<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Revelation" class="quote" target="_blank">Revelation</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>A lot? Chances are, not a cent. <acr...
Jump to postWell look at it this way. Many passengers who booked and paid to fly the A380 were downgraded to A330 or the old 777. I would imagine <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> had to compensate alot of those passengers in one way or another who paid big bucks to the fly the A 380...
Jump to postSo who pays for this? Emirates or Airbus?
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/a380-...0m-month-emirates-exec-461954.html
Emirates is going to present an independent study conducted by non-profit German Aerospace Centre DLR to German politicians in an effort to convince them to allow them entry into Berlin & Stuttgart!! <a href="http://www.arabianbusiness.com/emirates-in-new-push-for-german-landing-slots-457292.htm...
Jump to posthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsZqN-uEgQU
Never saw a tougher landing for a Jet as big as an A320! What say you?
What about Gatwick!!! It already has 3 daily flights! Why not an A380 there?
Jump to postEmirates announced today that will be sending another A380 on their <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> route making it 3 daily flights with the A380 now!! Seems Capacity is allowing this increase. Business is always full when I fly that route! <a href="http...
Jump to postThis is the original article from the original source rather than the other media sources who only seem to report the negative or controversial side of the story <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/courts/court-rules-on-domestic-discipline" target="_blank">http://www.thenational.ae/news...
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Jump to postA Sad ending to a wonderful lady. Miss Brazil dies after succumbing to a rare disease. What a sad story. She went through a terrible ordeal!!! <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/01/24/2009-01-24_brazilian_amputee_model_miss_world_final.html" target=_blank>http://www.nydailynews.com/goss...
Jump to postDamn!!! They took with them $ 3 Million... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Tell me where!!! I am sending a crew to fish out that money NOW!!!
Hehehehehehe
Well Oil has fallen recently to USD 121. This is quite significant from the last sharp rise up to USD 147. It is now predicted to keep on falling. Is this the end of the Oil Rally? Does this mean airlines will start to breath again? Seems some of the giants are going to be happy about the news but w...
Jump to postWho wants to bet that Durban will be added in 2009
Before 2010, EK will have bolstered its presence in South Africa ahead of the World Cup 2010
Why via Moscow??? So it seems every1 is jumping the Houston Wagon after <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> recently started, then <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> announced, now <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym>.... wonder when <acronym title="Eti...
Jump to postAccording to Boston Consulting Group, Emirates is on its way to become the No.1 International Airline in passenger load by 2015. It currently no. 7 and catching up with Lufthansa which is no. 1 very fast! <a href="http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Aviation/10166527.html" target=_blank>http://www.gulf...
Jump to postThe six runways wont be all operational until way after 2013. Dubai has made a study that by then traffic would have increased significantly to accomodate these runways. They are working on creating opportunities for other carriers to have major hubs in JXB especially the freight like DHL, Fedex and...
Jump to postWell the First Runway at the New Airport in Dubai (JXB), now officially called the Al Maktoum International Airport, has been completed and is ready for operations!! <a href="http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Aviation/10165289.html" target=_blank>http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Aviation/10165289.htm...
Jump to postI cannot believe tha amount of ignorance that is present on this forum.... with all due respect to all other people who truly live outside of their box!!!! Really if I talk till tomorrow I will never be able to counter all the rubbish statements I read!!! So before anyone starts ranting about Dubai ...
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Jump to postAlrighty then.... looking for a pilot job? Well <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym>, <acronym title="Etihad Airways (United Arab Emirates)">EY</acronym>, <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> and others are going to be recruiting alot of pilots as a study has indicate...
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Jump to postIn an interesting and extensive interview with Chairman of Emirates, Sheikh Ahmad, with an arabic daily newspaper, he revealed that the Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammad told the Chairman that he wants Emirates to be No. 1 in the World. So for all those speculating... I think you got your answer.... O...
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Jump to postWhat other destinations can we see besides <acronym title="Barcelona (- El Prat) (BCN / LEBL), Spain">BCN</acronym> and <acronym title="Madrid - Barajas (MAD / LEMD), Spain">MAD</acronym>.... cause I have a feeling that if they use their fifth freedom rights to fly to the Americas... including Latin...
Jump to postWell it seems that <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> and <acronym title="Etihad Airways (United Arab Emirates)">EY</acronym> are soon going to be flying to Spain as what I understood from this report is that the UAE & Spain have signed an Open Skies Agreement! <a href="ht...
