I think they are great!

You get real knives, First Class is great with loads of room, Business Class service is the best (although the seats aren't as nice as some airlines). Food is great, and although the passengers can be unique to say the least-the pilots are all British and do a good job landing in my opinion.

Entertainment is also the best I have seen, with interactive games you can play with every passenger, personal movies in Business/First, a huge selection of audio and video programming for all, and they pick you up and drop you off in most cities if you are flying in a premium class.

I have no complaints at all, and with there routes expanding to more and more destinations monthly it is becoming possible to fly them to places other than just Dubai. I hope Emirates joins up with a major alliance (Star). It would greatly improve their exposure to the Middle East and Africa as well as the Sub-Continent. Oh, and if I'm not mistaken I think Emirates is the launch customer for the A380 (I know they placed a large order) which means business must be heading in the right direction-United, USAir cough,cough...