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I am sitting here in the comfort of my Dubai apartment; all I have to complain about is the incessant construction noise. I lead a life that is safe, sane and fortunate. The nearest I get to Syria is overflying … Continue reading
Category Archives: Middle East
So Qantas has announced that it will fly its Boeing 787 non stop from Perth to London from March 2018. At the moment Qantas codeshares on Emirates flights from Perth to Dubai and onto Europe. Now Qantas will compete with … Continue reading
Here is another Etihad deal that the European aviation regulators should have a look at. The question, once again, is where does control lie. That Darwin AIrlines was allowed to re-brand as Etihad Regional while arguing that Etihad has no … Continue reading
Emirates reported a 75 per cent fall in first-half net profit from its airline operations resulting from a strong dollar and increased price competition. The world’s largest carrier of international passengers reported a profit of Dhs786m ($214m) for the six … Continue reading
There was a post yesterday on PPRUNE that is one of the most carefully crafted posts that I have seen in the Middle East forum. The post considers that changes over time within both the airline, and the airline industry, … Continue reading
Since 4 August 2016 an Australian company called QuantumCIQ has been retweeting a story written by them praising Emirates social media response to the crash of EK521. On a near daily basis for the last two months both the company … Continue reading
I have previously questioned Etihad’s policy of making significant investments in less than successful airlines. The strategy appears to be in some trouble with problems at Air Berlin, Alitalia and Jet Airways. Malta Today has reported that Etihad which owns … Continue reading
Dubai Holding (aka Dubai Properties) is a company that is easy to dislike. They were the developer of Executive Towers. You can read more about that fiasco here: Executive Towers – the reality. But their PR department is in … Continue reading
(Updated on 4th and 5th August and 6 September) The GCAA has released a preliminary report to the ICAO and made it public: EK521 preliminary report issued by GCAA Emirates flight 521 from Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) crashed on landing at DXB … Continue reading
Over the last 5 years, Dubai Film has collaborated with companies like Shotover Camera Systems and Aerial Filmworks to develop the very best technology in the world for Aerial Filmmaking. Dubai Film has compiled this film from some of Joseph Hutson’s … Continue reading