When Emirates was setting up these routes, European governments saw no threat from this upstart Arabian airline and were happy to grant it traffic rights in liberal bilateral treaties.

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Often, the airline staffer will be happy to take care of your request before everyone else storms the counter after the official announcement on your flight's status.

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While his wife, traveling with him on a recent flight to Dallas, thought the airline should have been using better technology long ago, Mr. Barker was just happy to have something better now.

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