Emirates Airline president sits down with Richard Quest

[@carlosfeitosa3152]

I love listening to Tim Clark. He simply won’t budge a millimeter away from his business model and that’s what makes him special. Boring airlines are everywhere. This guy came up with a phenomenal value proposition and won’t deviate from it one bit. It is either be the best or be the best. Long live, Sir Tim!

[@wobblydangly]

@Alpha Jamil Nonsense

[@aek8541]

@Alpha Jamil Not to forget the heavily subsidised flights by the government to attract customers

[@aek8541]

@@wobblydangly Study the success of Emirati business models outside of the UAE and you'll see a common theme pal

[@hunterslaptop2002]

Emirates needs to come to Atlanta and Detroit.

[@wesellanybiz]

Flew on the Emirates A380 from LHR to DXB, fabulous experience. I wish they keep them for long time. And Emirates service was top notch, the staff were very attentive and helpful!

[@silenthill1035]

Wow! Didn't knew they were using A380s between LHR and DXB. A380s cost a lot to take off and land, so short distance flights are a major loss for the airline I would guess.

[@shamilkafdo]

Great Q & A session from Quest and Clark!

[@yammahi]

4:48 loved the obvious answer and the reaction to it

[@TheLetsplaymine]

Clark is a smart man, wish I could be a shareholder

[@abduljalilmahama5682]

Sir Tim placed a bet on A380, with faith he won, sometimes u got to take risk

[@AaronP108]

Merging with FlyDubai would just dilute the brand significance of Emirates.

[@rayanaltowayan9558]

So true

[@romen5169]

Flown A380 from Amsterdam to Dubai and back just week ago 😎

[@surfrescue3232]

Wow! Are the movie rights for that story still available?

[@surfrescue3232]

The elephant in the room question… do you get fuel subsidies or not ? Direct answer please ! If you get free or heavily discounted fuel that is the only competitive advantage you need.

[@vicluna4373]

Why the host always pushing to merge Emirates and Etihad? Pls explain

[@sidali2590]

Never knew this guy was the president of my favorite airlines

[@FT_lorissa]

strange, the flag carrier of UAE run by a white guy

[@charlesouko4253]

@@FT_lorissa Correction. Briton,,not white guy necessarily. Plus if I may ask,what's strange about that??

[@klyplays]

At this point, A380 is emirates, other carriers have seriously done injustice to such an engineering beauty. Shame on them tbf.

[@foyazeridwannaquive]

I am so scared to even think of the fact what will happen to Emirates once Tim Clark is no more. 😰😰😰 God help me I just can't stand to watch or think about my love crashing before my eyes. 😭😭😭

[@ceressustainability2189]

They will survive, think of Airbus without Mr John Leahy..

[@kamalp2690]

The consumer loves A380 but its a burden to run for the airlines, you need deep pockets for it. Post pandemic if they are able to sustain over 100 x A380s that itself shows EKs strength. And why is everyone intrested in merging EY & EK? Drowning airlines do that. Both airlines are doing just fine on their own and picking speed post covid when compared to others around the world! They dont need to merge, they are making the best ROI for their individual shareholders.

[@donaldknowles9640]

Sir Timington

[@betweenlamppost168]

It’s a known fact this airline is totally subsidized by the government , as the CEO himself said it “one shareholder , the government” it never was profitable and it never will ! This model is like every other major project in UAE! It’s all about bling bling, build it and they come! They should change the slogan to what it really should be! “ build it with oil money and they may come Enshahalah , or they may not 🤥”

[@mallarchakraborty6521]

Next time, you should get your facts right. The emirate of Dubai has left the 'Oil Money' group very long ago as oil comprises less than 30% of their GDP now, so I don't know wtf build with oil money you talking about.

