- Welcome to Dubai Airshow 2019.
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A lots and lots of great aeroplane on display that show here.
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The A350, brand new Fiji Airways.
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- [All] (speaking in foreign language)
- 779 kilometre from South Korea to meet you here.
I can't believe this is Saudia,
like this is great improvement.
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- I fell in love with this direct-mode side stick.
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- Welcome to Dubai Airshow 2019.
Look at what's behind, the beautiful flight display line
at the airshow.
And I'm standing at the top of the airshow
at the air-traffic control tower.
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- Abdulsalam Al Mehairbi,
the Flying Control Committee Chairman at the Dubai Airshow.
During the flying display we have a daily briefing.
So that, that where we order the pilots
to follow our operation.
Because the safety is our first priority
here at Dubai Airshow.
But you have risk of the variant of 25 miles gusting,
14 also, maybe this up to 500.
With the Cb cloud for tomorrow,
we maybe get some thunderstorm.
And thunderstorm with broken Cb cloud.
- A stop, stop, stop, from the FCC.
It will be followed by either all clear, the display box
or landing gear.
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- Can you tell me,
what role does Dubai Air Navigation Service play
during the airshow?
- For Dubai 2019,
we have more than 160 aeroplane participating in the show.
So what dans does is to arrange for their arrival,
and then arrange for their departure later on.
And have a successful and safe display
between two p.m. to five p.m.
Well, briefly what we have here, as you see,
this is a weather radar,
a radar of having the big picture of what's happening
around Al Maktoum International Airport.
This is a ground radar.
We monitor the aircraft movement on the ground service.
And this is the monitor, the aircraft during the display.
- From an FCC perspective,
we control all participants show during Dubai Airshow 2019
from the FCC Control Tower.
The FCC Control Tower is located
in the middle of the airshow site.
And we can see the view over here.
That all the participants
and we can see them taxiing out and taxiing in.
And always has been managed by the FCC Control.
However, the main air-traffic controls are sitting
in Al Maktoum Tower, over there,
which we direct them from during a hotline for them
over there to give them their selection through there.
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- 51,500 notes.
My name is Ahmed Al Mazrooei,
I'm the ATC Supervisor of the airshow.
During the closure of the displays,
I manage the airshow from an ATC perspective.
The most important thing for us is
to get the displaying aircraft at the holding point on time,
so we don't delay a minute.
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Here with display.
- Okay, air spaces to FCC, understand, thank you very much.
Thanks.
We have the air space.
- [Ahmed] Okay.
- And first I'm lining up runway one-two-victor-six,
opposite direction.
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The guys over here will continue monitoring
for the next 29 minutes, unfortunately.
Every profile that those guys are flying in the airspace
to ensure that they are safe,
they are following their profile.
And we have the expertise over here
that they can decide if it is safe or not safe.
So therefore, we hope that they're gonna have a good, safe,
and a safe flight.
- My name is Captain Rehan Van Tonder,
I am a pilot for Emirates Airline,
instructor on the Boeing triple seven.
Second to the FCC or the Flight Control Committee
of the Dubai International Airshow.
My role is to look at the commercial flight operations here.
Another A330 is going to fly,
so I'll have to look at his profile
and make sure that everything goes according to plan.
- [Sam] Ah, so you're not only looking
after Emirates Airline, you're looking
after all the commercial planes during the airshow.
- Correct, that's correct, all the commercial displays.
The temperature up here?
It's 25 degrees.
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- A lots and lots of great aeroplane
on display that show here.
The first one we checked out is Saudia 787-10.
Let's check it out.
Hello, guys.
- Good afternoon, welcome to Saudia 787.
- Oh, nice meeting you. - Hi, welcome aboard.
- Hello, nice meeting you. - Welcome aboard.
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So this is our business class, 787-10.
We have 24 Super Diamond seats that can be fully flat.
And this bed, it can be changed, and you can relax.
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- Beautiful cabin, can't believe this is Saudia,
like this is great improvement.
- Yes, thank you so much, I appreciate it.
- So am I right, now there's a butler
on business class on Saudia flights?
- Yes, I am the butler.
And I would be more willing to assist you for anything, sir.
- You guys pushing boundaries,
like in the Middle Eastern Airlines.
Quality just kicking through.
I mean, look at all these displays.
- Yes, thank you.
- Missoni, female and male versions.
Yes, this is, this one for female
and this one for male, yeah.
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- Welcome to our guest class.
- Ah, so this is the economy class.
- Yes, economy class.
- Leather seats.
- Yes, 330 guests.
- Yeah, it's 787-10, longer, big plane.
So how many in total, you have business class,
how many seats in business?
- [Flight Attendant] 24.
- 24, and 330 here, wow.
354-seater, 787-10.
This is good leg-room here.
