Middle East Booming: Emirates to Hire 4,500 More Staff Starting April

[8sugarsugar]

fired sure, but at least I won't go to jail in america

 

[Flyer1015]

fired sure, but at least I won't go to jail in america

Those affected members on Pprune were under threat of employment (being fired), not jail time.

 

[Varmint]

Emirates' major network expansion to the East and West

DUBAI, U.A.E., 4th July 2012: Emirates is embarking on a major expansion of its route network with three additional destinations to be launched in the next six months, on top of the 12 new routes already being rolled out in 2012.

From 1st November, Emirates will launch four weekly flights to Adelaide, rising to a daily service from 1st February 2013. Adelaide will be the airline’s fifth destination in Australia which is currently served with 70 flights per week.

The airline’s current double-daily service to Perth will grow to 19 weekly flights from 1st December, becoming a triple daily operation from 1st March next year.

On the western side of the globe, the French city of Lyon will be added to the Emirates’ network from 5th December, the carrier’s third point in France after Paris and Nice. Emirates will operate five weekly flights to this vibrant economic and tourism centre of south eastern France.

From 6th February 2013, Emirates will begin flights into Poland, where recently the World Bank predicted the highest economic growth in the Central and Eastern European region. The airline will operate a daily service to the capital, Warsaw.

“Emirates is currently in a concentrated and sustained period of global expansion,” said His Highness (H.H.) Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline & Group. “The addition of Adelaide to our network and the boost to our Perth operations demonstrates our commitment to investment and growth in our Australian operations and highlights the economic strength and global demand for the two cities as business, leisure and investment destinations. We will also grow capacity to Melbourne with the introduction of daily A380 services in October, in addition to our existing double decker flight into Sydney.”

“Our increased operations into France, linking with Lyon, comes on the heels of our announcing a second A380 service into Paris from 1st January – all of which a response to acute demand for our services to and from this market. Poland continues our exciting push into this region of Europe,” H.H. Sheikh Ahmed added.

Emirates, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, has already launched nine new destinations so far in 2012: Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lusaka, Harare, Dallas, Seattle, Ho Chi Minh City and yesterday Barcelona. Lisbon will launch on 9th July, Erbil follows on 12th August and Washington comes on board as of 12th September. At the same, Emirates SkyCargo broadens its reach and support for the world’s importers and exporters by using belly-hold capacity aboard the passenger aircraft.

The airline currently has a fleet of 176 aircraft, including the world’s largest Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 fleet, to 124 destinations – supported globally by more than 60,000 staff.

Further expansion: timings and aircraft

Adelaide (4 weekly flights beginning 1st November 2012)
EK440 departs Dubai on a Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 01:55hrs and arrives in Adelaide at 20:45hrs – using a Boeing 777-300ER in a three-class configuration.

Perth (5 extra flights from 1st December 2012)
EK422 leaves Dubai at 21:45hrs on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and lands in Perth at 12:25hrs the next day – operated with a Boeing 777-300ER in a three-class arrangement.

Lyon (5 weekly flights from 5th December 2012)
EK81 departs Dubai on a Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 14:35hrs and arrives in Lyon at 19:00hrs – using an Airbus A340-500 in three-cabin classes.

Warsaw (daily flights from 6th February 2013)
EK179 takes off daily from Dubai at 07:30hrs and lands in Warsaw at 10:45hrs – served by an Airbus A330-200 in a three-class configuration.

 

[777forever]

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Looks like foreigners do wear whatever they want in Dubai. Doubt the govt will start cracking down even after complaints from locals. Too much money coming in from foreigners.

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[typhoonpilot]

Iluvetops, You have been here 9 years and you are not happy, great, leave for greener pastures! Maybe SQ is looking for pilots??????

ILT's got a great gig now.


Interesting discussion here. As many know, I was the original EK cheer leader and still am to a certain extent. However, I always said 10-15 years in the desert was going to be the limit for most people for a variety of reasons.

My good friend Gillegan, lasted the longest of any American ever at EK with 15 years. He was fortunate that his wife really liked the expat lifestyle. Still, when the opportunity for a good job based in the USA came after 15 years he took it.

EK allows one to acheive their career ambitions in a relatively short period of time. In the almost ten years that I've been here I've met the majority of my career goals. Something that would be impossible in the USA for someone my age. I still feel there are some challenges remaining so I am planning to stay for a few more years. That and make it to age 50 so that I can get some retirement benefits. I doubt I'll stay much longer than that and here's why:

1) I miss the USA. I've been an expat on and off since 1995, close to 17 years. I really would like to return to the USA now.

