When a widebody leaves Dubai or Doha in Emirates or Qatar Airways livery, it’s likely a Boeing 777. For more than two decades, the “Triple Seven” has anchored both carriers’ hub-and-spoke networks, ...

Which Middle Eastern giant comes out on top when we look specifically at ultra-long-haul flying: Emirates or Qatar Airways? It matters because both carriers have built global reputations around ...

Emirates will introduce Premium Economy on Dubai–Beirut and Dubai–Beijing flights in early 2026 using retrofitted Boeing 777s ...

Eduardo Fairen, CEO of TAAG Angola, minced no words when he labelled the Gulf carriers as “threats to all African airlines on routes to Europe and Asia” in an interview with us last June. Despite ...

The race for alliances is speeding up. In May 2025, during an official visit to Doha, Benin’s President Patrice Talon and the Qatar's emir discussed “the possibility of cooperation between the two ...

Emirates is undergoing one of the biggest airline upgrade programmes in aviation history, but how are the new cabins?

With less than two months before Dubai Airshow 2025 opens, this week’s Flight Friday examines the top 10 Gulf carriers from a flight-hours perspective. Among the top 10, Emirates and Qatar Airways ...