[alainboy56]

EK stayed in Trade Centre Appartments? I gather that was before the 4 towers further down SZR on the same side, that were notoriously called ‘PatPong’ District?

[SimonS1]

Yep. Crew were often outside by the pool. Before the area behind was swallowed by the convention hall expansion.

[FDOS_UK]

[quote quote=814505]Do you remember the old original terminal, with I think 10 or 12 check-in desks on the Ground floor, and I think just 4 gates downstairs, that were ‘door’ gates out to a waiting bus?
Maybe FDOS_UK can help us on this?

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Sorry, that’s way before my time in the ME.. my first visit was 2001.

[LuganoPirate]

AlainBoy, Simon, sorry, but I beat you both, I was first in Dubai in 1974!

[SimonS1]

[quote quote=814600]AlainBoy, Simon, sorry, but I beat you both, I was first in Dubai in 1974!

[/quote]

In guessing the flight schedule was quite light….

[AMcWhirter]

Oman Air (the airline who paid $75 million for a single LHR slot-pair) is a beneficiary.

It’s increasing the # of flights to Doha from its Muscat hub.

Oman Air increases flight frequency to Qatar

[SimonS1]

I suspect there is somecollaboration behind the scenes.

Saudi Arabia seems quite keen to ensure pilgrims from Qatar are not affected, and Oman Air/Kuwait Airways have been running extra charter flights to connect to Qatar flights in Muscat and Kuwait City.

[paulkaz]

Looks like the Qatari hotels are suffering,

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN19H1R7

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