Emirates Airline

Emirates Airlines is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, which is owned by the government of Dubai’s Investment Corporation of Dubai. It is well known as a state-owned or government owner flag carrier airline of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Emirates is the fourth-largest airline in the world by scheduled revenue passenger-kilometers flown, and it is also the second-largest in terms of freight ton-kilometers flown.

Emirates is the largest airline in Middle-East and operating more than 3600 flights per week from its hub Dubai International Airport (Terminal -3) to more than 160 cities in 85 countries across the globe. Emirates SkyCargo takes care of Cargo activities for Emirates Airlines.

Emirates operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and is one of the few airlines to operate an all wide-body aircraft in its fleet. Emirates is the largest Airbus A380 operator with 115 airplanes in service and eight more on order. Emirates also the world’s largest operator of Boeing 777, with 144 aircraft in service.

Destinations

Emirates operates in 161 destinations over 85 countries, excluding codeshared services as of Jan’2020.

Kabul, Luanda, Buenos Aires, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Vienna, Manama, Dhaka, Brussels, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Phnom Penh, Toronto, Santiago, Beijing, Prague, Copenhagen, Addis Ababa, Lyon, Nice, Paris, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Accra, Athens, Conakry, Budapest, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram, Denpasar, Jakarta, Erbil, Dublin, Abidjan, Osaka, Tokyo, Tokyo, Nairobi, Kuala Lumpur, Malé, Port Louis, Mexico City, Amsterdam, Auckland, Christchurch, Abuja, Oslo, Muscat, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Sialkot, Cebu, Clark, Manila, Lisbon, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Dakar, Mahé, Singapore, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Seoul, Colombo, Stockholm, Geneva, Zürich, Dar es Salaam, Bangkok, Phuket, Kampala, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, London, London, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark, New York City, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Lusaka, Harare, Islamabad, Penang, Dubai, Zagreb, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Tehran, Dammam, Jeddah, Medina, Lagos, Tunis, Larnaca, Hong Kong, Bologna, Milan, Rome, Venice, Valletta, Warsaw, Porto, Barcelona, Madrid, Taipei, Istanbul, Istanbul, Fort Lauderdale, Khartoum, Algiers, Cairo, Baghdad, Basra, Amman, Kuwait City, Beirut, Casablanca, and Riyadh.

Emirates have Codeshare agreement with more than 25 airlines which boosts the wide network of Emirates and increase its reach to the farthest places on globe. Emirates have codeshare agreement with airlines such as Air India, Air Malta, Jetblue, Interjet, South African Airways, Air Mauritius, Fly Dubai, Korean Air, WestJet, Japan Airlines Etc.

The airport in Delhi it operates from

Emirates Airlines operates from Terminal – 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport at Delhi. It Operates 27 flights between Delhi and Dubai every week.

Delhi (DEL) –Dubai (DXB)

Dubai (DXB) – Delhi (DEL)

Similar to Delhi Emirates operates 23 weekly flights between Mumbai and Dubai.

Mumbai (BOM) –Dubai (DXB)

Dubai (DXB) – Mumbai (BOM)

Apart from Delhi and Mumbai Emirates have 8 more cities in India from where it operates its flights on regular basis.

Frequent Flyer program

Emirates Skywards is Emirates Airlines’ frequent flyer program, which they launched in the year 2000. And in 16 years of its existence till 2016, it achieved 16 million members on board.

Class of Services

Emirates known by users for its elegant features and experience during the journey, they have the following class of services in their airlines: -

• First Class
• Business Class
• Economy Premium Class
• Economy Class

First Class

Emirates currently running its first-class service on it two esteemed fleets: -

• Airbus A380-800
• Boeing 777-300ER

In First Class, there are two types of seating available. First, which has a fully enclosed suite with doors that come from floor to the ceiling and others have doors which also close but don’t go up to the ceiling. Both ensure privacy in first class. First Class is equipped with several perks and features to amaze the passenger and make the journey a memorable one: -

• A Mini Bar, A Coat rack and Storage
• In-Flight entertainment with ICE system on 23-inch LCD Screen in a private suite and 32-inch screen in the fully enclosed suite.
• Seat converts into a fully flat bed of 2 meters
• Seat converts into a fully flat bed of 2 meters
• Shower equipped lavatories and spa and access to first / business class lounge and bar area (in Airbus A380-800 Aircraft)
• The first-class cabin has six suites in Boeing 777 on a 1-1-1 layout. The middle seat comes with virtual windows that project the live feed from the outside of aircraft in real-time.
• Emirates also introduced a zero-gravity position seat in its first-class suite in collaboration with Mercedes Benz.
• Chauffeur Driven car for airport transfers is also an added complimentary service emirate provides to its first-class passengers in more than 75 cities.
• Lounge access at the airports over 30 locations operated by emirates and at other locations by its partners.

Business Class

• Business-class in Boeing 777-200LRs and Boeing 777-300ERs have a seat designed as a recliner, which converts into a 1.5 meter to 2-meter-long angled-flat bed. Emirates business class recliner comes with many customization options with adds up to the beauty of its services during the journey
• Seat power supply, USB Port, and an RCA socket for laptop connection.
• Entertainment on the CE system with over 600 channels with a 17-inch-wide TV screen.
• Recline to the fully flat bed in Airbus A380-800, and equipped with a personal minibar.
• The class passenger also has access to an on-board bar at the back of the aircraft.
• Driven transfers are also coming complimentary with Emirates Business class in over 75 cities across the globe.
• Class passengers have access to the airport lounges of emirates at more than 30 locations. On those locations where emirates don’t have departure lounge, a third-party departure lounge is provided to its business class, first-class, and skywards platinum and gold members.

Premium Economy Class

However, Emirates doesn’t have any aircraft currently with Premium Economy class service. But they have announced to introduce this service after the delivery of first Boeing 777X (around 2020-2021). These seats are also likely to be installed in Airbus A380 around the same time. A few sources have to Theorize that the seats may be HAECO’s eclipse cabin. While others have predicted that it may be the conventional one. But it is still not clear what type of seat Emirates will use.

Economy

• • Economy Class Seats offers 31-32-inch seat pitch in airbus aircraft and 34-inch on Boeing aircraft and standard seat width. Emirates has ten seats per row on Boeing 777. Seats have an adjustable headrest, Inflight entertainment through 3000 Channel ICE. There is an additional recline in Airbus A380 Economy class seats.
• • Can select their own mean from regionally inspired meals during their flight. And enjoy their meal with complimentary beverages from Emirates.

Fleet Size

Airbus A380 (Technical Details)