I think he meant exactly what he said. Abu Dhabi is just the richer cousin of Dubai - and in all the years I've lived in Dubai, interestingly enough Ive NEVER see EY and EK overtly compete (I say overtly, obviously they compete but they seem to do so by ignoring each other, not fighting to take away passengers from one another by offering status, better CC offers, etc as we see UA/DL/AA do every day