Emirates Airlines is the flagship carrier of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. It’s a subsidiary of The Emirates Group. It is the fastest growing carrier turning world into a global village. Emirates connects the UAE and Middle East thoroughly linking the other parts of world lithely. The Dubai-based carrier is multiplying miles in elation. It keeps discovering boulevards to give passenger get an exceptional flying experience.

Especially, Emirates Airlines was established in 1985 with the generous support of a Royal Family of Dubai. It kicked off its fortunate operations with a flit of Delhi-Karachi flight and connected Delhi and Mumbai. Pakistan International Airlines leased its Boeing aircrafts for this purpose.

Emirates Airlines is the wholly-owned by the Government of Dubai. It’s a profitable air carrier. It became the largest customer for the Airbus A380, with 58 aircraft orders. It expects to receive 18 planes from Boeing and Airbus in the coming year. Emirates operates over 1990 weekly passenger flights. Its main base is Dubai International Airport, wherefrom it manages everyday flight operations to over hundreds of destinations in more than sixty countries across six continents.

Emirates Airlines operates the world’s longest non-stop commercial flights from Dubai to Houston, Los Angeles and Sao Paulo. Even in today’s scenario, Emirates Airlines marks top 10 airlines in terms of revenue and passenger kilometers. It’s the seventh in the world in terms of passenger and fourth largest in terms of passenger kilometers respectively. Emirates Airlines builds a strong brand in the civil aviation with its excellent air service.

Emirates Airlines reflects a consistent profit-making entity. Even in difficult times (right from the time of Gulf War and even in the global economic downturn), Emirates Airlines voted the fifth best airline in the world by Skytrax. Emirates Airlines rolls out services in three class categories i.e., First, Business and Economy Classes.

The Dubai-based airline is the first airline of its kind which introduces in-flight personal entertainment system. These are three types of entertainment arrangements i.e., Ice Digital Widescreen, Emirates TV & Radio and Ice. Emirates Airlines operates its own lounges worldwide for First and Business Class passengers, as well as Silver Member and Skywards Gold. It has over 21 lounges in 18 cities. One lounge is located each at Brisbane Airport and Dubai Airport respectively.

In all, Emirates works hard to cope with this downturn by maintaining its suppleness and responsiveness in a volatile economic setting. With its slogan “fly Emirates. Keep discovering”, Emirates Airlines flies high.