Emirates has today announced plans to increase services to the French cities of Lyon and Paris, bringing the total number of flights to the French cap…
Emirates
“It Will Get Worse Before it Get’s Better”: Emirates Cabin Crew Say They’re Exhausted – More Changes to Come
Rumour: Ab Initio classes to be suspended through August 2018 Cabin crew say there are “exhausted” following staff cuts Crew who want to r…
LEAKED DOCUMENT: Emirates Can’t Hire New Cabin Crew and Pilots Fast Enough
A newly leaked document has revealed that the Dubai-based airline, Emirates is struggling to recruit and retain enough cabin crew and pilots to keep u…
Is Emirates Really About to Discontinue Special Hindu Meals Onboard its Flights?
With well in excess of 90,000 meals served onboard its flights between Dubai and nine Indian destinations every week, Emirates sure knows a thing abou…
Emirates Makes Unusual Plea for Lebanese Recruits to Join its Cabin Crew Ranks
By now, we all know that Emirates is on a massive recruitment drive as it looks for hundreds (if not thousands) of new recruits to join its cabin crew…
Emirates Cabin Crew Recruitment: When You Can and Can’t Attend an Open Day – and When You Need to Apply Online
One of the most frequent questions we receive about the Emirates cabin crew recruitment process is whether to apply online or to attend an Open Day in…
SOURCES: Emirates is Making More Cuts to Onboard Service – Pursers May Even be Axed
Passengers sat in one of Emirates’ new “game changer” First Class suites aboard its Boeing 777-300 aircraft may soon have to wait ju…
Emirates’ President on Pilot Shortage: “We Kind of Mismanaged – Well, We Didn’t Mismanage – We Just, Errr…”
On the sidelines of IATA’s annual general meeting which is being held in Sydney, Australia this week, Emirates’ president, Sir Tim Clark h…
Emirates Cabin Crew Recruitment: If You’re Applying from Russia, Here’s What You Need to Know
Eagle-eyed followers of where Emirates is holding cabin crew recruitment events may have noticed that the airline will be visiting Russia twice in Jun…
Emirates Launches New Service Changes Today: Will This Be a Positive Improvement for Passengers and Cabin Crew?
A seemingly small change to the service that passengers can expect to receive while flying with the Dubai-based mega airline, Emirates is causing a bi…
NEW: What the Agreement Between the UAE and the United States Really Means for Emirates and Etihad
Last week the United States and the UAE finally settled a spat over their Open Skies agreements – the regulations that allow airlines from both …
UAE Confirms Agreement With United States Over Emirates and Etihad: Says “Business as Usual”
For the past several years, the big three U.S. airlines – Delta, United and American Airlines, along with a number of other groups, have been ba…
Emirates Cabin Crew Are To Receive A Welcome Pay Raise After Profits Jump 67% In One Year
Yesterday, Emirates announced its financial results for 2017 and the figures looked really good. After a torrid 2016, in which the airline fought a p…
Emirates’ Workforce Declines 2% as Airline Reports $1.1 Billion Profit Amidst Pilot and Crew Shortage
Emirates has this morning released its annual financial results for 2017/2018, posting a $1.1 billion (USD) profit for the Emirates Group, which inclu…
Attending an Emirates Open Day Overseas? This Change to the Recruitment Process Could Seriously Benefit You
Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen Emirates seriously ramp up its Cabin Crew recruitment drive with Open Day’s scheduled in multiple citi…
REPORTS: Emirates Will Ground As Many As 46 Planes Due To Severe Pilot Shortage
A few weeks ago, we reported on comments from the President of Emirates, Tim Clark who said his airline was “a tad short in pilots.” Spec…
Why These Siblings Likely Over Reacted About Their “Severe Nut Allergy” On a Recent Emirates Flight
Emirates is well known for its award-winning passenger experience, with many customers even going so far as to praise the airline for its culinary opt…
Emirates Cabin Crew Recruitment: Hardly Anyone Showed Up To The Hamburg Open Day – Here’s Why
The latest round of Open Day’s for cabin crew recruitment at Emirates got underway in Manchester, Rome and Hamburg on Saturday but attendance at…
Emirates to Face Crew And Pilot Shortages But Business Looking Good: The Latest Updates From The Airline’s President
We’ve seen so many changes at Emirates of late, it’s sometimes difficult to keep track of everything that’s been going on. But while…
EXCLUSIVE: Emirates Is Cutting The Number Of Onboard Cabin Crew – Changes Coming To Service
Emirates might be in the midst of a massive cabin crew recruitment drive but sources have now revealed the airline plans to cut the number of onboard …
Emirates Is Launching A Brand New And Exciting Cabin Crew Recruitment Process
This has got to be the most exciting news about a change to Emirates’ recruitment process for new cabin crew that we’ve ever heard. For y…
Emirates Is Once Again Holding Open Day’s to Recruit New Cabin Crew: Anyone Can Turn Up and Apply!
We didn’t expect this to happen – at least not as quickly as it did. A few weeks ago, an eagle-eyed reader pointed out that the official …
Is It Still Safe To Fly Gulf Airlines Through The Middle East? Tensions Rise And Civilian Aircraft Are Caught In The Middle
Tensions between Qatar and several neighbouring countries appear to be on the rise with allegations that civilian aircraft belonging to the UAE have b…
RUMOUR: Death of Emirates Cabin Crew Linked to Controversial Airline Policies Say Insider Sources
As Emirates was celebrating being named ‘Airline of the Year’ at the 2018 Air Transport Awards, the airline was yet again facing demands t…
The Official Emirates Guidelines For How To Wear Afro Style Hair: Get The Official Approved Look
Preparing your photos for the Emirates cabin crew application or Assessment Day can be a daunting task – recruiters will be judging what you loo…
Five Days Have Passed Since An Emirates Flight Attendant Fell To Her Death & Still No Official Investigation?
