Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FlyDubai

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep --Stormie (talk) 09:10, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FlyDubai[edit]

looks more like an ad than an article. a Google searched yielded pretty much the whole article as a result item. flydubai has no website of its own...

i dunno... but i guess you can vote to keep if you think its worthwhile. Carbonrodney (talk) 13:55, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - It's a brand-new low-cost airline started by the government of Dubai. If it's something started by a major government, it's notable enough. Their flights don't start until 2009, but they've already ordered over 50 Boeing jets for their fleet. It will become a more well-known airline, and it already is known outside the Emirates. There are 41 Google News hits, and over 400 Google hits. --Let Us Update Special:Ancientpages. 14:01, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - They do have a web page www.flydubai.com which is up and running. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shandydrinker (talk • contribs) 16:53, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Notability [1] - The order is valued at approximated $4bn at today's list prices and marks the biggest single order by a Gulf-based low cost carrier for the Boeing aircraft. With that notable point, even if it will not start to operate, it must remain in wikipedia. --92.113.10.111 (talk) 18:10, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Lacks notability. Jdrewitt (talk) 19:37, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Plenty of coverage [2] of their $4bn deal with Boeing. Thats a huge spend and they clearly intend to go big (they are owned by the Dubai Government ching ching). If we delete, chances are we will just have to recreate it in the near future. Of course, if it comes to nothing, if can be AfD'd again. Fribbler (talk) 19:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - for now. Because notability is forever, we want to be careful about keeping articles about future events, unless there is considerable coverage to verify. The Business Traveler article was a start, but aside from that, I think this article needs to wait a bit. It is similar to films: notability will not permit an article the moment the film is announced ... you generally need to wait until coverage increases with the start of filming. Especially in the world of aviation today, I am not sure that we can be 100% or 90% or 60% sure this airline is a go. As soon as the sources are there about hte development of the company, I would go with the article. LonelyBeacon (talk) 20:32, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Lack of notability? With over 60,000 google hits and over 600 google news hits, the company is more than notable. Россавиа ^Диалог 05:48, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The airline now has a website, and I have expanded the article a bit. It is a real airline, that will start operation in 2009. I have also moved the page to flydubai as its official name is all lowercased. Greekboy (talk) 06:49, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I Like it but it needs a few touches to the page. Thats all. Daxterooney5 (talk) 07:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Greekboy did a great job expanding it from a stub. More information is sure to come and even if it never gets off the ground, there's still enough about it for it to remain an article. Grk1011 (talk) 21:08, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Some more references besides from www.flydubai.com would be better though. Garion96 (talk) 21:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep; Greekboy did a very good job of expanding and improving the article. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 05:44, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely Keep this page. Its a future airline that will begin flying in less than a year. It already has its own website and has received enough notability in the aviation sector not only in the UAE but in the in the Middle East. Besides the person who expanded the article worked hard on it, so we shouldn't just delete his hard work. (MoHasanie (talk) 18:32, 18 July 2008 (UTC))[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.