent increase in its flights to Perth by early next year and Adelaide as the fifth Australian city it would fly to by November.

 

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The beefing up of capacity again highlights the mounting challenges Qantas has to turn around its premium international operations, which are on course to lose more than $450 million in 2011-12.

 

Emirates will begin flying four times a week between Adelaide and Dubai in November, before making it a daily service in February.

 

It will also increase services to Perth from 14 a week to 19 from December 1, before taking it to 21 a week from March.

 

The latest plan means by early next year, Emirates will come close to hitting the cap of 84 flights a week permitted under the bilateral air-rights agreement between Australia and the United Arab Emirates.

 

The Emirates head of operations in Australia, Barry Brown, said the airline had decided to increase flights because of the strength of the Australian economy and strong demand from travellers.

 

''Strategically it is a very important market for Emirates. [Australia] is now Emirates' second or third [highest] revenue-producing country,'' he said.

 

Mr Brown said Emirates would wait to see how the new services performed before seeking a lift in the cap on its flights to Australia from 84 to 100 a week. The flights to Adelaide are exempt from the cap, which means it still has room to add seven flights a week.

 

Chinese airlines such as China Southern have also been significantly increasing flights to Australia, adding to the intense competition Qantas is facing from Emirates and other Middle Eastern airlines Etihad and Qatar Airways. The latter launched on Wednesday thrice-weekly flights between Doha and Perth.

 

The looming capacity glut comes as Qantas announced the sale of two catering plants to the country's second-largest airline caterer, Gate Gourmet, for an undisclosed price.

 

The catering facility called Riverside, near Sydney Airport, and another in Cairns, employ about 370 people between them. Those staff would ''transition'' to Gate Gourmet, Qantas said.

 

Qantas has made it clear that one of the levers it will have to pull if trading conditions worsen is the ability to sell non-core assets. These include 50 per cent stakes in the air freight companies Star Track Express and Australian Air Express, and the travel agency Jetset Travelworld.

 

Analysts at Macquarie Equities estimate the businesses have a combined value of up to $375 million.

 

http://www.smh.com.au/business/emirates-puts-heat-on-qantas-20120705-21k5i.html

 

 

 

 

[xtemujin 0]

Emirates pushing for more A380s - and the upgraded B777

Posted 29 September 2012 Saturday

 

Emirates president Tim Clark is putting pressure on Boeing to get on with the development of the next generation B777-X and at the same time said the airline could do with another 40 A380 superjumbos.

 

Speaking in Seattle, Clark said Emirates would be ordering a further 30 of the Airbus flagship models taking the airline’s total A380 fleet to 120 – but would opt for a further 10 if Dubai Airport had the capacity to accommodate them.

 

Clark also said that the first of its fleet of 777-300-ER jets are due to be retired in 2017. He said the airline would like to replace them with the updated 777, which is expected to deliver greater efficiencies.

 

“It is a good time to start bellyaching to get the new jet started,” Clark said "I'm hoping to see it sooner rather than later."

 

A Boeing official told the news agency Reuters that the company is developing options and "when we are satisfied with the risks, costs and schedule, we intend to present a plan for offering the airplane to customers that would enter the market late this decade," he said.

 

Emirates already has 23 of the A380s in service. Seven more are close to being ready for delivery.

 

Issues with the wing has seen Emirates losing the use of each aircraft as it goes through a repair procedure. The first of the modified aircraft is back with Emirates Engineering for its first planned check having already completed the mandated interval.

 

But Clark sees this as a short-term problem and the demand for the type will continue to grow. "We don't cancel orders," Clark told the meeting. "We get on with it."