2) There is no way I want my children to go to high school in Dubai. The lifestyle is too artificial since they are unable to do many of the things that teenage boys do in the USA. Grade school and middle school are fine, but not high school. I went bowling with my son yesterday and the manners of the "other" kids there was just appaling. I really don't want that to be the example for my son to see. Fortunately he is going to school out of Dubai so he's not exposed to the spoiled little brats with no manners that seem to be the norm in Dubai.

3) Psychopathic drivers keep trying to kill me on the road. Really, this is a daily annoyance. The driving manners of the spoiled little rich kids, after they grow up, is shocking.

4) Growth at EK will slow down at some point. When it does the managers will find new and innovative ways to screw over the workforce. Witness our recent reduction in day off strings from 7 to 5.


I wouldn't really recommend EK to someone now. Only if they need a job. It's still a very good job with very good benefits overall. But for someone joining today it does not have the fast track career potential that it has in the recent past.

Delta's new contract is pretty darn nice. It's so nice, in fact, that I would look at that as a place to go when I turn 50. I could go live in my house in Park City, based in SLC and fly little airplanes around the USA. That actually sounds quite appealing now.



Typhoonpilot

 

[Father Jack]

Thanks for the post, TP, and good luck!

 

[filejw]

ILT's got a great gig now.


Interesting discussion here. As many know, I was the original EK cheer leader and still am to a certain extent. However, I always said 10-15 years in the desert was going to be the limit for most people for a variety of reasons.

My good friend Gillegan, lasted the longest of any American ever at EK with 15 years. He was fortunate that his wife really liked the expat lifestyle. Still, when the opportunity for a good job based in the USA came after 15 years he took it.

EK allows one to acheive their career ambitions in a relatively short period of time. In the almost ten years that I've been here I've met the majority of my career goals. Something that would be impossible in the USA for someone my age. I still feel there are some challenges remaining so I am planning to stay for a few more years. That and make it to age 50 so that I can get some retirement benefits. I doubt I'll stay much longer than that and here's why:

1) I miss the USA. I've been an expat on and off since 1995, close to 17 years. I really would like to return to the USA now.

2) There is no way I want my children to go to high school in Dubai. The lifestyle is too artificial since they are unable to do many of the things that teenage boys do in the USA. Grade school and middle school are fine, but not high school. I went bowling with my son yesterday and the manners of the "other" kids there was just appaling. I really don't want that to be the example for my son to see. Fortunately he is going to school out of Dubai so he's not exposed to the spoiled little brats with no manners that seem to be the norm in Dubai.

3) Psychopathic drivers keep trying to kill me on the road. Really, this is a daily annoyance. The driving manners of the spoiled little rich kids, after they grow up, is shocking.

4) Growth at EK will slow down at some point. When it does the managers will find new and innovative ways to screw over the workforce. Witness our recent reduction in day off strings from 7 to 5.


I wouldn't really recommend EK to someone now. Only if they need a job. It's still a very good job with very good benefits overall. But for someone joining today it does not have the fast track career potential that it has in the recent past.

Delta's new contract is pretty darn nice. It's so nice, in fact, that I would look at that as a place to go when I turn 50. I could go live in my house in Park City, based in SLC and fly little airplanes around the USA. That actually sounds quite appealing now.



Typhoonpilot

TP no time like now, DAL window should be open late fall with the first class in early 2013. May as well get to the head of the line as the talk in ATL is 7000 new hires in the next ten years.

 

[Flyer1015]

There is no way I want my children to go to high school in Dubai. The lifestyle is too artificial since they are unable to do many of the things that teenage boys do in the USA. Grade school and middle school are fine, but not high school. I went bowling with my son yesterday and the manners of the "other" kids there was just appaling. I really don't want that to be the example for my son to see. Fortunately he is going to school out of Dubai so he's not exposed to the spoiled little brats with no manners that seem to be the norm in Dubai.

Unless you plan on sending your kids to Millburn High School in New Jersey, I think you'd be in for a surprise at the average John Doe public high school in America. "Manners" in a bowling alley with high school age kids? Try pot, marijuana, and high school kids yelling at their teachers or telling them "I don't have to take that from you." I think I'd rather have a kid go to an international private high school (like in Dubai) than a public high school here. At least they can expand their horizons and learn about other cultures, other people, and be more respectful.

 

[fareview]

Flyer,

Agreed. The kids my lot hang with are a great bunch and pleasure to be around...because the first sign that they are not...they are gone.

No use in blaming Dubai for kids manners ....that's the parents responsibility.

Good and bad in every city in the world.

f.

 

[uba757]

Agree 1000% with Flyer and Fareview!!!