Originally Posted by Bill Lumberg

One reason for urgency is that Detroit is trying to get nonstop service to Dubai before Chicago does. Right now, the Midwest has no nonstop passenger service to Dubai. Emirates is growing quickly and poised to become the largest airline in the world within three years. It flies nonstop from Dubai to Houston, Dallas, New York JFK, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. It adds Washington Dulles in September.