It means that XL is reporting what a friend at Fly Dubai has told him, not his direct experience.
So like most every other post here at pprune, it contains elements of fact, elements of speculation, and elements of what ever slant the orginal source chose to give it.
Some will spin a dark picture, other others a bright one. The truth lies all across the spectrum between the two.
Cheers
F-C
PS. XL was a uk charter airline that fell victim to the economic collapse in 2008.