Last Thursday, a long-serving member of Emirates cabin crew tragically fell to her death from the open door of a parked Boeing 777 aircraft at Entebbe…
UK Supreme Court Rules Against Emirates: “Millions Of Pounds Worth Of Compensation Is Due To Its Customers”
Emirates has been refused the right to appeal a court decision that may mean the Dubai-based airline owes its customers millions of pounds in delayed-…
CABIN CREW POWER: Emirates Concedes to Demands of Flight Attendants – Reinstates Full Medical Benefits
In a surprising move, Emirates has decided to make significant changes to the medical benefits its cabin crew currently receive from the company. The…
Emirates Continues To Operate Flight After Crew Member “Jumps” From Plane And Is Seriously Injured
Update: 15th March – Emirates has now confirmed the crew member involved in this incident has sadly died from her injuries. A more detailed upd…
INSIDER: Emirates Runs A Secret ‘Appearance Management Programme’ Targeting “Overweight” Cabin Crew
A serving member of cabin crew at the Dubai-based airline, Emirates has approached us to speak of their concern about an internal ‘Appearance Ma…
Emirates Launches New #OneTeam Video with Real Madrid Stars to Showcase Multi-Skilled Cabin Crew
Highlighting their multi-national, multi-skilled cabin crew, Emirates has today launched a light-hearted video starring its award-winning flight atten…
Emirates Launches its Refreshed Boeing 777-200’s – Roomier Business Class But Still No Direct Aisle Access
Over the last few months, Emirates has been busy refreshing the look of its fleet of Boeing 777-200 aircraft and has just unveiled the first plane to …
Emirates is Looking for a New Vice President of Cabin Crew: Charged with Creating a “Performance Based Culture”
The Dubai-based airline, Emirates is now advertising for a new Vice President of Cabin Crew – Just a couple of months after the previous title h…
REPORTS: Dubai International Airport Will Have to Shut One of its Two Runways for Over a Month
According to a report in the UK’s The Independent newspaper, Dubai International Airport (DXB) – the world’s busiest airport by inte…
Emirates is Hiring New Cabin Crew Recruiters After Airline Was Forced to Make Redundancies Last Year
Is there any better indication of how much Emirates plans to upscale its recruitment of new cabin crew than the news that the airline is currently hir…
Emirates Cabin Crew Up in Arms Over Shorter Sydney Layover – It Might Be Unfair But it’s Perfectly Legal
Members of Emirates’ cabin crew community are set to meet and express their concerns with senior executives today, including the airline’s…
Emirates Finds New Way to Make Money: By Celebrating Valentines Day
The Dubai-based airline, Emirates is generally considered a Muslim airline – much in the same way that Dubai and the UAE are Muslim. But Emirat…
Emirates Cabin Crew Recruitment: The Questions You Want Answered and How Emirates Responded
In the last couple of weeks, we’ve been inundated with questions about the new Emirates cabin crew recruitment process. We’ve done our be…
Emirates Advertises Cabin Crew Recruitment to the World: Website Promptly Crashes
Just over a week ago, Emirates took us by surprise when it suddenly reopened cabin crew recruitment via the airline’s official careers website. …
What Are The Emirates Video Interview Questions? And How Should You Answer Them?
When Emirates first announced they would be introducing a video interview as part of their cabin crew recruitment process, we initially thought only s…
Emirates Has Celebrated the Outstanding Acts of Employees: Moves to Improve Staff Relations
It’s probably true to say the relationship between Emirate’s management and the staff they lead are at a pretty low point at the moment. …
Happy 2018: Emirates Has Finally Reopened Cabin Crew Recruitment – Applications Being Accepted Now
Wow! Back in mid-January, Emirates’ chief operations officer, Adel Al Redha said his airline would “soon start recruiting cabin crew.” T…
£100,000 Worth of Heroin, Illicit Gold Jewellery and Money Laundering: The Things Flight Attendants Smuggle
In the cult 1997, Quentin Tarantino hit, Jackie Brown, the namesake star of the movie played by Pam Grier, was a tired and fed-up flight attendant, sm…
CAUTION: Emirates Hasn’t Opened Cabin Crew Recruitment for Everyone Yet
UPDATE: Emirates has now reopened cabin crew recruitment for everyone (Sunday 28th January 2018) – The official link can be found below. If you&…
Airbus Secures the Future of the A380 Superjumbo: Secures $16 Billion Deal With Emirates
The French aircraft manufacturer, Airbus has today announced the future of its A380 superjumbo has been secured with a huge $16 billion order from Emi…
Was a Bizarre Ban On Duty Free Alcohol the “Last Straw On the Camels Back” for Emirates Cabin Crew?
We’ve dedicated a fair amount of coverage about the state of morale within the Emirates cabin crew community of late. The revelations and updat…
BLOCKED: No Such Thing As Free Speech As Readers Denied Access By UAE Authorities
Wow! It appears that our website has fallen foul of the UAE’s tough and some might say draconian free-speech laws, with our site suddenly findi…
The Biggest Questions Surrounding Emirates’ Plan to Start Cabin Crew Recruitment “Soon”
Yesterday, we learnt the pretty exciting news that Emirates is planning to reopen its cabin crew recruitment process – possibly in the very near…
CONFIRMED: Emirates Will Restart Cabin Crew Recruitment “Soon” – Here’s What We Know
Senior executives at Emirates have finally laid out plans to restart recruitment for cabin crew at the Dubai-based airline. It’s been well over…
This is How Emirates Responded to Our Cabin Crew Exposé As Senior Managers Suddenly “Resign”
A few days ago, we published a post that shone a light on what it’s like to work as cabin crew at the worlds largest airline by passenger number…
