View Poll Results: Is Emirates A Financial Scam?
Yes
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No
106
60.92%
Dont care
35
20.11%
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Is Emirates a financial scam?
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I apologise to the mods for making a more personal response - so really, is your entire argument based on the axiomatic position of: "we can't trust Dubai because they aren't a democracy?", or even more "I can't trust Dubai because I don't agree with their social and political system" even though we've already demonstrated in this thread that political and economic transparency have no bearing on the incidence and severity of corporate fraud, globally? Whilst of course there are moral and ethical questions everywhere in the world, we're talking in a rather clinical matter about the probability that EK is getting secret cash from its owners, not about the economic ethics of state capitalism.
If the argument is, it's more likely to be fraudulent because it's based in Dubai, then what of all the independent data (such as GDP/debt data/fares/project costs) that doesn't require you to believe anything said by Dubai or EK that makes it more likely that EK isn't being funded secretly?
If the argument is, it's more likely to be fraudulent because it's based in Dubai, then what of all the independent data (such as GDP/debt data/fares/project costs) that doesn't require you to believe anything said by Dubai or EK that makes it more likely that EK isn't being funded secretly?
I just cared whether their approach to flying is something other companies can us in order to become more profitable, the answer was clearly no and since then the case is closed for me and many many other folks, who looked into the matter with the same intention.
But I also believe in a more educated society, so helped out some of the guys in this discussion by pointing out obvious facts (at least for insiders)
That's all.
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Reminds me of the post by radio girl about EK on OZ-Wonderland routes.
You do not have to challenge me, you simply contact Sabre or Amadeus in order to buy sales data. @:-)
Please remember to subtract roughly Euro 100 from each C&F fare ex Germany, this money is going to Sixt for the limo transfer.
You do not have to challenge me, you simply contact Sabre or Amadeus in order to buy sales data. @:-)
Please remember to subtract roughly Euro 100 from each C&F fare ex Germany, this money is going to Sixt for the limo transfer.
Each C&F fare ex-Germany involve €100 going to Sixt? Sounds like another fairy tale. But if there is evidence to present that to be the case, it would be news to some Sixt exec.
I can subtract €200 from the EK fare - allowing for a limo at either end - and it still doesn't affect Emirates' position as 15th most expensive of the 22 airlines priced up by ITA...
"Low fares" is a myth, FD1971. Unless most of the rest of the market is "lower fares"!!!
"Low fares" is a myth, FD1971. Unless most of the rest of the market is "lower fares"!!!
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I can subtract €200 from the EK fare - allowing for a limo at either end - and it still doesn't affect Emirates' position as 15th most expensive of the 22 airlines priced up by ITA...
"Low fares" is a myth, FD1971. Unless most of the rest of the market is "lower fares"!!!
"Low fares" is a myth, FD1971. Unless most of the rest of the market is "lower fares"!!!
A 1000 fare on a nonstop flight lasting 5000 miles is different to a 1000 fare on EK (with a detour via DXB resulting in a longer stage length)
You would not be the first one falling for this trap...
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I apologise to the mods for making a more personal response - so really, is your entire argument based on the axiomatic position of: "we can't trust Dubai because they aren't a democracy?", or even more "I can't trust Dubai because I don't agree with their social and political system" even though we've already demonstrated in this thread that political and economic transparency have no bearing on the incidence and severity of corporate fraud, globally? Whilst of course there are moral and ethical questions everywhere in the world, we're talking in a rather clinical matter about the probability that EK is getting secret cash from its owners, not about the economic ethics of state capitalism.
If the argument is, it's more likely to be fraudulent because it's based in Dubai, then what of all the independent data (such as GDP/debt data/fares/project costs) that doesn't require you to believe anything said by Dubai or EK that makes it more likely that EK isn't being funded secretly?
If the argument is, it's more likely to be fraudulent because it's based in Dubai, then what of all the independent data (such as GDP/debt data/fares/project costs) that doesn't require you to believe anything said by Dubai or EK that makes it more likely that EK isn't being funded secretly?
Is there really any arguments left other than
yes it is
no it isnt
yes it is
no it isnt
?
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A fare is a fare. Costs arising from delivery of contracted services arising from sale of fares is not a fare.
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What has been pointed out in this thread is that the GFC has had quite an impact on Dubai. I know you are aware that they had to ask their cousins for help when they ran out of money. Seeing as this was in the recent past, do you think this might have something to do with the debts they have at the moment? I wish you could tell us what the debts were before the GFC and after the GFC. Then we could see if it is actually EK that is adding to the debt or their were other factors.
The GFC bailout was essentially a replacement of 20bn USD of liabilities to commercial banks with a facility from the UAE Central Bank and Abu Dhabi, which pretty much will get rolled-over until Dubai has enough money to pay it back slowly. Given GDP approaching 100bn in 2015 with total debts around that level (140bn refers to debts of Dubai and the northern Emirates as well), the devil is in the details of exactly what the repayment schedules/bond maturities are and balancing cash flow/refinancing to make it happen.
Amongst all of that drama, the question is - how feasible and how rational would it be to siphon off cash secretly to give to EK, especially because it isn't one big cash register, but actually several entities, such as Dubai World/Nakheel, or Dubai Water and Electricity, as well as the sovereign itself - each of them with their own fiefdoms and rivalries and immediate liquidity demands. The level of collusion and coercion required to secretly transfer funds to prop up a fraudulent EK just makes that whole scenario really quite improbable. Much more realistic is the scenario where EK doesn't actually need secret funding.
