Emirates (Arabic: ‫ يطييران المإارات‬DMG: Ṭayarān Al-Imārāt) is an airline based in Dubai, United Arab

Emirates. The airline is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, which is wholly owned by the
government of Dubai's Investment Corporation of Dubai. It is the largest airline in the Middle East,
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operating over 3,600 flights per week from its hub at Dubai International Airport, to more than 140
cities in 81 countries across six continents. Cargo activities are undertaken by Emirates SkyCargo.
[5] [6]

Emirates is the world's fourth largest airline in scheduled revenue passenger-kilometers flown, the [7]

fourth-largest in terms of international passengers carried, and the second-largest in terms of freight
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tonne kilometers flown. From March 2016 to February 2017 Emirates had the longest non-stop
commercial flight from Dubai to Auckland.

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, with Pakistan International Airlines
providing two of the airline's first aircraft on wet-lease. With $10 million in start-up capital it was
required to operate independently of government subsidy. Pakistan International Airlines provided
training facilities to Emirates' cabin crew at its academy. The airline was 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. [9]

Emirates operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and is one of the few
airlines to operate an all-wide-body aircraft fleet (while excluding Emirates Executive ). As of[10]

November 2017, Emirates is the largest Airbus A380 operator with 103 aircraft in service and a
further 42 on order. Since its introduction, the Airbus A380 has become an integral part of the
Emirates fleet, especially on long-haul high-traffic routes. Emirates is also the world's largest Boeing
777 operator with 151 aircraft in service.

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"Emirates – Our Destinations". Emirates.com. 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

2. ^ Jump up to: a b
https://cdn.ek.aero/downloads/ek/pdfs/report/annual_report_2017.pdf

3. Jump up ^ GulfNews.com – Emirates and Dnata now under ICD

4. Jump up ^ "Gulfnews: Emirates is now seventh biggest airline". Archive.gulfnews.com. 10 November

2007. Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2009.

5. Jump up ^ "Emirates aircraft cover 432 million kilometres across the globe in six months".
Emirates.com. 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
6. Jump up ^ "Emirates SkyCargo". The Emirates Group. Retrieved 26 August 2009.

7. Jump up ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July
2016.

8. Jump up ^ "Domestic bliss - The world's largest airlines". Economist.com. 2015-06-24. Retrieved
2018-01-18.

9. Jump up ^ "Emirates Announces 2009 Expansion Plan" (Press release). Emirates (airline). 18
February 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2010.

10. Jump up ^ "Emirates Executive". Emirates Executive. Retrieved 2018-02-22.