WHY WERE LOSING GROUND:...According to the airline industry, the U.S. is fast falling behind a tiny Arab country as the top-of-the-heap player in commercial air travel. Look no farther than to emerging Dubai, a once-crumbs player in the United Arab Emirates over by the always-volatile Persian Gulf. It counts barely 2 million citizens, but its airport is, well, this is what Vanity Fair magazine says about it: Dubai International Airport has surpassed Heathrow as the world’s busiest global hub, while three Gulf airlines - Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Etihad - are scooping up passengers. Dubai’s $4.5 billion Terminal 3 offers a view of a tectonic shift in aviation that threatens to leave the West’s cramped, bare-bones carriers in the dust. And you thought that hubbub at Dallas-Fort Worth airport was a mind-blowing, always-piss-off experience...
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:25:05 +0000
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