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...
Category: Middle East
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...
Qatar Airways – route announcements or statements of intent
In classic Qatar Airways fashion their CEO has made another dramatic statement of new route plans – without any...
Emirates calls out Trump on USA service reductions
Emirates has announced plans to reduce service to the USA amid fallout from the Trump administration’s new immigration restrictions...
Erdogan’s hollow win
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is claiming a victory for his yes campaign in yesterday’s referendum on the Turkish constitution....
Never hit a person or an airline while they are down
Emirates is getting a lot of its fans to like its latest advertisement and video suggesting that Emirates represents...
Erdogan turns up the heat in Turkey
Some interesting notes in the Economist as Turkey goes to a referendum today. Turkey matters not just for its...
Trump’s Syria attack
The world is a scarier place today: after an apparent nerve-gas attack by the Syrian air force killed more...
Security or protectionism?
Bad news yesterday for the portable office warrior. People like me who carry a laptop, ipad and one or...