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Old Oct 29, 2013, 6:26 pm
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UA looks at IAD-Riyadh & moves from DXB to DWC
http://gulfnews.com/business/aviatio...ines-1.1248733

UA looks at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. UA will switch from DXB to DWC. Due to planned runway closure.

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Old Oct 29, 2013, 6:34 pm
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You read the article wrong, they are not moving to DWC. I am glad they want to remain at DXB.
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Riyadh?saudi arabia? Isnt that where they ban women drivers? Why would Ua want to provide service to a nation like that?
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Old Oct 29, 2013, 6:48 pm
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Riyadh?saudi arabia? Isnt that where they ban women drivers? Why would Ua want to provide service to a nation like that?
money. thats why.
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Old Oct 29, 2013, 7:09 pm
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Riyadh?saudi arabia? Isnt that where they ban women drivers? Why would Ua want to provide service to a nation like that?
You realize that the USA did $74billion worth of trade with Saudi Arabia last year, right?

Also, SV already flies to IAD.
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Old Oct 29, 2013, 7:11 pm
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Riyadh?saudi arabia? Isnt that where they ban women drivers? Why would Ua want to provide service to a nation like that?
I wonder how UA will handle female Pilots/First Officers and Riyadh? Or more important how Riyadh will handle them.
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Old Oct 29, 2013, 7:18 pm
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Same way BA, LH, KL etc handles them

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I wonder how UA will handle female Pilots/First Officers and Riyadh? Or more important how Riyadh will handle them.
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Old Oct 29, 2013, 7:19 pm
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Riyadh?saudi arabia? Isnt that where they ban women drivers? Why would Ua want to provide service to a nation like that?
Well, I got the joke.
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Old Oct 29, 2013, 7:20 pm
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This makes sense, fly somewhere direct where you don't have competition so you don't have to compete on product/service. We can honestly say Saudi Airlines will NOT be competition for them.
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Old Oct 29, 2013, 7:34 pm
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Originally Posted by NeoOfTheCRS
Same way BA, LH, KL etc handles them
Well, that clears it up

Guess I should be more clear. Will female Pilots/First Officers be allowed to fly to Riyadh?
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Old Oct 29, 2013, 7:37 pm
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Well, that clears it up :roll eyes:

Guess I should be more clear. Will female Pilots/First Officers be allowed to fly to Riyadh?
Maybe they have to do a quick turn....
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Old Oct 29, 2013, 7:47 pm
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This makes sense, fly somewhere direct where you don't have competition so you don't have to compete on product/service. We can honestly say Saudi Airlines will NOT be competition for them.
I'm going there next week, and even if I could get Star or OW credit for Saudi, I'd still connect w/ a (non-dry) Eurpean airline over taking them nonstop
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Old Oct 29, 2013, 8:07 pm
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Not that I frequent IAD-DXB route on UA, but the bit in the title about moving from DXB to DWC had me laughing out loud. Were they to do that now, well...
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Old Oct 29, 2013, 8:17 pm
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Originally Posted by CzeSEN
Not that I frequent IAD-DXB route on UA, but the bit in the title about moving from DXB to DWC had me laughing out loud. Were they to do that now, well...
I too had to reread the headline a few times and read the article to get what was really happening. Two separate events that are really unrelated.

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Old Oct 29, 2013, 9:17 pm
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What I'm not clear about is why UA would shift Dubai airports due to runway maintenance "reducing DXB to one runway." AFAIK, the new airport only has one operational runway for the immediate future (they plan to have 5 eventually)--is it just that they don't have as much passenger traffic?
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