Know the Airline: Emirates
Emirates is the largest airline and one of two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates.
Based in Dubai, the airline is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, which is owned by the government of Dubai’s Investment Corporation of Dubai.
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It is also the largest airline in the Middle East, operating over 3,600 flights per week from its hub at Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport before the COVID-19 pandemic.
It operates to more than 150 cities in 80 countries across 6 continents through its fleet of nearly 300 aircraft.
Emirates is the world’s fourth largest airline in terms of carrying passenger, and, and the second-largest in terms of carrying freight.
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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. Pakistan International Airlines provided training facilities to Emirates’ cabin crew at its academy.
Emirates operate a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and are one of the few airlines to operate an all-wide-body aircraft fleet.
As of September 2021, Emirates is the largest Airbus A380 operator with 119 aircraft in service and a further 3 on order. Since its introduction, the Airbus A380 has become an integral part of the Emirates fleet, especially on long-haul, high-density routes. Emirates is also the world’s largest Boeing 777 operator with 155 aircraft in service.
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The current company slogan of Emirates is “Fly Emirates, Fly Better”.
Sources: Wikipedia, Emirates website