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...
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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...
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...
#Qatar Crisis
On Monday morning the big four Gulf partners, KSA, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt turned on our neighbour, Qatar. Qatar...
Another Thai airline – another non-starter?
Another unlikely Thai airline start-up. Thai Platinum Airlines. Here is their art-worked airplane – with a website on the...
How to justify a 1600% price increase?
Times are hard at Emirates – so what does the airline do – it announces a 1600% price increase...
Emirates 2016/2017 annual results – as bad as expected
Emirates Results excluding DNATA in AED billions y/e 31 March 2017 half year to 31 March 2017 half year...
A little clarity on plans for Dubai’s airports
Aviation Business reported today that Dubai Airport CEO Paul Griffiths has revealed more detail around the city’s plan to...
Etihad’s interim appointments are a holding pattern
Etihad Airways, in a surprise announcement yesterday, appointed Ray Gammell as it’s interim Group CEO, and confirmed that James...