Emirates cuts its New Zealand network Emirates will drop its daily Melbourne-Auckland and Brisbane-Auckland fights from March 2018; it had previously dropped its Sydney to...
Suvannakhet – the failure of communism A visit to Suvannakhet in Laos shows everything that is wrong with a communist regime. This is the second...
Buying property in Dubai – beware of the hype It was Dubai’s Cityscape Global property show last week. Global sounds impressive. But it is not really a global...
Near CFIT for Emirates A380 at Moscow Nine days ago an Emirates A380 came within 400 feet of flying into the ground on an approach to...
Emirates 521 – one year update Emirates flight 521 crashed on landing at Dubai on 3 August 2016. One year on the United Arab Emirates investigation...
Etihad’s 2016 loss – US$1.87 billion. Etihad Airways today reported a $1.9bn loss for 2016, as the company added “one off impairment” charges related to...
flydubai and Emirates – an engagement not a marriage? Emirates and flydubai on Monday announced a significant partnership agreement that will see the two airlines join forces for...
“I have no enemies and no hatred” Liu Xiaobo – Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo died yesterday; held captive by a nation that refused to allow him to obtain medical help offered...
Hackmasters and DXB – where ambition and reality have not yet connected So I landed back at DXB on Tuesday as I walked into the arrivals area a company called Hackmasters had...