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Emirates airline reports record $3 billion annual profit

DUBAI, May 11 (Reuters) - Dubai's Emirates airline on Thursday said financial year 2022-23 had been its most profitable so far, reporting an annual profit of 10.9 billion dirhams ($3…

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Emirates airlines swings to profit on travel recovery

DUBAI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Dubai state-owned airline Emirates swung to a record profit of 4 billion dirhams ($1.09 billion) in the first-half of its 2022/2023 financial year, buoyed by…

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Dubai’s Emirates to resume Lagos flights after Nigeria releases funds

DUBAI, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Emirates will resume some flights to Nigeria this month after the Central Bank of Nigeria released a portion funds the Dubai airline had earned in…

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Emirates airline says carried 10 million passengers over the summer

DUBAI, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Dubai's Emirates airline said on Wednesday it carried over 10 million passengers on nearly 35,000 flights this summer. The airline said it operated services to…

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Emirates to suspend Nigeria flights from September

Dubai's Emirates will suspend flights to Nigeria from next month over an inability to repatriate funds from Africa's most populous nation, the airline said. The decision highlights the difficulties faced…

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Emirates airline not planning to cut capacity to/from London Heathrow

DUBAI, July 14 (Reuters) - Emirates airline said on Thursday it had rejected demands by London's Heathrow Airport to cut capacity despite being threatened with legal action, and that it would continue to operate to schedule. Britain's…

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Emirates SkyCargo expands capacity with delivery of new freighter

Emirates SkyCargo, a leader in the global airfreight industry, received delivery of a new Boeing 777F. This latest addition takes its dedicated 777 freighter fleet to 11 aircraft. From Boeing’s…

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Emirates ranked as region’s most valuable airline brand and world’s fourth

Dubai’s Emirates airline is the fourth most valuable airline brand in the world with a valuation of $5 billion (Dh18.37 billion), according to a Brand Finance report. Emirates came first…

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Emirates airline chief sees return to profit next year

Dubai's Emirates expects to significantly reduce losses in the current financial year and return to profit next year, the airline's president indicated on Tuesday. "We are in for a good…

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Emirates boss sees airline’s future in aviation hub model

Emirates President Tim Clark sees its aviation hub business model as central to the airline's future despite the damage the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought upon parts of the travel industry.…

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Emirates cargo boss says supply chain constraints could stretch beyond 2022

Global supply chain constraints will continue to hit freight movers until at least the end of next year and could stretch beyond 2022 as logistics companies struggle with labour shortages…

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Emirates seeks 3,000 cabin crew as operations ramp up

DUBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Emirates on Thursday said it would look to hire 3,000 flight attendants and another 500 people for roles at Dubai airport over the next six…

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Emirates to restore almost 90% of passenger network by end of July

Emirates airline will operate close to 90% of its pre-pandemic network by the end of July as it restores more destinations and increases flights on other routes over the summer,…

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Emirates Restarts Flights To Malta Via Larnaca

Emirates has announced it will resume three weekly services to Malta via Larnaca, Cyprus, from 14 July 2021, further expanding its European network to 34 destinations, and offering customers worldwide…

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Emirates warns Boeing it will refuse 777x jets if they don’t meet commitments

The head of Emirates airline, one of Boeing's biggest customers, has warned the U.S. planemaker that it would refuse delivery of 777x jets if they fall short of contractual performance…

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Emirates performing better than expected

Emirates is performing better than it had initially forecast, the Dubai-based airline's president said in an interview broadcast on Monday. "We are a lot further on and much better than…

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Emirates tells staff to get vaccinated

Dubai’s Emirates has told employees to take a free coronavirus vaccine or pay for tests to prove they are not infected with the deadly disease, cautioning that an unvaccinated workforce…

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Emirates, DP World, Dubai Airports aim to help transport 2 billion COVID-19 vaccines

DUBAI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates-based Emirates Skycargo, Dubai Airports and ports operator DP World will help "equitably distribute" 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries…

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Pandemic sends Emirates to half-year loss for first time over 30 years

State-owned Emirates said on Thursday that Dubai would help it through the coronavirus crisis after losses of $3.4 billion tipped the airline's holding company into its first half-year loss in…

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Emirates airline asks some pilots to take 12 months unpaid leave

