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The headline is sensationalist; Emirates is banning pagers and walkie talkies for all flights into and out of Dubai: >“All Passengers travelling on flights to,
by Dalewyn 2y ago
The headline is sensationalist; Emirates is banning pagers and walkie talkies for all flights into and out of Dubai:
>“All Passengers travelling on flights to, from or via Dubai are prohibited from transporting pagers and walkie talkies in checked or cabin baggage,” the airline wrote in a statement posted on its website Friday.
If Dubai isn't on your itinerary this doesn't affect you, at least for now.
- justinclift 2y agoIsn't Dubai a major international stop over for long haul flights?
- bruce511 2y agoYes. The middle east is geographically well located for intercontinental traffic. So Emirates (and Qatar) serve has big hubs for long-distance travel. Dubai Airport is large, and runs 24x7. I've had a couple long layovers there (in the airside hotel) and its amazing to see the never-ending, round the clock, activity in the terminal. Indeed the shops etc in the terminal cannot be closed - there are literally no doors on them. Equally reporting flight boards are amazing. There are flights from everywhere to everywhere.
- AStonesThrow 2y agoIt must be a remarkable boon to their economy, with a captive audience streaming through in high volume and probably willing to drop a few denarii on food and accommodations. Almost preferable to actual tourism.
- bluepizza 2y agoEmirates only flies through Dubai. They don't have any flights that don't go to or depart from Dubai.
- nl 2y agoThis isn't true. I've flown MEL->SIN. They also fly SYD->SIN
- Mountain_Skies 2y agoYes, they have a few routes like that where it makes sense to have dogleg at the end of a distant destination instead of two direct flights. I took Emirates from Rio to Buenos Aires, which is a route that presumably exists so they don't have to fly to both cities directly from Dubai. Still, the vast majority of their flights are hubbed in Dubai.
- rootsudo 2y agoYes they do. New Jersey to Athens is a popular one. These are called freedom flights. https://simpleflying.com/emirates-fifth-freedom-routes/ https://simpleflying.com/emirates-fifth-freedom-routes/
- lathiat 2y agoSpecifically "Fifth Freedom" flights, but they are a minority of Emirates flights, often with a subset of the people that flew the Dubai connecting section.