All Emirates Airline articles – Page 20
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Malaysia Airlines turns to Emirates
Following months of painful trimming as part of a broad turnaround programme, Malaysia Airlines (MAB) looks set to receive a boost from its newly announced codeshare agreement with Gulf major Emirates Airline.
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OpinionOPINION: Dubai air show sees lack of commercial sales from Middle East
In terms of commercial aircraft orders, this year’s air show was a shadow of its former self, but the region’s airlines may simply be between courses, rather than at the end of the meal.
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DUBAI: Emirates to show off first high-density A380
Middle Eastern operator Emirates is set to show off the first of its Airbus A380s to be fitted in a higher-density 615-seat configuration.
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DUBAI: Emirates new flight training aircraft on display
Think of Emirates and large widebodies such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 spring to mind. But two much smaller aircraft displaying the livery of the Dubai flag-carrier are on the static.
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VIDEO: Emirates A380 and Jetman Dubai perform amazing formation flight
Emirates Airline and Jetman Dubai greeted the Dubai air show in spectacular fashion with a formation flight over the Palm Jumeirah district.
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Big deals by Gulf trio unlikely at Dubai
This year's Dubai air show, which kicks off on 8 November, almost certainly won't bring a repeat of the orders bonanza that characterised 2013's instalment, with the big-three carriers now bedding in new aircraft and assessing the next steps in their fleet strategies.
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Dubai moments: Our top 10 stories from 13 Dubai air shows
The biennial Dubai air show, which begins on 8 November, launched more than 25 years ago and is known for its mouth-watering orders. Here is our list of the 10 most significant shows and stories from the 13 previous editions.
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OPINION: Decisive action needed to resolve US-Gulf open-skies row
As the row between the US majors and the Gulf carriers rumbles on, it is still unclear how it will end.
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Qatar Airways accuses European rivals of meddling in US dispute
Qatar Airways believes that rival European network carriers have been encouraging their US partners to complain about the Gulf carriers in the current spat over open skies.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines size up capacity at Gatwick and Heathrow
When Flybe sold its London Gatwick slots to EasyJet in 2013, it marked not only the almost complete departure of UK regional operators from the gateway but also a virtual disappearance of turboprops.
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Emirates to choose between A350-900 and 787-10 next year
Emirates will not choose between the Airbus A350-900 or the Boeing 787-10 until next year, chief executive Tim Clark has confirmed – quashing speculation that the Dubai air show might bring a high-profile order for one of the midsize widebodies from the local flag carrier.
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Alaska weighs in in favour of open skies
Alaska Airlines favours the US open-skies policy, adding another voice to the Gulf carrier access debate.
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NewsUS govt pushes review of Gulf subsidy claims to August
The US government will wait until late August at the earliest to deliberate on allegations by three US mainline carriers that their Gulf rivals received $42 billion in state subsidies.
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NewsEmirates formally rebuts US carriers' subsidy claims
Emirates Airline says it was assured by the US government that it would assess the ongoing dispute over alleged subsidies to Gulf carriers, without being influenced by the three US mainline carriers calling for action against the Gulf airlines.
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NewsIATA: Emirates pushes for better hot performance from 787-10
Emirates is unsure whether it will finalise a deal for Airbus A350-900s or Boeing 787-10s before the end of the year, and is waiting to hear whether Seattle will respond to concerns around hot-weather performance for the stretched Dreamliner.
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IATA: Oneworld sees alliances value despite spread of JVs
Oneworld chief executive Bruce Ashby says that the multilateral alliances remain compelling even as more carriers pursue joint ventures.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Small steps to success for A380
Ten years after the A380’s quietly impressive airborne choreography wowed the crowds at its Le Bourget debut, Airbus continues to insist that a commercial breakthrough for the world’s largest airliner is on the horizon, even if it now concedes its flagship is not going to transform long-haul flying in the ...
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NewsUrgency enters US airlines push to limit capacity in Gulf row
The chief executives of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines gathered to reiterate the need to limit the expansion of the Gulf carriers to USA, adding a newfound sense urgency to the issue they began pushing in January.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Thai’s fighting retreat from Europe
Thai Airways’ planned capacity cuts on European routes this summer marks a turning point in the carrier’s history, as it faces a perfect storm of declining European tourist arrivals, a falling Euro, and increasing pressure from Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways.
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OBITUARY: Maurice Flanagan, the expat who helped Emirates take over the world
Maurice Flanagan, who has died aged 86, caught the Dubai bug when he arrived on a two-year secondment to run the city’s airport and travel operator Dnata in the late-1970s. “Everything looked so promising that I decided to stay,” he recalled two decades later. By taking up the royal family’s ...