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...airline hard: it has instituted a wide-scale hiring freeze and delayed starting service to San Francisco and other U.S. cities. The neighborhood is getting crowded as well: the government of Abu Dhabi--next door to Dubai--has just launched not one but two carriers: Etihad Airlines and low-fare Gulf Traveller. The emirate of Sharjah last year started Air Arabia. Doha-based Qatar Airlines, meanwhile, is improving and expanding. Then there is the reality that Dubai is in the middle of a volatile region--and is still apparently connected to terrorism, as shown by the arrest there...
Although many airlines are trying to become low-fare carriers, Emirates unabashedly is not. "Passengers' expectations on long-haul flights are different," says Dermot Mannion, an executive at the airline. "The low-fare model will not work on long flights. Passengers want good service, comfort and certainly some food." Emirates is betting instead on full service. The carrier has plenty of well-established rivals. Singapore Airlines, which flies to 94 destinations--among them the recently launched longest nonstop flight ever, from New York City to Singapore--has for years dominated customer-service rankings. Hong Kong--based Cathay Pacific is another...
...Although many airlines are trying to become low-fare carriers, Emirates unabashedly is not. "Passengers' expectations on long-haul flights are different," says Dermot Mannion, an executive at the airline. "The low-fare model will not work on long flights. Passengers want good service, comfort and certainly some food." Emirates is betting instead on full service. The carrier has plenty of well-established rivals. Singapore Airlines, which flies to 94 destinations?among them the recently launched longest nonstop flight ever, from New York City to Singapore?has for years dominated customer-service rankings. Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific is another...
...slang form of “chitterling,” which is itself a euphemism for pork entrails. Chitlin’s have been a staple of black cooking since the slave era: plantation masters considered the organ meats refuse and, thus, suitable fare for human chattel. This historical promotion of junk meat into ethnic cuisine is metaphoric of Perry’s transformation of marginal black theater into a lucrative cultural force...
...Thursday, Harvard had lost to No. 59 Fresno State, 4-2. The Crimson did not fare much better on Friday, losing to the No. 75 University of Colorado...