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@m_jharrison @OneMileataTime 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@OneMileataTime Would it not have been better to use the 787 in the photo, not the A350?

British Airways has started the installation of Starlink Wi-Fi, with a Boeing 787-8 being the first aircraft fitted with the service. onemileatatime.com/news/british-a…

@m_jharrison @SERobinsonJr @elonmusk @Starlink And now their rollout is complete

@SERobinsonJr @elonmusk It’s not BA’s decision to make it free. That’s all down to @elonmusk @Starlink

STARLINK: British Airways has revealed that its first aircraft fitted with Starlink is a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with registration G-ZBJJ. It is currently in flight as BA197 from London Heathrow to Houston, Texas; the first BA commercial flight with Starlink! It departed London around 3:25 p.m. GMT, and should arrive in Houston around 9 p.m. CST. Per British Airways CEO Sean Doyle, "The roll out of Starlink is making excellent progress... This is a complex and highly-skilled upgrade to our fleet, and I want to thank all our teams who are working hard to make this possible. I know our customers will be looking forward to using this service soon." Kudos to BA making the service free for all passengers in every cabin. Starlink is complimentary, gate-to-gate, with no extra charges for streaming, working, or connecting on multiple devices.

@ashtonshudson Impossible. @Our_DA only does the right thing all the time so for sure they have planned and built more water storage capacity

the only insane thing about this is that 8 years ago cape town got a massive warning for the shortfall in water storage. in the 8 years since, we have built literally 0 new dams. it’s not a rainfall problem, this is a planning problem

@mark_barnes56 Definitely not corrupt ANC cadres. No sir

🇿🇦How did SAPO go from being debt free with R10,65bn in cash and financial assets in 2019 to writing off R7,4bn of debt in 2024, despite a further R2,3bn capital injection in 2023?!🇿🇦 news24.com/business/econo…

@jamiebsmith But which Hilton?

Another alert. Just as I took my contacts out.

@JSS779 @loulou12395997 If you didn’t qualify for ST would it change your view?

@loulou12395997 I don't mind. As long as I'm not disturbed (and you're not) then it's fine by me. Meal choice etc isn't impacted

This isn't a great idea. Frequent flyers, who often book late, will be deprived of the best seats

@HeadForPoints “Defect” makes it sounds like they are comparable offerings. EasyJet is so much better than BA!

easyJet Plus offers British Airways Club elite members a £125 discount to defect headforpoints.com/2026/03/18/eas…

@Fahadnaimb Disappointing there are such long lines with egates that use facial recognition and don’t need passports for many

Dubai Airport today (18 March)... this is the arrivals immigration line, not exit. Plenty of passengers queuing, luggage everywhere, people from all over still pouring in. Compared to the insane crowds of 2024/early 2025, it’s calmer, but calling it a “ghost town” is way off... the airport is still very much operational and welcoming.

@JSS779 Having flown AI and 6E recently there are almost no seats allocated to FF or for free anyway so that makes very little difference.

@parrapower2022 @intrepid_esq Corruption

Negative gearing.

@SimonCalder Simon do you want EK and EY to stop selling tickets just cos the UK government think it’s a little risky? Oh behave.

Foreign Office warns against travel to/through the UAE. That includes merely changing planes at Dubai or Abu Dhabi airports. Yet thousands of British travellers do just that every day. Emirates and Etihad are selling tickets for flights through their hubs. independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

@jamiebsmith You tax dodgers have no morals! Living life while the rest of us have to suffer with corrupt governments and lack of service delivery.

Well this definitely tops my visit to Aura Skypool. Dom Pérrignon and caviar for the win on #Emirates First.

@aguyonx12839 @vivekrajan1380 @BBCWorld Exactly! What a ridiculous comment. Literally they are taking a short term fix and some smart ass has to make stupid comments.

@vivekrajan1380 @BBCWorld Bruh, the supply is blocked by war? A small country like Sri lanka can't solve shit. All we can do is wait till others increase productions and wait for the war to end or loosen up.

Sri Lanka declares Wednesdays off as Asian countries try to conserve fuel bbc.in/41ahui4

@jamiebsmith @Xking332 Is it 500 people every hour exactly or are the surges during specific hours ?

@Xking332 Yes, missiles struggle to be reused. They’ve been coming for 18 days now so no big change. Any evidence behind any of the random numbers you’ve presented or did you just get little excited with your keyboard?

A new set of missiles have been launched at Dubai and Abu Dhabi. A few people have been injured. A Pakistani national has died. 20000 flights have been cancelled in Dubai. About 500 people are leaving Dubai every single hour. Dubai is losing 600k every day. If this continues for a year, Dubai will no longer be tax free. The tax free economic model is most likely coming to an end.

@RoyStew78036358 You are what’s known colloquially as a “complete cunt”

If I was single and lived in Dubai, this is exactly what I’d be doing, must be some good deals to be had. The difference is, I wouldn’t be bragging and posting about it while service workers are being killed (a Palestinian was killed in the UAE by Iran yesterday).

@Dr_BuAbdullah In the UAE everything is AI

In the Emirates, Everyone is Emirati ❤️

@ayeshaijazkhan And twatter collects your type. Sticking your large nose in with a stupid person attack for no reason on a person you don’t know! Grow up.

Dubai sure knows how to collect these types -- I'm eating, I'm shopping....who cares if flights are suspended and the airport is on fire?

@DrAwab This is the right take. No need to sugar coat or defend with lies. A remarkable place under real pressure. An existential threat they seem to be navigating well because they treat people with respect

Say what you want — I'm quite optimistic for Dubai. No sugar-coating: the city is under serious pressure. drones overhead, airspace shut, debris falling. And yet — the streets are calm, shelves are full, no gouging, no panic. The government is talking to its people in real time and showing up when it matters most. This is what decades of institution-building actually looks like. It doesn't crumble at the first sign of trouble — it rises for its people. Yes, some left for personal safety. That's human, not betrayal. But they'll return. Because you simply cannot replicate zero-tax living, world-class infrastructure AND a government that genuinely shows up in a crisis — anywhere else on earth. Real estate values will take a dip, but usually these are just numbers for investors to cash in on the dip and enjoy the windfalls in the future. Smart investors are already circling the opportunities — that's how economies work Crises don't destroy character. They reveal it. Dubai's character? Unshaken. 🇦🇪 (And no — this is not a paid-post or a visa-application. Since someone will definitely ask 🤣/ I only have family and friends living there)

@gotravelyourway I hear DOH and DXB should be avoided (not just now..) 🤣🤣

Which major airport do you try to avoid when connecting? 🇬🇧 London Heathrow 🇫🇷 Paris CDG 🇺🇸 JFK 🇩🇪 Frankfurt Or is there a worse one? 😅

@nadhimzahawi Yet when you were a minister on the UK you achieved nothing ? The UK cannot make a single decision ever

Incredible speed & efficiency 👌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🇦🇪👇🏽