Jump to postLast time I travelled through <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> was 4 weeks ago and I landed at 8pm and cleared immigration by 11pm. Yep a SOLID 3 hours in the Que. I was dead by the time I claimed my bag. Reached the hotel at Midnite!!! Aweful! I only fly...
Jump to postWell the Dubai Air Show is 1 month away we should expect some interesting announcements especially that of Emirates 100 frames of either the B787 or A350 or a mixture So what orders are we going to expect? Here is the link to the website of the Dubai Air Show 2007 <a href="http://www.dubaiairshow.or...
Jump to postHi All, I have heard a rumour on a local forum that <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> is starting Capetown and Durban daily from January 2008. Does anyone know anything about this? I know about the 3 x daily to <acronym title="Johannesburg - O.R. Tambo International (Jan ...
Jump to postApparantely and according to inner sources, Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport that was supposed to open later this year, has been delayed till summer of 2008 because it is linked to a very big announcement to be made at the Dubai Air Show? No one is speaking but the official word will be out...
Jump to postSo how many planes does <acronym title="Gulf Air (Bahrain/UAE/Oman/Qatar)">GF</acronym> have now? I think the only way to push <acronym title="Gulf Air (Bahrain/UAE/Oman/Qatar)">GF</acronym> forward is to link it to the development of Bahrain! They cannot walk independent any more! <acronym title="E...
Jump to postYou are right. It is their second phase of going Three Daily But they will add the last one in February of 2008. This means 21 flights a week. So 3 daily on all days of the week! Do you think they have capacity to increase a 4th or will they use the A380's instead or maybe add a Capetown? Seems Sout...
Jump to postWell it seems the Sourth Africa Market is doing really well for <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym>. They are starting a third daily on selective days as of October to raise their total weekly flights to 21 per week It is interesting how <acronym title="Emirates (United Ara...
Jump to postThe airline is real and is owned by an Indian Expat.... but his has to be a crazy investment??? Who is going to go all the way to Fujairah to fly to London?
Jump to postCan someone explain to me how the hell did the Camera crew arrive to the incident before any of the Fire Brigade Engines were anywhere in sight??? Why did it take them such a long time to start putting off the fire???
Jump to postopppsss.. i didn't see the other thread on this.... sorry
Mods please delete
Thanks
The Chinese Govt are taking some big measures to scale down traffic at Beijing International Airport by banning new airlines from forming and restricting the number of flights per day in <acronym title="Beijing - Capital (PEK / ZBAA), China">PEK</acronym>. Oh boy, this is going to hinder the expansi...
Jump to postI think is will open earlier than that. One of the engineers on site told me it is ready... but I guess they are testing it now. I pass by it almost every day and it looks ready to me!
Could be end of September or beginning of October with an Official Opening in November
An extended version of the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V06LBgfuxgA&mode=related&search=
Apparently that pilot now works for Jet Blue!!!
Okay this is the first time in my life that I see a plane actually move on water after it crashes!!.... watch and believe <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Yf6_MVTck&mode=related&search=" target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Yf6_MVTck&mode=related&search=</a> Hope no body posted th...
Jump to postI am going to ask some pilots in <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> about this flight cause this is weird as hell!!! But I have to say that if BAA were informed about the diversion then approach at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acrony...
Jump to postI heard this from an <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> Pilot who says his best plane by far is the 777. He told me that next year they are opening <acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym>-<acronym title="Los Angeles - Interna...
Jump to postJust a question out of curiosity. Do the airlines care much about this award as much as their business? I mean even if <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> came 10th... does that mean their business is bad? Theoretically, <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> & <acro...
Jump to postAlot of people said Australia will not grant extra rights to <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> and they finally did.... Also there was speculation about Canada and it seems they are also eventually granting the right.... I think business is business for many of these airp...
Jump to postSeems that <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> wants to start Stuttgart and Berlin but the German Government are afraid for Lufthansa! <a href="http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Aviation/10142857.html" target=_blank>http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Aviation/10142857.html</a>...
Jump to postDid I miss this one cause I couldn't find a thread for it <a href="http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=496773:air-nz-opposes-auckland-airport-sale&Itemid=0" target=_blank>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index...ses-auckland-airport-sale&Itemid=0</a> Air New Zea...
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