Articles tagged “emirates air”

Gulf Air is up against three dynamic and well-funded airlines and going small is unlikely to provide it with the breather it needs to survive.

"The notion that we should allow others to chart our destiny is anathema to the thinking certainly of me and others." That's the hard/soft power Emirates is projecting around the globe.

Never accuse Emirates' Clark of big talk and big ambitions. But many hurdles -- including partner Qantas' own ego -- stand in the way of lucrative trans-pacific routes.

Qantas can breathe out a bit with this clearance, even though the time frame in which it has to prove that its deal with Emirates is better than older one with BA is a shorter one than it wanted.

The Gulf airlines only have a small chunk of the market in the U.S., but it's become their most rapidly growing source of revenue over the last two years and uncertainties at U.S. carriers are providing opportunities to grow even further.

Emirates looks like it is getting its own house in order as it concentrates on fleet expansion rather than investing in other carriers.

Emirates has doubled-down on Airbus, so its right to apply pressure on the manufacturer to right the mistakes that forced the carrier to keep planes on the ground.

Everything surrounding UAE is now creaming big again: bigger airlines, bigger hotels, bigger shopping projects, bigger tourism, though recent memory should suggest some rationality somewhere.

The airlines are currently cozying up to American for access to popular U.S. routes, a move that could prove even more profitable for its primary partner should an US Airways merger occur.

Sports marketing is big business for airlines, and its shirt and stadium-naming-rights deals are spreading the Emirates brands in an important market.