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| Emirates | ||
|---|---|---|
| IATA EK | ICAO UAE | Callsign EMIRATES |
| Founded | 1985 | |
| Hubs | Dubai International Airport | |
| Frequent flyer program | Skywards | |
| Fleet size | 91(114 Orders) | |
| Destinations | 88 | |
| Parent company | The Emirates Group | |
| Company slogan | Fly Emirates. Keep Discovering. | |
| Headquarters | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |
| Key people | Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Chairman/CEO), Maurice Flanagan (Executive Vice-Chairman Emirates Airline and Group) | |
| Website: http://www.emirates.com | ||
Emirates Airline (shortened form: Emirates) (Arabic: الإمارات al-Imārāt) is an airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates owned by The Emirates Group. It operates services to the Middle East, Far East, Europe, Africa, Indian subcontinent, Asia-Pacific and North America (with the beginning of October the South American contient will be added to Emirates' regular destination, flying from Dubai to Sao Paulo). Its main base is Dubai International Airport.
emirates airlines will have a system in place in april, that passengers can use their mbile phone on their airplanes!
Halliburton announced over the weekend that they are moving their headquarters from Houston, Texas, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The company claimed that the move was a response to going where the oil-related action is. I'm sure that the lack of tax has nothing to do with it much like escaping American law wouldn't have anything to do with it...
On Sunday, Halliburton announced a plan to move its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Democratic lawmakers, led by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., accused the company of dodging taxes and called the move "corporate greed at its worst." How much will Halliburton save in U.S. taxes?
According to The Associated Press: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Oil services giant Halliburton Co. will soon shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Mideast financial powerhouse of Dubai, chief executive Dave Lesar announced Sunday.
Ninety miles from Dubai, another Xanadu has been decreed. Its name is Abu Dhabi, and that $3 billion hotel is just the beginning of the story. The emirate's 420,000 citizens, who sit on one-tenth of the planet's oil and have almost $1 trillion invested abroad, are worth about $17 million apiece.