 

http://www.arabianae...raded-b777.html

Edited September 30, 2012 by xtemujin

[Ashraf 0]

DUBAI, UAE – 12 November 2012 - The Emirates Group today announced its half yearly results which remain robust despite continued global economic pressure and continued high fuel prices. The Emirates Group posted a AED 2.1 billion (US$ 575 million) net profit for the first six months of its current fiscal year ending 30th September 2012, up 68 per cent from AED 1.3 billion (US$ 343 million) from 30th September 2011. Despite fundamental challenges, the Group’s revenue and other operating income rose to AED 38.2 billion (US$ 10.4 billion) an increase of 16 per cent over the last year’s results. This constitutes the first time in the Group’s history that revenue surpassed the US$ 10 billion mark in a six month period. The Group’s cash position on 30th September 2012 remained strong at AED 15.2 billion (US$ 4.1 billion), compared to AED 17.6 billion (US$ 4.8 billion) as of March end 2012. The AED 2.4 billion difference in the cash balance is primarily resulting from a AED 2.0 billion Sukuk bond repayment in June 2012.  “The Emirates Group half-year performance is the result of hard work and our drive to stay on course and continue to grow despite the precarious marketplace,” said His Highness (HH) Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group. “We have continued to invest in the infrastructure of both Emirates and dnata and it continues to pay off.”Even with a challenging operating environment, the Group continued to invest in and expand on its employee base, increasing its overall staff count by more than 8 per cent in just six months to nearly 68,000. During the first six months of the fiscal year Emirates received 13 wide-body aircraft, including two A380s and ten Boeing 777s and one freighter, with more than 15 new aircraft scheduled to be delivered before the end of the financial year (31 March 2013).  As the fleet increased, Emirates further invested in its network by adding five new destinations that have joined the 10 new routes added since 30 September 2011, for a total of 15. On its strong upward trajectory, Emirates continues to be one of the fastest growing airlines in the world.  In spite of unstable global economic, geopolitical and environmental conditions Emirates continues to make a profit. In the first half of the 2012-13 fiscal year, Emirates net profit is AED 1.7 billion (US$ 464 million) up 104 per cent from AED 836 million (US$ 228 million). “Emirates remained focused on its growth and global expansion despite on-going fluctuating exchange rates and ever lingering high fuel prices which accounted for 39 per cent of our expenditures, down 2 percentage points from last year,” said HH Sheikh Ahmed. “The instability in the market over the past six months has put Emirates to the test, and once again we have risen to the challenge, our results speak for themselves.” Equipped with the world’s largest fleet of A380s and the largest fleet of Boeing 777s Emirates continues its broad, global expansion now flying to 126  destinations up from 114 last year to 74 countries compared with 67 last year. The airline has launched five new destinations since 1st April 2012 including Ho Chi Minh City, Barcelona, Lisbon, Erbil and Washington, D.C.  Additional new routes to be added during the second half of the fiscal year include Adelaide, which launched 1st November and the upcoming routes of Lyon, Phuket, Warsaw and Algiers. New A380 destinations for the airline for the first six months of fiscal year 2012-13 included Tokyo and Amsterdam bringing the total number of A380 destinations to 19. In the first-half of its financial year 2012-13, Emirates posted strong business growth, both in terms of capacity on offer and traffic carried, performance that has been in sharp contrast to the current trend seen across the aviation industry. Capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres (ASKM), grew by 17.3 per cent, whilst passenger traffic carried measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKM) was up 17.8 per cent with Passenger Seat Factor sustained at a high level, averaging 80 per cent, slightly above last year’s 79 per cent. Emirates carried 18.7 million passengers since 1st April 2012, up 15.4 per cent for the same period last year. The volume of cargo uplifted was up by more than 16 per cent, a significant growth against the market trend. Emirates revenue, including other operating income, of AED 35.4 billion (US$ 9.7 billion) was higher by 17 per cent compared with AED 30.2 billion (US$ 8.2 billion) recorded last year, largely reflecting a strong passenger  yield based on constant high fuel prices. In the summer of 2012, the financial community continued to show confidence in Emirates as the airline successfully raised financing for four A380's using the debt capital market in the United States – a first for a non-US airline for many years.

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Emirates, the world’s biggest airline by international traffic, may need about 30 more Airbus SAS A380 superjumbos to expand its network, which has been constrained by the lack of landing slots and space at its Dubai base.

 

Curfews in destination airports and limits on airspace in the United Arab Emirates are the main constraints on lifting its current order of 90 aircraft to 120, President Tim Clark said in a telephone interview today. The carrier is studying “ways and means” to increase that cap on capacity for the A380, the world’s biggest commercial jet, he said.

