Obviously until everyone stops flying with EK because one of their subcontractors turns out to be criminal? :cool: After all, by continuing to fly with EK after all of these reports, we're all criminal scum as well by association!

Oh the horror !

I find it quite cool knowing there is a possibility that my driver has got a AK47 under the seat , makes me feel like a mafia boss going around downtown London in a S class :cool:

Of course, there are those who would say that they are a good fit, given the allegations of illegal state aid and subsidies that Emirates airline receives...:D

But it seems "crime" isn't really crime unless there is a weapon involved, to judge from this thread.

Of course there are different levels of crime. The wording of the headline makes it sound fare more sinister than fraud. And not fraud targeting the pax but targeting EK and other clients of theirs, presumably.

I can see some relevance to be fair. PCS won the EK contracts by offering to do it cheaper than the existing companies.

One of the reasons they could do it cheaper could be related to this fraud. Now they've been caught out, maybe it won't be as easy to compete next time the contract is up for renewal?

Given they are the owners of the company, I wonder if it will be able to carry on.

In any case, as long as we don't get re-accommodated mid trip with a different car, that's fine :D

Let me get this straight...

It would be worse if the company directors had been found guilty of, say drug running, firearms offences, armed robbery, or homicide, rather than being convicted of a crime directly related to the service that Emirates, and by extension you, as a paying customer, are paying them for?

(It should probably be noted that the owner of PCS has prior convictions for drink driving).

What term should one use for someone convicted of a "less sinister crime" if the word "criminal" is so loaded with sinister meaning?

That's why the guy photographed above passed the company to his daughter prior to his conviction...

The article specifically uses the term criminal gang...

Indeed - I suspect that EK will drop them as soon as the contract is up (as the company itself was not convicted).

I don't think the drink driving offence is relevant - which giant company is going to run full background checks on all their subcontractors and even then, does drink driving disqualify you from running a business?

From the point of view of passengers and EK - is the service reliable and safe?

In my view, the safety issue of whether the cars were properly maintained is the only issue for EK, given that the defendants were only convicted a couple of months ago.

Thank you all. I shall cease being nervous ;)

Just come back from a trip MAN/BKK in F. I live in Birmingham but it is well within the complimentary radius. On every leg, to and from MAN and from and to BKK, the car was a Merc E class from the previous model range. Not old but not a particularly good offering when EY in the UK provide brand new BMW 5 Series for J class. At MAN on the return there were a few Merc S Classes in the car park. I wonder who gets those if a fare paying F passenger doesn't - and before someone says "other F passengers", they were all long gone by the time I got landside as I was in a wheelchair and had to wait whilst they unloaded all the wheelchair passengers before leaving the boarding gate area.

It depends on which company is doing the transfers, and whether they have had to sub-contract out. Not all the cars in the MAN car park would be PCS.

The head of a criminal gang who ran a chauffeur company for first and business-class passengers of Emirates Airlines was jailed for three years yesterday for his role in a serious fraud.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/g...raud-mpbcpn5jt




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SYD chauffeur drive
 

Question about the SYD chauffeur drive service. We (2 adults) are arriving on EK metal in F (QF codeshare) from CHC, then departing next day on same itinerary on QF metal in F. The T&Cs suggest we would be entitled to two cars, and that each car can take 2 adults and up to 2 suitcases plus one carryon bag. We would obviously prefer to travel together but we will have 2 suitcases plus 2 carry on bags - do we really need to book a second car for the second carry on bag? On previous trips we've never had an issue fitting luggage into a standard airport taxi or equivalent.

Thanks for any help :)

As long as the driver is okay with it, you should be fine.