The flight was delayed for over three hours as ground staff tried to manage the sudden exits, according to eyewitness accounts and viral videos circulating on social media.
Emirates clarified that flyers would have had to disembark at Terminal 3 in Dubai to catch a connecting flight to Amsterdam. This led to a surge of social media users calling out Himanta Biswa Sarma's bluff.
Traffic feels worse than ever on Dubai's roads. The price of housing continues to spike even with new real estate projects being announced almost daily.
Emirates said its flights to Jordan, which were also suspended, would resume on Sunday
The Air India Group, which includes Air India, Vistara, and Air India Express, recorded a 46 percent increase in international passenger traffic compared to pre-pandemic levels, while IndiGo has more than doubled its international traffic since the pandemic.
Singapore Airlines, Indigo and Emirates, three airlines and three stories of horror. The scheduled flight on a Boeing BA.N 777-300ER plane diverted to Bangkok after the plane was buffeted by turbulence that flung passengers and crew around the cabin, slamming some hard into the ceiling. A 73-year-old British passenger died of a suspected heart attack and at least 30 people were injured. Three airlines have been in the news for the wrong reasons. Watch.
The flamingos, migrating northwards, collided with the Emirates flight from Dubai to Mumbai as it prepared to land at around 9 PM.
Emirates, owned by Dubai's government, announced revenues of USD 33 billion, compared to USD 29.3 billion the year before. Profit the year prior had been USD 2.9 billion.
Writing on X (formerly Twitter), the man narrated the experience of his 15-year-old daughter- flying alone for the first time-had missed her connecting Emirates flight from Dubai and how he received a call at 4 am informing him everything had been taken care of.
At the Emirates lounges in Dubai International Airport, traditional Arabic sweets, dates and coffee will be offered during Ramzan
A video of the incident, that took place on a Dubai-Islamabad Emirates flight on February 25, was shared on X (formerly Twitter) and showed the passenger trying to headbutt a male flight attendant , who pushes him to the floor with assistance from another crew member.
Responding to the video, Emirates commented: 'We wanna try too!'
Emirates' service is available to Indian passport holders possessing a valid six-month visa for the US, US Green Card, EU Residency, or UK Residency.
Kimmy Chedel, 59, and her daughter Zoe Doyle, 25, had booked an Emirates flight to Switzerland-with a layover in Dubai-to spend Christmas with their family
That conflict, as well as Russia's war on Ukraine, likely will influence the five-day show at Al Maktoum Airport at Dubai World Central. It is the city-state's second airfield after Dubai International Airport, which is the world's busiest for international travel and home base for the long-haul carrier Emirates.
'I am disgusted that they are discriminating against me for struggling with an eating disorder that has nothing to do with completing the job of being a flight attendant,' Miss Universe Canada in 2023 Madison Kvaltin said.
The airline said it will operate its newly retrofitted flagship A380 aircraft from the two Indian airports — Mumbai and Bengaluru, featuring the new premium economy seats.
India is one of the fastest-growing aviation markets in the world and Gulf carriers have been seeking enhanced bilateral flying rights to operate more flights to and from the country.
"We are looking at both more A350s, more 777-9 and possibly the 787 range," Tim Clark told reporters on the sidelines of a global airlines meeting.
One option being discussed is for Emirates Steel Arkan to take a minority stake in Thyssenkrupp Steel as part of a business partnership, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The day was first celebrated in 2006 by Colleen Paige, an animal welfare campaigner who used the day to draw attention to the plight of animals that live in shelters, around the world.
The launch of premium economy seats will help the airline market this class more aggressively than before and take on the likes of Air France, Lufthansa, British Airways and others who offer similar service.
Clark, while speaking at the CAPA India Aviation Summit, said that the government of Dubai has approached the Indian government to liberalise air travel by easing bilateral air service agreements, but to no avail.
India’s potentially huge growth story means the country shouldn’t constrain it by imposing restrictions on the number of plane seats an airline can offer on bilateral flights, says the president of Emirates airline.
Emirates, which operates only wide-body A380s and B777s, flies to nine Indian cities and operates 167 weekly flights to the country.