Emirates' A380 Double-Decker to Serve Rome

27th July 2011 –

Emirates, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, announced today that the historic capital city of Rome will be the next destination slated for its flagship A380 aircraft. The daily A380 service will start 1st December 2011.

The announcement of Emirates’ first permanent scheduled A380 service to Italy comes on the back of its momentous June 6th landing at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport to mark the celebrations for its 50th anniversary, while commemorating 150 years of Italian unification.

“The permanent service of the Emirates' A380 to Rome underscores our commitment to Italy, having served this ever-growing market since 1992. The new A380 service will enable travellers to enjoy the unparalleled on-board amenities in all classes and the great connectivity of our network via the Dubai hub,” said Salem Obaidalla, Emirates' Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Europe & Russian Federation. “We would like to express our gratitude to the airport authorities who have strategically upgraded their infrastructure to accommodate the A380. This purposeful investment will help to strengthen the economic ties and tourism links between the UAE and Italy.”

"This is a further confirmation of the successful relationship between Emirates and Aeroporti di Roma," said Elia Pistola, Aviation Director of ADR. "This represents a further development of the Emirates' presence at Leonardo da Vinci Airport. Rome airport is the first Italian airport that can accomodate an A380 with the complete operating infrastructure. The new dedicated double bridge is a strategic investment for our airport, since the A380 is the best aircraft to serve the growing key markets where Emirates operates via Dubai."

Rome is currently served twice daily by Emirates. Coupled with a double daily service to Milan and a daily flight to Venice, the 35 weekly frequencies contribute to a US$ 4.6 billion trade relationship between Italy and the UAE.

The A380 service will operate daily as EK 97, departing Dubai at 0910hrs (local time) and arriving at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport at 1235hrs (local). The return flight, EK 98, departs Rome at 1435hrs (local) and arrives in Dubai at 2305hrs (local). The arrival time of the A380 in Dubai will allow passengers from Italy to connect to its extensive network of destinations in the Far East.

With 15 A380s currently in its fleet, Emirates is the largest operator of the environmentally friendly double-decker aircraft, operating services from Dubai to London Heathrow (double-daily), Manchester, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Toronto, Seoul, Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai, Jeddah, New York, Hong Kong, Sydney and Auckland.

From 1st October 2011, the A380 will begin serving Johannesburg, followed by Kuala Lumpur as of 1st December and then from 1st January 2012, the A380 will be deployed on the Munich route.

So far in 2011, Emirates has launched passenger flights to Basra and Geneva. Services to Copenhagen will commence on 1st August and St Petersburg will be launched on 1st November, followed by Baghdad on 13th November, and Rio and Buenos Aires in January 2012.

The land the war-men chose to till

The land the war men chose to till.
This land I call home.
Tearing through the scrubs in search for blood,
Taking with them anything they come across,
And yet all this they say in the name of justice,
What is justice, if you kill your own mother?
Brothers turn against brothers,
Gunshots rocks the skys,
The days are dark,
In this lands the war-men chose to till.

The harvest of their work,
Is sorrow, pain and loss,
The justice we get is the chopped lips, ears and limbs,
Hatred is sown and death is harvested,
In these lands the war-men chose to till.
The dances that once filled the air are gone,
Laughter gone,
And yet 22 years, these war-men chose to till,
Their own homeland,
In the name of Justice.


22 years past,
The war-men are gone,
What is left to harvest; pain, sorrow, and agony
In the land they chose to call home.

In this fields, the laughter that was long gone,
Now returns,
The sound of children playing fills the airs,
And yet behind all this lies a dark memory,
One that nothing can erase,
Not even the strong detergent can wash away,
A memory that perhaps we will live and die with,
A toil that reaped nothing but pain,
In this lands I call home.

Three blind mice

See how they run,
A round the V offices,
The chinese rat, the nkoko muzungu and the main,
Now that the cat is away,
Its time to play.

BLOW YOUR OWN HORN: And Another Candle Lit

BLOW YOUR OWN HORN: And Another Candle Lit: "Today, I look in the mirror, Older than I was yesterday, And it is, The return of my birthday, which you have made me remember. It fills ..."

And Another Candle Lit

Today,
I look in the mirror,
Older than I was yesterday,
And it is,
The return of my birthday,
which you have made me remember.
It fills me with thoughts which
seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.

They say your birthday is just one day in the 365 day,
So just walk through it,
But this one my heart is heavy,
And I don’t know why,
But yet one thing for sure,
Another candle added.

When I was younger I wished I was older,
But now that am older,
I want to be younger,
The cares of this world weigh down on me,
The wiser I become,
The more dangerous it is for me
And yet one thing I know,
A candle I have added.

And now an older me,
Looking deep into the mirror,
Looking into the future,
Thoughts of the general care of humanity,
And yet, there are many more candles to be added,
It is no longer about that birthday cake,
But the candles burning out.

I know

You know you know it that it is wrong but you still go for it
You know you know it that you are looking for danger but you still go on
You know you know it that he will hurt you but you still fall in love with him
You know you know it that he is hurting you but you won’t look away
You know you know it that you have to leave but you are still stuck there
You know you know it that you are dying inside but he keeps you living
And before you know it you are stuck with him for good
Vampire Love!

Seasons

Years do run fast
Seasons do come and go;
The weather changes too
And so does everyone around me.

So why the empty promises
So why swear this undying love for me
The unchanging love
Yet we all know;
We all know,
People we change.

Amour lets no go through this again
Cause I know it and you do too
Seasons come and go!