Emirates Airline

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Template:Infobox Airline Template:Redirect Emirates Airline (shortened form: Emirates) (Arabic: الإمارات al-Imārāt) is an airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates owned by The Emirates Group. 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 Template:Airport codes.

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 Other facts of interest
5 Product
6 References
7 External links

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History

Image:Emirates timetable.JPG 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. It leased an Airbus A300 and Boeing 737-300 from Pakistan International Airlines. 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.

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.

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Services

See full article: Emirates destinations

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Fleet

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The Emirates fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2006):

4 Airbus A310-300
29 Airbus A330-200
8 Airbus A340-300
10 Airbus A340-500
4 Boeing 747-400F (Operated by Emirates SkyCargo)
2 Boeing 747-200F (Operated by Emirates SkyCargo)
3 Boeing 777-200
6 Boeing 777-200ER
13 Boeing 777-300
13 Boeing 777-300ER

The average age of Emirates Airline fleet is 5 years old in April 2006.

The airline started out with operating Boeing 727s, Airbus A300s. The Airbus A300 and Boeing 737 which it leased to start operations were acquired from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which they used for a period of time before they received their own aircraft from Airbus and Boeing.

Recently, 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. Fourty-one passenger A380-800s are to be purchased and two are to be leased from International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). Two freighter A380-800Fs have been ordered for Emirates SkyCargo. The first A380 will be delivered to Emirates in October of 2006.<ref name="aw_200503">Airliner World. March, 2005</ref> As of November 20, 2005, Emirates has an orderbook of Dh110 billion, involving 105 firm orders, including 45 Airbus A380s (by far the largest of any carrier), Eighteen Airbus A340-600HGW aircraft, 24 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, 10 777-200LR, and 8 777 Freighters.[1] However, the A340-600s have been deferred indefinitely, as Emirates is awaiting information on Airbus' rumored A340-600E.<ref name="fi_ek_a340e">"Emirates pushes for A340-600 Enhanced in place of high gross weight variant." Kingsley-Jones, M. Flight International. March 17, 2006.</ref> The A340-600HGW deposits may be transferred to apply for the A380.<ref name="reuters_a340_deposits_20060413">"Emirates may switch Airbus A340 orders to A380-CEO." Reuters. April 13, 2006.</ref>

Emirates is still in the decision making process of either choosing Boeing's 787 or Airbus' A350. It is said that Boeing is planning on creating a larger 787 called the 787-10. Emirates has been pushing Boeing to offer the 787-10. According to Emirates, they want a fuel efficient plane that can seat 300 passengers. The A350 is designed to carry 300 passengers, while the closest Boeing 787 that can carry this many passengers is the 787-9, with 290 passengers. (Decision still pending)

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Other facts of interest

Emirates is the title sponsor of the Dubai World Cup thoroughbred horse race and was a major sponsor of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.
United States astronaut Buzz Aldrin and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright were passengers on the airline's first flight from Dubai to New York City.
Emirates is the main sponsor behind the America's Cup challenge team Emirates Team New Zealand, made from the remnants of Team New Zealand who won the cup in 1996, and defended in 2000 before losing it in 2003.
Emirates is currently main sponsor of Collingwood Football Club
Emirates will become the main sponsor of Arsenal F.C. from the 2006/2007 English football season, and will also have its name on Arsenal's new stadium, Emirates Stadium, which opens in August 2006.
Emirates also holds the sponsorship rights for cricket umpires and association football referees.
Emirates is now the major sponsor of new Super 14's the Emirates Western Force
Emirates was the sponsor of Chelsea F.C.
Emirates will be the sponsor of the football club Hamburger SV in Bundesliga season 2006/2007
Emirates announced before the start of the 2006 Formula 1 Championship that they had signed a sponsorship deal with Team McLaren Mercedes

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Product

Emirates prides itself for delivering a comprehensive full service product, on all flights. It was the first airline to offer video on demand (VOD) in all three classes of service: Economy, Business and First Class. In-flight, the service is also considered exemplary, from generous seat pitches, new and smart aircraft, multi-course meals and multi-lingual flight attendants from over 105 countries. Emirates has also won numerous awards and is the only airline in the world to have 500 in flight programme channels in all 3 classes.

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