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SHARE It’s Sunday afternoon and Adel Mardini is moving around the reception area of a VIP terminal at Dubai World Central, attending to the needs of his well-heeled clients. With its plush lounges, secluded relaxation zones and fully stocked entertainment area, the Jetex Flight Support terminal, which caters exclusively to private jet travellers, feels more like a five-star hotel reception than an airport building. “It’s a busy day today,” Mardini tells me, settling down on a sofa as ...

Image zoom "Daddy, can we go to the airport?” “When are we going back to the airport?” “Is it time for the airport now?” This is the daily inquisition from my aviation-obsessed four-year-old son, a cavalcade of questions he fervently hopes will result in his greatest bliss: taking flight on a commercial airliner. Sometimes Henry’s queries — preludes to longer sermons about Dreamliners and Concordes, tail configurations and retired logos — are tender and wide-eyed. Other times hi...