[@betweenlamppost168]

@@mallarchakraborty6521 Ok genius, let me explain it to you, Dubai does not have that much oil but the big brother Abu Dhabi does! Everything Dubai has built was either with their own oil money or the money they borrowed from Abu Dhabi. All those tall big buildings you see driving to your sorry back office job are 80% empty, but either you are blind to see that or too scared to ask your Master emirates the right questions. Now go and drink more coolaid and carry on your running from one mall to another lifestyle in Dubai

[@alexandrosandreou8585]

@@betweenlamppost168 did you say 80%of those building are empty and Emirates is at a loss ? What in the conspiracy theory are you on about why do you have to hate on everything get your ass back to Facebook and talk about flat earth or something rather than clowning yourself in KZbin comments

[@alexandrosandreou8585]

Also subsidation doesn't mean the airline can run at a loss for 30 years and be fine do you even know how subsidizing works? Boeing has been subsidized does that mean they have been running at a loss for so many years?

[@betweenlamppost168]

@@alexandrosandreou8585 Alexandros you seem to be even more illiterate than the other dude I responded to in this thread. Another reason I think you are illiterate is that you work in UAE because most probably you couldn’t make a good living where you’re from! A second hand citizen who is brain washed and obviously doesn’t know crap! Maybe 80% is a bit of exaggeration but say about 70% is vacant, and to maintain these buildings that are sinking every day is very costly! You wouldn’t know any of this because the government gives you a false image! So it’s not your fault to feel inferior ! It’s not a conspiracy theory , so how do I know this ? I’m in real estate and went there for a business trip, they were throwing lots of money at me to work there but didn’t take much to get to the bottom of the story and ran away as fast as I could . Btw have you talked to other expats who left there or your head is buried under those lovely sand storms!!

[@just435]

Emirates keep discovering ✈

[@betweenlamppost168]

Keep discovering what? How to screw a lightbulb without expat’s help?

[@just435]

@@betweenlamppost168 Expats are doing, Read 📖 the history and gain the ur knowledge 😎

[@stryker111]

Quest just love to repeat his nonsense question regarding "Merge" we heard that before we dont need Sir Tim Clark To Justify

[@heartthrobheart6288]

Emirates is a bigger brand than Etihad. Etihad will feel threatened with the merger. Most likely Emirates vision will dominate

[@karlrushton8514]

Just love how he sticks to what’s best for his brand. Qantas lost this edge years ago and individual way of thinking. Richard stop thinking like a stock broker and look at how smart business and brand business can really shine on its own. Oh and by the way love the A380 will go out of my way to get on one. Best aircraft flying.

[@hankclarckson224]

he is a bounty collector. he Arrests uae finanicial wanted(loans,credits card,cheques ects..) without interpol warrants in the aircrafts. if u r financial wanted in uae ur name will be red when u step in emirates planes in any destinations.dxb airport police will ask the pilot to bring the wanted back to uae.

[@MS-cy6uh]

Thats so good hahahaha

[@cutejumaira]

Best airline ever

[@nickcritelli]

Tim Clark is Emirates. I hope he delays his retirement for a few more years

[@Abraham-uk4xy]

He is now a UAE citizen. He can stay as long as he wants and is mentally alert to do the job

[@hafnerconsultantsfz-dubaiu6005]

Before asking questions, Richard should get informed! e.g.: Question on merging with FlyDubai; Answer: But we have 1 shareholder the government of Dubai ! ;-)

[@betweenlamppost168]

You mean he should be informed on how to lie by the government , like every other project.

[@楊吉蒂]

Very sad about Airlines business is down all because influenced by Epidemic

[@surfrescue3232]

As was every business in the world ! Were you living in a cave ?

[@dxb8788]

I'm against Tim on this , Merger is needed with flydubai , yes flydubai can work as a feeder for the hub but the operating cost for 2 airlines and having many departments involved just increases the operating cost overall for nothing , we have seen how the codeshare increased the revenues for both airlines and allowed for better utilization , now what both carriers are missing is one management , flydubai is just a confused business model that is adjusting constantly to the market needs , one day they are a LCC and one day they are FSC and one day they're hybrid , merging them will give EK more options if they can't meet high load factors , and Flydubai can use the 777 when it's over booked , thus better fuel saving and lower number of aircrafts with same profitability

[@Abraham-uk4xy]

Why always talk about merger? Emirates and Fly Dubai? Why should they? They got different brands and different offerings. I am surprised Richard is asking silly questions like this!😮😮

[@sharjeelkhan7437]

Fly dubai is rubbish.