launch date – 1985
country – uae
history – the main dubai based airline has survived the middle eastern conflicts to become what some consider one of the best premium airlines (i don’t).
hubs – dubai
destinations – algeirs (ends febuary), luanda, bouneso aries, adeliade, bribsbane, melbourne, perth, sydney, vienna, manama, dhaka, bruseells, rio,, sao paulo, phonm penh, siam reap, montreal. toronto. bejing, guanzohu,, hangzhou, shanghai, shenzhen, bogota, larnaca, prague, kinshasha (begins 3 febuary), cophenhagen, cairo addis addaba, helsinki (begins october), lyon, nice, paris, dusseldorf, franfkrut, hamburg, munich, accr,a athens, conkary, hong kong, budapest, a hmedabad, benguluur, chennai, delhi, hydrabad, kochi, kolkata, mumbai. thiruvanthanouram, denepesar, jarkata, baghdad, basra, dublin, bologna, milan, rome, venice, abidjan, osaka, tokyo (both), amman, nairobi, kuwait,, beirut antananarivo, kl, male, valetta (malta), port louis, mexico city cassalblanca, amsterdam, auckalnd, chritchurch, lagos, oslo, muscat, islamabad, karachi, lahore, peshawar, siialkot, cebu, clark, manila, warsaw, lisbon, moscow, st petersburg, dammam, jeddah, medina, riydah, dakar, mahe, singapore, cape town, durban, johenesburg, seoul, barcelona, mdarid, colobo, stockhol, geneva, zurich, taipei, dar es salem, bangkok, phuket, tunis, instanbul. entebe, biringham, dubai, edinbrough, glasgow, gatwick heathrow, stanstead, manchester, newcastle, boston, chicago, dallas, houston, lax, miami, newark, fk, orlando, san fran, seattle, dulles. da nang, hanoi, ho chi minh, lusaka, harrare
fleet – a350. a380. 777 former a330, a340
alliance – n/a
accidents 407 (2009) 521 neither fatal.
personal experience – had some of my worse experiences on this airline tight seats and leg room staff who were supposed to help with tight connection and didn’t so i missed it bad food and entertaiment this was from 2009 and 2010.
next time – united.
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