Meet MMK Nair, Indian expat from Kerala, who has served Dubai’s aviation for 51 years

Meet MMK Nair, Indian expat from Kerala, who has served Dubai’s aviation for 51 years

Dubai: As a college boy, Indian expat Mundarath Muralikrishnan Nair, known as MMK Nair, was fascinated by aeroplanes as they whizzed past like a speck in the sky. As he wished with all his heart, he ended up working in an airport and later running a flying institute, thus becoming part of five glorious decades of aviation in the UAE. Serving in the finance department of Dubai Airport from its inception, Nair had a remarkable growth in his career till he retired as the Director of Finance after 40 years from April 1970. After his retirement, he has continued to be in the aviation sector in the UAE as managing director and shareholder of Emirates Aviation Services, the premier flying school in Dubai established in 1989. As he completes 51 years in the UAE when the country is celebrating its golden jubilee, Nair is full of memories. Hailing from the South Indian state of Kerala, Nair graduated in commerce and later did a diploma in Airport Finance and Economics from Loughborough University, London. He worked for a short while for Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro)'s previous office in Colaba in erstwhile Bombay. It was in March 1970 that Nair landed