Emirates fights for Canada – Chapter 3
When it comes to the UAE-Canada Air Transport Agreement, the UAE have been playing with fire for some time, making bellicose statements threatening to close Camp Mirage. Well, it’s happened. The kill order has come down and Canadian forces are poised to exit the UAE and set up shop elsewhere.
It’s not totally clear how...
The fight for Africa
Hundreds of years ago, the powers of the world fought over Africa and carved its landmass into many pieces which they proceeded to profit from for long stretches of time. Today, a similar fight is on the cards, only this time the would be conquerors are airlines fighting for the skies. Needless to say the...
The 8 best airline tails in the air today
Like anything else of an aesthetic slant, the like and dislike of tail designs is largely subjective. I have compiled the following list of tails as my current top ten with a few accompanying words. They are in no particular order. Air Tahiti Nui – A flower floating in water; hardly a conventional idea for...
Airlines serving six continents from one hub
Qatar Airways will begin service to South America offering a daily Doha - São Paulo - Buenos Aires service to be operated with a 77L. They will become only the third airline ever to offer non-stop service to six continents from a single hub. The current members of the Six Continent Club are South African...
