Emirates (airline)
Emirates is an airline based in the United Arab Emirates. They are a subsidiary of The Emirates Group. They are the seventh biggest airline in the world, by number of passengers.[1] Emirates Airline is the largest major airline in the Middle East. It is the national airline of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It runs more than 2400 passenger flights per week[2][3] from its hub at Dubai International Airport Terminal 3, to 108 places in 60 countries. It goes to countries on six continents.[4][5] The flight to San Francisco is now served by a Boeing 777-300ER. Emirates is a part of The Emirates Group, which has more than 50,000 employees, and is owned fully by the Government of Dubai directly under the Investment Corporation of Dubai.[6] Cargo activities are done by the Emirates Group's Emirates SkyCargo division.[7]
Arsenal, The English Premier League (Barclay's Premier League) is sponsored by the Airline.
Destinations [change]
Emirates operate the following with cargo and passenger flights; [8][9]
Cairo, Tripoli, Tunis, Casablanca, Nairobi, Eldoret (cargo), Entebbe, Addis Ababa, Lilongwe (cargo), Seychelles, Mauritius, Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Accra, Lagos, Khartoum, Dakar, Abidjan, Luanda
New York, Toledo (cargo), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Toronto, Campinas (cargo), São Paulo
Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Taipei (cargo), Manila, Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Dhaka, Colombo, Maldives, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Kabul (cargo), Tehran, Basra [from 2 February], Baghdad [planned], Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha, Dhahran, Riyadh, Medina, Jeddah, Dubai, Muscat Sana'a, Amman, Damascus, Beirut
Zaragoza (cargo), Madrid, Paris, Nice, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Prague, Amsterdam, Gothenburg (cargo), Istanbul, Milan, Venice, Rome, Athens, Malta, Moscow, London, Newcastle, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Zurich, Vienna
Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Christchurch
Fleet [change]
The Emirates passenger and cargo aircraft fleet is made up of the following widebody aircraft as of November 2010:[10][11]
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | J | Y | Total | |||
| Airbus A330-200 | 29 | — | 12 0 |
42 27 |
183 251 |
237 278 |
| Airbus A340-300 | 8 | — | 12 | 42 | 213 | 267 |
| Airbus A340-500 | 10 | — | 12 | 42 | 204 | 258 |
| Airbus A350-900 | — | 50 | TBA | |||
| Airbus A350-1000 | — | 20 | TBA | |||
| Airbus A380-800 | 14 | 76 | 14 14 |
76 | 399 427 |
489 517 |
| Boeing 747-400ERF | 3 | 0 | Cargo | |||
| Boeing 747-400F | 4 | 0 | Cargo | |||
| Boeing 747-8F | 0 | 10 | Cargo | |||
| Boeing 777-200 | 3 | — | 12 | 42 | 236 | 290 |
| Boeing 777-200ER | 6 | — | 12 | 42 | 236 | 290 |
| Boeing 777-200F | 3 | 5 | Cargo | |||
| Boeing 777-200LR | 10 | — | 8 | 42 | 216 | 266 |
| Boeing 777-300 | 12 | — | 12 | 42 | 310 | 364 |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 53 | 49 | 8 12 12 0 0 |
42 | 304 304 310 385 400 |
354 358 364 427 442 |
| Total | 154 | 211 | ||||
References [change]
- ↑ "WATS - Yearly passengers carried". http://www.iata.org/ps/publications/wats-passenger-carried.htm.
- ↑ http://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/emirates-to-hire-700-pilots-over-next-18-months-1.636488
- ↑ http://airfleets.net/flightlog/?file=result&opp=Emirates
- ↑ Emirates Announces 2009 Expansion Plan
- ↑ "Emirates Launches San Francisco Service With World's Longest Green Flight Trial (press release)". ABTN. http://www.abtn.co.uk/press-releases/emirates-airline-launches-san-francisco-service-with-worlds-longest-green-flight-tria. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ↑ GulfNews.com – Emirates and Dnata now under ICD
- ↑ "Emirates SkyCargo". The Emirates Group. http://www.theemiratesgroup.com/english/our-brands/air-transportation/emirates-skycargo.aspx. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
- ↑ Emirates SkyCargo flight schedule
- ↑ Emirates routemap
- ↑ "Emirates – Details and Fleet History – Planespotters.net Just Aviation". Planespotters.net. http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Emirates?show=all. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ↑ "becomes world’s largest Boeing 777 operator | News | About". Emirates. 2009-07-30. http://emirates.com/english/about/news/news_detail.aspx?article=483394&offset=0. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
