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