Emirates Earnings and Booming Brazil
In part one of this week's Airline Weekly Lounge Podcast, Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat discuss Emirates' record-breaking results and ask how long these good times can last. In part two, we turn our attention to Brazil and find out how two of the country's biggest airlines are performing.
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Emirates Reveals First 9 Destinations for New Airbus A350
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