Dubai's Emirates airline is asking some pilots to take a year of unpaid leave as it seeks to cut costs due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The aviation…

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Emirates airline issued over $1.4 bln in coronavirus-related refunds

Emirates airline has issued over 5 billion dirhams ($1.4 billion) in refunds related to the new coronavirus crisis, it said on Monday. The Dubai-based carrier, which has processed more than…

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Emirates to cover passengers for medical expenses, quarantine costs

Emirates will cover its passengers for COVID-19 related medical expenses and quarantine costs when they travel onboard Emirates, to and from the UAE and around the world, free of charge.…

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Emirates resumes flights to 6 more cities

Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Geneva (from 15 July), Los Angeles (from 22 July), Dar es Salaam (from 1 August), Prague and Sao Paulo (from 2 August),…

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Emirates lays off more pilots, crew in latest round of job cuts

Emirates laid off more pilots and cabin crew this week in another round of job cuts as the Gulf airline shrinks its workforce due to the coronavirus pandemic, four sources…

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Emirates airline says issued over $517 mln in refunds in past two months

Emirates, one of the world's biggest long-haul airlines, has processed close to 650,000 refunds over the past two months, refunding over 1.9 billion dirhams ($517 million), it said on Thursday.…

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Emirates to re-start passenger flights to Cairo, Tunis, Glasgow and Malé

Emirates continues to add travel options for customers with the announcement that it will re-start passenger flights to Cairo (from 1 July), Tunis (from 1 July), Glasgow (from 15 July)…

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Emirates suspends flights from Pakistan after passengers test positive for coronavirus

Emirates, one of the world's biggest long-haul airlines, has suspended flights from Pakistan after passengers tested positive for coronavirus in Hong Kong, it said on Wednesday. The Dubai state carrier,…

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Emirates to lay off more pilots, cabin crew on Wednesday

Emirates, one of the world's biggest long-haul airlines, will lay off more pilots and cabin crew on Wednesday, sources said, in what would be a second day of redundancies. An…

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Emirates, Etihad extend temporary salary cuts to September

Gulf carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways are extending the period of reduced pay for their staff until September as they try to preserve cash during the global coronavirus pandemic. The…

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Emirates offers flights for passengers to 29 cities and resumes transits through Dubai hub

Following the UAE Federal Government’s announcement to lift restrictions on transit passengers services, from 15th June Emirates will offer passenger services to 16 more cities on its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.…

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Emirates to decide on fleet size in the next few months

Emirates will decide over the next few months on the size of its future fleet, the Dubai-based airline's president said. It is not clear when Emirates, which flew to 157 destinations in…

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Emirates could take four years to resume flying to entire network

Emirates' outgoing President Tim Clark on Monday said it could take the state carrier up to four years to resume flying to its entire network that has been decimated by…

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Emirates Group to slash 30,000 jobs

Emirates Group is considering slashing about 30,000 jobs, the deepest cuts yet in a global airline industry that’s been forced into near-hibernation by the coronavirus pandemic. The world’s biggest long-haul…

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Emirates raising debt to brace for more Covid-19 turbulence

International air travel will take at least 18 months to recover, Emirates Airline said Sunday, as the coronavirus pandemic contributed to a collapse in annual net profits at the carrier’s…

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Emirates Airlines temporarily suspends all its passenger operations

Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, Emirates and dnata have been adapting operations in line with regulatory directives as well as travel demand. The airline has aimed to maintain passenger flights…

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Emirates Group tells staff to take leave due to coronavirus

Dubai’s Emirates Group has seen a “measurable slowdown” in business due to the coronavirus outbreak and has asked staff to take paid and unpaid leave, reports Reuters based on an…

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Emirates sees pace of growth slowing

Emirates President Tim Clark said on Monday the airline’s last financial year has not been easy and that the company is not growing at its previous pace due to political…

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Brief emergency at Malta International Airport

There was a brief emergency at Malta International Airport (MIA) that was quickly brought under control by MIA emergency services. Shortly after an Emirates Boeing 777 Flight EK 109 landed…

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Emirates Flight EK 203 in quarantine at New York Airport after passengers fell ill on board

Authorities are investigating a flight that landed on Wednesday at Kennedy International Airport in New York after about 100 passengers reported feeling ill, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

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