How the UAE has become a budget battleground

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Budget airline rivalry is hotting up under the desert sun. Richard Schuurman asks three executives of key United Arab Emirates carriers just how far their low-cost sector can grow

Home to just over ten million citizens – fewer than the population of Portugal – the United Arab Emirates (UAE) boasts six airlines based within its seven territories.

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