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By Jimoh Babatunde with Agency reports<\/p>\n

Emirates plans to fly to more places and order more planes, ignoring claims of unfair competition from rivals, the airline\u2019s chairman said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The airline\u2019s aggressive expansion has been criticised by European carriers who say the Dubai-based company and other Gulf carriers are effectively subsidised, provoking fears that Gulf-based superjumbos will draw traffic from their hubs.<\/p>\n

Emirates, which is state-owned, will soon fly to \u201cseveral hundred destinations\u201d from 111 locations now, Emirates\u2019 Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum said after the airline reported a 52-percent jump in 2010 profits.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure this will make a lot of people unhappy but the market is there to grow. Airlines in Europe don\u2019t want to see us there because we are giving them competition. But we get good market share because of the product,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have big plans. We will operate more to North and South America and also Asia,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Sheikh Ahmed indicated that Emirates would announce new aircraft orders at the Dubai Airshow in November.<\/p>\n

Dubai has led the charge in a war of words between North American and European carriers and their Gulf rivals over subsidies, export credits and landing rights, blaming their woes on \u201cparasitic\u201d taxes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they spend as much time running their business as they do trying to run us down they might make even more money,\u201d Emirates president Tim Clark said last year.<\/p>\n

The UAE failed to gain greater access for Emirates and Abu Dhabi\u2019s Etihad Airways in Canada last year, leading to tension between the two countries.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Lufthansa has asked that Emirates be denied landing slots at Berlin\u2019s new airport.<\/p>\n

Emirates is the largest customer for the Airbus A380 superjumbo and has so far ordered 90 of the aircraft. It plans to increase its fleet to eventually include 120 A380s, from the 15 it currently flies.<\/p>\n

That could turn the European aviation market upside down.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Emirates continue to execute as they have done they will force a restructuring of the industry simply by deploying the 90 or so A380s they have on order or in service,\u201d Sudeep Ghai, a partner at London-based Athena Aviation, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cExpect other markets to start making even more protectionist noises than they have been in defence of their local carriers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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