- Yeah, very wide.
- More leg-room than the standard 787.
- Than the standard, yeah.
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- [All] (speaking foreign language)
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- Well the second plane we gonna visit is the A350,
brand new, Fiji Airways.
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Bula, this is so nice.
I mean, like I feel like going to South Pacific
with this aeroplane.
It's great to see new carriers.
We see Saudia earlier, now Fiji Airways.
One-to-one, direct-aisle access.
This provide lots of luxury for travellers
going to South Pacific.
I mean, everyone know this is a flight bed,
but while I see striking differences,
all the little pattern here,
the design on this Fiji Airways very nice.
Even your uniform looks great.
- Thank you.
- So what is this pattern, do you know?
- So Sam, basically if you look throughout the cabin,
it's the simplest colours that you could see.
So the only striking colours you would see
in the cabin is our cabin crew uniform.
And the motifs that you see on the uniform, as well.
So if you see on your headrest,
you'd see these on our tail, as well.
So these motif mean something
to our Fijian culture, hospitality as well.
So that's what we call a Teteva.
- Teteva. - Yes.
- Oh, so it's a very service, hospitality of Fijian people.
- That's right, that's right, Sam.
- All right, now I understand.
I learned something more, very cool.
- So everything you see
in the cabin basically represents the motif.
And it represents a meaning, as well, to our culture.
- I love the flowers, do you have a extra one for me?
- And now I say, Bula, welcome aboard, Sam.
- Bula, wow, I love Fiji.
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- (speaking foreign language)
- You're looking for me, I think.
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I saw my sign and look at this.
(cheering)
- I have been searching for you.
- Wow, fly 6779 kilometres from South Korea to meet you.
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Well on this show, we see a lot of ladies here
with long lens, telephoto lens.
Where you guys from?
- [Ladies] Indonesia.
- Indonesia, (laughs) wow, impressive.
- Papua, yes.
- Papua, Papua, that's a very long way,
from the East side of Indonesia, wow.
I hope you enjoy, look out, look out, it's coming.
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- I'm Captain Ahmed Adel,
Chairman and CEO of EgyptAir Holding.
I personally welcome Sam and the crew on our newest,
state-of-the-art Airbus 220.
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So, welcome to our state-of-the-art Airbus 220,
part of the future of EgyptAir.
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- Please welcome to the cockpit of the A220,
the most advanced aircraft cockpit in the world, I believe.
Please have a seat.
The avionic side, we have five large screens,
which are all dividable in two.
And all interchangeable.
My favourite feature of this aeroplane, obviously,
is the side stick.
After having flown the Airbus 330 for a few years,
I fell in love with this direct-mode side stick,
which gives us an utmost control of the aircraft.
Such a pleasure to fly with.
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- We received our six aircraft yesterday.
- Already, you received number six already?
- [Ahmed] Yes, number six yesterday.
- [Sam] That's fast coming off the line.
- [Ahmed] And another six in the first two quarters of 2020.
- [Sam] You ordered the A220, 300 series?
- [Ahmed] Basically, yes, great.
- You know, I like how big the bins are, you know,
really one of the largest on a regional aeroplane like this.
- One of the very big advantages of this aircraft
is the space and the design of the toilets.
- This is the best toilet I've seen
on a single aisle aeroplane.
Look at the headroom, no longer bump into the head.
And there's a window in the back, as well,
with a view, how is that?
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I am looking forward to fly the A220 in the near future
on your airline, thank you so much, sir.
- We like that.
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- Let's check out a Etihad Dreamliner
Manchester City Livery.
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This is studio, Etihad.
You know, the funny thing with Etihad is,
I've been a long-time flyer Etihad,
I fly every month or every second month.
But when I got onboard today,
I felt like it's been a long time I got onboard an Etihad.
I don't know how I felt, maybe I felt a bit emotional.
Because I used to live in Abu Dhabi,
and this is a home airline for me.
And you can see how beautiful the product is,
the business studio of Etihad.
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Guys, what's Dubai Airshow without the biggest Emirates fan
and the A380 behind?
Here's Lace.
- I would never miss the opportunity
to spend some quality time with my baby.
- Oh, with me?
- No, that one.
- Oh, that one there.
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Back to my second home, Emirates A380,
the world's favourite A380.
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- [Women] Hi.
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- [All] Bye, have a nice day, bye, see you.
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- Welcome aboard.
- A Boeing triple seven.
- Game Changer.
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- Well guys, this is the highly popular Game Changer,
first class.
This is not even a suite, this is a room,
a complete floor-to-ceiling room
with window view in the middle.
Look at this.
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What a great show, look at the display here.
Well, this is now towards the end of the Dubai Airshow 2019.
I hope you guys enjoy just as much as I do.
And see you in two years.
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