profile of emarits

Emirates (Arabic: طيران الإمارات Ṭayarān al-Imārāt) is a major airline in the Middle East, and a subsidiary of The Emirates Group. It is the national airline of Dubai, United Arab Emirates and operates around 2200 passenger flights per week,from its hub at Dubai International Airport Terminal 3, to 107 destinations in 60 countries across 6 continents.The company also operates four of some of the world's longest non-stop commercial flights from Dubai to Los Angeles, San Francisco, São Paulo and,

Houston with all except San Francisco on the Boeing 777-200LR. The flight to San Francisco is currently served by a Boeing 777-300ER. Emirates is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, which has over 50,000 employees, and is wholly-owned by the Government of Dubai directly under the Investment Corporation of Dubai. Cargo activities are undertaken by the Emirates Group's Emirates SkyCargo division.

During the mid-1980s, Gulf Air began to cut back its services to Dubai. As a result Emirates was conceived in March 1985 with backing from Dubai's royal family, whose Dubai Royal Air Wing provided two of the airline's first aircraft. It was required to operate independent of government subsidies, apart from $10 million in start-up capital. The airline became headed by Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the airline's present chairman. In the years following its founding, the airline expanded both its fleet and its destinations.In October 2008, Emirates moved all operations at Dubai International Airport to Terminal 3, a new terminal exclusively dedicated to Emirates.


Emirates operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and is one of only nine airlines to operate an all wide-body aircraft fleet. The centrepiece of the airline's fleet is the Boeing 777. Emirates also has orders for 58 Airbus A380s and became the second operator of the Airbus A380-800 after Singapore Airlines when their first aircraft was delivered on 28 July 2008. Emirates has won numerous awards and is an industry bellwether for aircraft purchases, purchasing over 130 aircraft in 2007 alone.

The airline ranks amongst the top 10 carriers worldwide in terms of revenue, passenger kilometres, and has become the largest airline in the Middle East in terms of revenue, fleet size, and passengers carried as of 2007.In 2009 the airline was the seventh-largest airline in the world in terms of international passengers carried, and fourth-largest in the world in terms of scheduled international passenger-kilometres flown.



Emirates has built up a strong brand name as a trendsetter in the aviation industry, particularly in terms of service excellence, coupled with consistent profitability. In 2009, Emirates was voted the fifth best airline in the world by research consultancy firm Skytrax.




Emirates Financial and Operational Performance[D][67] Year Ended Passengers Flown Cargo carried (thousand) Turnover (AEDm) Expenditure (AEDm) Net Profit(+)/Loss(-) (AEDm)
31 March 1997 ▲3,114.3 ▲159.4 ▲1,198.7 ▲1,097.1 ▲(+)101.623
31 March 1998 ▲3,683.4 ▲200.1 ▲4,089.1 ▲3,826.7 ▲(+)262.413
31 March 1999 ▲4,252.7 ▲214.2 ▲4,442.9 ▲4,130.2 ▲(+)312.959
31 March 2000 ▲4,775.4 ▲269.9 ▲5,113.8 ▲4,812.9 ▼(+)300.900
31 March 2001 ▲5,718.8 ▲335.2 ▲6,417.3 ▲5,970.7 ▲(+)421.825
31 March 2002 ▲6,765.1 ▲400.6 ▲7,274.6 ▲6,783.7 ▲(+)468.231
31 March 2003 ▲8,502.8 ▲525.2 ▲9,709.7 ▲8,749.6 ▲(+)906.747
31 March 2004 ▲10,441.3 ▲659.8 ▲13,286.3 ▲11,602.1 ▲(+)1,573.511
31 March 2005 ▲12,528.7 ▲838.4 ▲18,130.9 ▲15,628.3 ▲(+)2,407.385
31 March 2006 ▲14,497.5 ▲1 ,018.5 ▲23,050.9 ▲20,489.6 ▲(+)2,474.999
31 March 2007 ▲17,544.1 ▲1,155.9 ▲29,839.6 ▲26,675.9 ▲(+)3,096.416
31 March 2008 ▲21,229.2 ▲1,282.1 ▲40,196.6 ▲35,121.7 ▲(+)5,020.424
31 March 2009 ▲22,730.9 ▲1,408.3 ▲43,266.3 ▲43,143.4 ▼(+)981.676
31 March 2010 ▲27,454.5 ▲1,580.6 ▲43,455.8 ▼39,890.4 ▲(+)3,538






Emirates Fleet Aircraft Total Orders Passengers
(First/Business/Economy)
Airbus A330-200 29 0 237 (12/42/183)
278 (0/27/251)
Airbus A340-300 8 0 267 (12/42/213)
Airbus A340-500 10 0 258 (12/42/204)
Airbus A350-900 0 50 TBA
Airbus A350-1000 0 20 TBA
Airbus A380-800 8 50 489 (14/76/399)
517 (14/76/427)
Boeing 777–200 3 0 290 (12/42/236)
346 (0/42/304)
Boeing 777-200ER 6 0 290 (12/42/236)
Boeing 777-200LR 10 0 266 (8/42/216)
Boeing 777–300 12 0 380 (18/42/320)
434 (0/49/385)
Boeing 777-300ER 52 19 354 (8/42/304)
358 (12/42/304)
364 (12/42/310)
427 (0/42/385)
442 (0/42/400)
Total 138 139