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I cannot wait for the Coen Brothers Express from Fargo, MN
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Of course, the stage lengths for stopovers in ICN are almost identical, and a little less so for SEL and TPE, but the "detour" via DXB represents only an extra 245 miles compared to the non-stop (10494 miles vs 10249 miles). TPE is the smallest detour: 93 miles; with Incheon next at 238 miles; then Dubai on 245 miles; with Narita being the biggest "detour" at a whopping 432 miles (or just 4.2% of the straight-line distance).
Still, given that EK has so much greater costs given the imbalance between the stage lengths - don't you think the extra €1,500+ they charge per J pax (in my example of CI/JL/KE vs EK on FRA-SYD as shown above) might go some way towards covering the costs???
Or how much is their benefactor subsidizing this ticket that EK sells for 50% more than the cheapest on the market?
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eternal, I really do not care about EK and Dubai and whether they lose billions or not and believe in a monarchy or socialism
I just cared whether their approach to flying is something other companies can us in order to become more profitable, the answer was clearly no and since then the case is closed for me and many many other folks, who looked into the matter with the same intention.
But I also believe in a more educated society, so helped out some of the guys in this discussion by pointing out obvious facts (at least for insiders)
That's all.
I just cared whether their approach to flying is something other companies can us in order to become more profitable, the answer was clearly no and since then the case is closed for me and many many other folks, who looked into the matter with the same intention.
But I also believe in a more educated society, so helped out some of the guys in this discussion by pointing out obvious facts (at least for insiders)
That's all.
I just don't think that it then follows that EK is lying to everyone about their performance and think it's perfectly fine for companies to make 1,2,3,4,5% margins if that's what their owners are happy with.
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Wow
Do you have access to Sabre or Sixt data?
Another fairy tale in the making...
What about switching from Keep discovering to Keep fairytal....
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Plus, slow day at work
It's not really the arguments, I think it's more sometimes the OP comes up with some "new" position or story which needs to be debunked
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I guess they can use all the soccer stadiums after the WC after all.
Probably a profitable solution for them.
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Historically, Dubai GRE debt was mainly centered on Dubai World (3/4 of Dubai's debt). I haven't gone through the historical Dubai GDP figures, but put it this way, in 2008, GDP was 85bn USD, and in 2009, Dubai World's total debt was 60bn. So we're looking at a ridiculously leveraged sovereign (over 100%+ of GDP borrowings).
The GFC bailout was essentially a replacement of 20bn USD of liabilities to commercial banks with a facility from the UAE Central Bank and Abu Dhabi, which pretty much will get rolled-over until Dubai has enough money to pay it back slowly. Given GDP approaching 100bn in 2015 with total debts around that level (140bn refers to debts of Dubai and the northern Emirates as well), the devil is in the details of exactly what the repayment schedules/bond maturities are and balancing cash flow/refinancing to make it happen.
Amongst all of that drama, the question is - how feasible and how rational would it be to siphon off cash secretly to give to EK, especially because it isn't one big cash register, but actually several entities, such as Dubai World/Nakheel, or Dubai Water and Electricity, as well as the sovereign itself - each of them with their own fiefdoms and rivalries and immediate liquidity demands. The level of collusion and coercion required to secretly transfer funds to prop up a fraudulent EK just makes that whole scenario really quite improbable. Much more realistic is the scenario where EK doesn't actually need secret funding.
The GFC bailout was essentially a replacement of 20bn USD of liabilities to commercial banks with a facility from the UAE Central Bank and Abu Dhabi, which pretty much will get rolled-over until Dubai has enough money to pay it back slowly. Given GDP approaching 100bn in 2015 with total debts around that level (140bn refers to debts of Dubai and the northern Emirates as well), the devil is in the details of exactly what the repayment schedules/bond maturities are and balancing cash flow/refinancing to make it happen.
Amongst all of that drama, the question is - how feasible and how rational would it be to siphon off cash secretly to give to EK, especially because it isn't one big cash register, but actually several entities, such as Dubai World/Nakheel, or Dubai Water and Electricity, as well as the sovereign itself - each of them with their own fiefdoms and rivalries and immediate liquidity demands. The level of collusion and coercion required to secretly transfer funds to prop up a fraudulent EK just makes that whole scenario really quite improbable. Much more realistic is the scenario where EK doesn't actually need secret funding.
I also find it more plausible that EK isn't taking money away from the Emirate of Dubai, just because there isn't money to throw towards the airline. The question asked wasn't, did EK receive subsidies, it is if it is a financial scam at present. Nothing really points to it being a scam, unless the ruler wants to go out in a blaze of glory and be bankrupt, but have a "profitable" airline to show for it to brag to his cousins.
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BA is interesting, especially the comments by Clark in the interview posted recently.
He is brave enough to praise Open Skies and the BA in the same context..., which is amazing considering that BA is only alive due to Bermuda and the fact that most of the IAG profits result from highly regulated markets in South America...
Next time I see him at a conference, I will give him two presents, a nice fleece shirt and a copy of Arabian Nights.
He is brave enough to praise Open Skies and the BA in the same context..., which is amazing considering that BA is only alive due to Bermuda and the fact that most of the IAG profits result from highly regulated markets in South America...
Next time I see him at a conference, I will give him two presents, a nice fleece shirt and a copy of Arabian Nights.