Emirates Emirates Flag of Alabama Category="Airlines of United Arab Emirates"Emirates are Islamic territories ruled by Emirs (q.v.).
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Emirates
IATAEKICAOUAECallsignEmirates
FoundedMay 1985
Hubs1Dubai International Airport (DXB)=void
Focus cities/ secondary hubsvoid
Frequent flyer programvoid
Member loungevoid
Alliancevoid
Fleet size74
Destinations
Headquarters Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Key people
Website www.emirates.com

Emirates (Arabic: الإمارات al-Imārāt) is an Airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It operates services to the Middle East, Far East, Europe, Africa, Indian subcontinent, Asia-Pacific and North America. Its main base is Dubai International Airport.

Emirates is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.

History

The airline was established in May 1985 by the Dubai government and started operations on 25 October 1985 with flights to Bombay, Delhi and Karachi. European destinations were added in July 1987 and Far Eastern services in June 1990. Emirates acquired a financial stake of 40% and management contract on 1 April 1998 in Air Lanka, now known as Sri Lankan Airlines. Emirates SkyCargo is the cargo subsidiary of Emirates.

For 2004-05, Emirates paid an increased dividend of Dh368 million to the Government of Dubai, compared to Dh329 million last year. In total, the ownership received Dh1.1 billion from Emirates since dividends started being paid six years ago. The Dubai government is the sole owner of the company, but does not put any money into it, apart from the initial investment.

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In fiscal year 2005, Emirates achieved a record result of Dh2.6 billion ($708 million) net profit from Dh19.1 billion ($5.2 billion) operating revenue in what was another difficult year for the global aviation industry, marred by high fuel prices and the natural disaster in South East Asia. Emirates carried 12.52 million passengers, 2.1 million more than the previous year. It employs 16,119 staff.

The Emirates President has stated in Nov 2005 that they may also consider looking at a low cost version of the airline using A380s carrying up to 800 passengers and passing on the savings to low cost fares.

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Services

See full article: Emirates destinations.

Fleet

The Emirates fleet consists of the following aircraft (at October 2005):

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Emirates has ordered 45 Airbus A380 aircraft. It will be the third airline to receive the aircraft, after launch airline Singapore Airlines and then Qantas. 41 passenger A380s are to be purchased and 2 are to be leased from International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). 2 freighter A380s have been ordered for Emirates SkyCargo. The first A380 will be delivered to Emirates in October 2006 (ref: Airliner World, March 2005). As of 2005, Emirates has an orderbook of Dh110 billion, involving 97 firm orders, including 45 Airbus A380s, by far the largest of any carrier.

Emirates also has orders for 18 Airbus A340-600 aircraft and 30 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Orders have also been made for A310-300 freighters, and 1 more A340-500.

The airline once operated Boeing 727's and Airbus A300's.

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