

Emirates is also the world's largest Boeing 777 operator with 134 aircraft in service. Since its introduction, the Airbus A380 has become an integral part of the Emirates fleet, especially on long-haul, high-density routes. As of December 2021, Emirates is the largest Airbus A380 operator with 119 aircraft in service, and with one aircraft having been retired. Įmirates 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 (excluding Emirates Executive ). In October 2008, Emirates moved all operations at Dubai International Airport to Terminal 3. In the years following its founding, the airline expanded both its fleet and its destinations. The airline was headed by Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the airline's present chairman.
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Pakistan International Airlines provided free training facilities to Emirates' cabin crew at Karachi airport. With $10 million in start-up capital, it was required to operate independently of government subsidy. As a result, Emirates was conceived on March 15th, 1985, with backing from Dubai's royal family, with Pakistan International Airlines giving two of the airline's first aircraft. Įmirates is the world's fourth-largest airline by scheduled revenue passenger-kilometers flown, and the second-largest in terms of freight tonne-kilometers flown.ĭuring the mid-1980s, Gulf Air began to cut back its services to Dubai. Cargo activities are undertaken by Emirates Sk圜argo. It operates to more than 150 cities in 80 countries across 6 continents through its fleet of nearly 300 aircraft. 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. Based in Garhoud, Dubai, the airline is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, which is owned by the government of Dubai's Investment Corporation of Dubai.

