EMIRATESBenedict Gombocz

EMIRATES: BACKGROUND Airline headquartered in Dubai, United Arab

Emirates.

Flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates and subsidiary of The Emirates Group, entirely owned by the government of Dubai’s Investment Corporation of Dubai.

Biggest airline in the Middle East; operates almost 3,400 flights every week from its operating base at Dubai International Airport, to over 150 cities in 74 countries across six continents.

Is ranked among the top 10 carriers worldwide in terms of passenger kilometres; has, as of 2007, become the biggest airline in the Middle East in terms of income, fleet size, and passengers carried.

Was the fourth-biggest airline in the world in terms of international passengers carried and scheduled passenger-kilometres flown in 2012, during which it was also the third-biggest airline in terms of scheduled freight tonne-kilometres flown.

Also operates four of the world’s longest non-stop commercial flights from Dubai to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Houston.

EMIRATES: BACKGROUND (CONT.) Gulf Air started cutting back its services to Dubai in the mid-1980s; consequently, Emirates was founded in

March 1985 with support from Dubai’s royal family, with Pakistan International Airlines supplying two of the airline’s first aircraft on wet-lease.

Was required to function independent of government subsidies, aside from $10 million in start-up capital.

Became led by Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, its present chairman.

Expanded both its fleet and its destinations in the years after its establishment.

Moved all operations at Dubai International Airport to Terminal 3 in October 2008, to maintain its rapid expansion and enlargement plans.

Operates a diverse fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft; one of the few airlines to operate an all-wide-body aircraft fleet, of which the centre is the Boeing 777.

Also has orders for 140 Airbus A380s, for which it became the second operator after Singapore Airlines.

Is an industry bellwether for aircraft acquirements; bought 130 aircraft in 2007 alone.

Has advanced a strong brand name as a leader in the aviation industry (especially in regards to service excellence) and its very quick growth, together with reliable productivity.

Has won many awards; was ranked 8th by Air Transport World for “Airline of the Year” in 2012.

The award is given on gratitude of its pledge to safety and operational excellence, customer service trendsetters, and economic condition, including a 25-year uninterrupted annual revenue.

Rated as a four-star airline by aviation consultancy group Skytrax.

Was voted “Airline of the Year” in 2013.

EMIRATES BOEING 777-200

EMIRATES: HUBS & SUBSIDIARIES Hubs:

Dubai International Airport

Subsidiaries: Arabian Adventures Congress Solutions International Emirates Holidays Emirates Tours

EMIRATES: ALLIANCE Currently, Emirates is not a member of any of the three international airline alliances –

Oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance.

It did, however, in 2000, shortly think about joining Star Alliance, but chose to remain independent of the three alliances; the reason for this decision was subsequently disclosed by senior vice-president of the airline’s commercial operations worldwide, who said, “Your ability to react in the marketplace is hindered because you need a consensus from your alliance partners.”

EMIRATES: CODESHARE AGREEMENTS Emirates has codeshare agreements with these airlines since June 2013:

Air Malta Air Mauritius Japan Airlines Jet Airways JetBlue Airways Korean Air Oman Air Philippine Airlines Qantas South African Airways TAP Portugal Thai Airways International

EMIRATES: EMIRATES SKYCARGO Emirates SkyCargo is Emirates’ air freight

division.

Started operations in October 1985, the same time Emirates commenced operations, launching its own aircraft services in 2001 with a Boeing 747 Freighter.

They serve 10 exclusive cargo destinations, aside from others in common with Emirates network.

EMIRATES: EMIRATES EXECUTIVE Launched in July 2013 for business and

private charters.

Operate an Airbus A319 Business Jet that provides accommodation for 19 people.

Features a mix or private suites and seating, a lounge, a dining area, and bathrooms with full height showers.

EMIRATES: FLEET Operates a principally wide-bodied fleet made up

of Airbus A330/A340, Airbus A380, and Boeing 777 passenger aircraft, plus Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 777F freighters operated by four Emirates SkyCargo.

The only narrow body aircraft is an Airbus A319CJ, which operates for the recently launched Emirates Executive contracts.

The fleet is made up of 195 passenger aircraft, 10 Cargo freighters, and one executive jet from September 2013, with an additional 384 aircraft on order.

In accordance with its policy of upholding a young fleet, which was at an average of 6.4 years since September 2013, the airline often renews its fleets.

EMIRATES 777-300ER, DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

EMIRATES A380, MUNICH AIRPORT

EMIRATES 777-200, AMSTERDAM AIRPORT SCHIPHOL

EMIRATES 777-200, LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

THE END YouTube links:

Fly Emirates | Keep Discovering: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWmcoKLaluE

Emirates new Safety video 2010 ARABIC (HD): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LNRalT5TdU

The Emirates A380 | Safety Video | English:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx9Y9iT9syc