If you're trying to book a flight for your Christmas holiday, are people worried that a flight might not happen? What kind of conversations are they happening with you?

See, to be very honest, you know, there's a shift of pattern in terms of how travelers are booking, right? So earlier it used to be, let's say I want to travel on this date.

But now, can I travel one or two days earlier? Maybe can I fly from another UAE airport? Can I choose another airline? Can I change my destination? I think these are the kind of things that, you know, travelers are kind of changing their travel pattern to.

So, for example, booking earlier for peak dates, maybe comparing multiple airlines.

UAE, by the way, has, you know, five international airports.

So considering Sharjah and Abu Dhabi alongside Dubai or maybe even Fujairah.

uh so for example you know diwali falls on the 8th of november maybe christmas falls on the 25th of december so it's not like uh you know the capacity is reduced our airfares have increased i think if your focus is around these dates then obviously people are being smarter in terms of booking earlier but shifting travel dates by one or three days looking at connecting flights choosing alternate destinations that could really be handy in terms of planning your travel efficiently

Are people gravitating to the Emirates and Etihad's who normally would have flown with other carriers if they're not 100% sure that return dates will hold?