 

Emirates, the biggest customer for the plane, is mulling flights to Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco with the A380 after Dubai Airports opened its first superjumbo concourse this month. The airline has exploited the Gulf’s position at the heart of inter-continental flight paths to build hubs served by waves of departures using the plane, pressuring earnings of traditional carriers including partner Qantas Airways Ltd. (QAN)

 

“We know what we want to do, we know where we could put more than 90 A380s today,” he said. “It’s a question of can we actually fit them in?”

 

The Dubai-based carrier is also looking at whether it can fly the superjumbos to the U.S. destinations, beyond the limits of the aircraft’s original design, by making use of new, lighter variants of the plane and cutting back on-board water usage, Clark said.

 

Onboard Showers

 

“The economics of Houston are very powerful,” he said. “That would be an extremely attractive proposition.”

 

Emirates has already announced additional daily A380 flights to New York’s John F. Kennedyand Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airports Jan. 1, and added a fifth daily flight to London Dec. 10.

Emirates, the only carrier with showers on a scheduled commercial aircraft service in its first-class A380s, is only using about 60 percent of the water it carries and could save as much as four tons by shrinking the tank, he said.

 

Extensions to its long-haul network quickly use up aircraft capacity, giving the carrier ability to fill another 30 planes, Clark said.

 

“If you’ve got a global operation and you’re flying to places like Houston, each of those Houston frequencies is 2.5 aircraft,” he said. “Do that to Sydney twice a day or Melbourne twice a day, places like that, and you gobble up aircraft units before you know it.”

 

Qantas Agreement

 

In September, the Middle East carrier announced an agreement with Qantas, Australia’s biggest airline for cooperation. Emirates has resisted joining one of three global airline alliances in favor of taking on older network carriers with the largest fleet of double decker A380s.

 

That strategy took a step forward on Jan. 2 when Dubai International Airport opened the first four of 20 gates at an Emirates-only A380 superjumbo concourse as part of a project to boost capacity by 25 percent to 75 million passengers.

 

While runways will eventually be a constraint, the main issue at present is the availability of landing slots at suitable times in Emirates’ destination airports and managing air traffic in the U.A.E., also home to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways PJSC and budget carrier FlyDubai, Clark said.

 

Emirates added 15 destinations in 2012, including Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Barcelona and Seattle.

 

“The airspace management around us, that’s proving to be quite complex,” he said. “We’ve got many carriers in the U.A.E. growing at quite a pace.”

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-07/emirates-may-need-30-more-a380-superjumbos-for-network-expansion.html

Edited January 7, 2013 by alberttky

[lionel 0]

They sound just like buying a 30 pcs of toys plane..

[Syukri 0]

Well they have the capabilities to do so, they need it and they afford it.. They have once voiced out to buy a tripple decker, if someone builds it..

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/emirates-wants-triple-deck-jet-for-800-2012-11

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

Emirates continues its global domination to Boston, Miami and Stockholm in this leaked report. http://www.anna.aero/2013/01/09/leak-of-the-week-emirates-to-launch-routes-to-boston-miami-and-stockholm/

[khairuddin abu hanifah 0]

Flydubai inaugurated flights from Dubai to Malé Maldives

 

Flydubai inaugurated flights from Dubai (DXB) to Malé (MLE) on 19 January. The low-cost carrier now serves the Maldives with five-weekly frequencies using its fleet of 737-800s, competing with Emirates’ twice-daily 777-operated services.

 

Flydubai’s CEO, Ghaith Al Ghaith said: “As the first low-cost carrier from the UAE to fly to the Maldives, we are making this island paradise even more accessible to travellers across our network”. The 3,000-kilometre route to the Maldivian capital became the airline’s 51st destination served from the Middle-Eastern mega hub.

 

Source: http://www.anna.aero/2013/01/23/new-airline-routes-launched-15-21-january-2013/?utm_source=anna.aero+newsletter&utm_campaign=d8b0bf2c7d-anna_nl_230113&utm_medium=email