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Emirates' first Airbus A380

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Reply #1 on: April 05, 2008, 07:14:01 pm
the first of 40 odd :lol:
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Reply #3 on: April 05, 2008, 08:57:06 pm
thats what i ment 50 odd :lol:
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Reply #4 on: April 07, 2008, 08:02:49 am
and one guy ordered one as a private jet :shock:


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Reply #6 on: April 07, 2008, 12:03:22 pm
Since Emirates has such a large number of aircraft on order (over 200 i believe). Does anyone here think they can pull of their plans to conquer the long-haul market with no short haul connections to back it up? I think it will be interesting to see, but if they continue to link places via Dubai it's not going to work. However if they begin opening up a bit (for instance, taking advantage of open skies and placing a A380 LHR-JFK, which should mean lower prices than BA, AA etc. due to higher capacity) then there is a good chance it could work.
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Reply #7 on: April 07, 2008, 01:48:48 pm
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thats what i ment 50 odd :lol:


 :roll: you said 40 odd


i was joking :)
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Reply #8 on: April 07, 2008, 02:31:48 pm
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Since Emirates has such a large number of aircraft on order (over 200 i believe). Does anyone here think they can pull of their plans to conquer the long-haul market with no short haul connections to back it up? I think it will be interesting to see, but if they continue to link places via Dubai it's not going to work. However if they begin opening up a bit (for instance, taking advantage of open skies and placing a A380 LHR-JFK, which should mean lower prices than BA, AA etc. due to higher capacity) then there is a good chance it could work.



believe me they can make it work !!

they serve Beirut which is like 2 hours and half from dubai twice daily with a B777 and a A330

they just need a better airport thats all  :P
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Reply #9 on: April 07, 2008, 07:23:31 pm
They serve Tehran (which is ~600nm away) with a daily A332.

They also plan to serve a small airport in the middle of Iran (of a city I've never heard of before) with a A380 and its only about 200nm away :shock:


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Reply #10 on: April 07, 2008, 07:46:41 pm
Anything is possible when profitability isn't a concern and money is nothing (not to mention fuel price isn't even in the picture)
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Reply #11 on: April 07, 2008, 08:12:10 pm
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Anything is possible when profitability isn't a concern and money is nothing (not to mention fuel price isn't even in the picture)



Totally disagree with u

ppl who think that emirates doesnt make any profit is wrong
1st of all in dubai there is not lot of petroleum around 60% of the petrol is in the abu dhabi emirate not dubai the rest is around the ein emirate in the south
dubai is a connecting airport basically connecting europe to india pakistan
2nd emirates is a profitable airline they serve huge airplanes to small cities to kill , dominate the market  just like some players do in AM
3rd Emirates Airline "experience" is really working that many other airlines r just copying what they do hint : Qatar Airways , Etihad and also i think its Jet Airways who opened a hub in Brussels to connect passengers to India
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