The Wednesday’s launch of a new non-stop daily Emirates flight service from Dubai to Washington, DC will bring hundreds of millions of dollars into the regional economy as well create jobs, say business and government officials in the US capital.
It will also open up new business opportunities for the UAE which consumed more than $16 billion (Dh58.75 billion) in American exports in 2011, a number that is expected to jump considerably again by year’s end given that exports for the first six months of 2012 are up 60 per cent more than the same period last year.
Jack Potter, President and CEO of Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, considers the airline’s new route — its seventh to the US — to be good for business and “another milestone for the airport authority at Dulles”.
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