Emirates Airline is the United Arab Emirates flag carrier and international airliner.
This airline was established in October, 1985, by Royal Family of Dubai offering a leased Boeing 737 and Airbus 300 B4 aircrafts.
Today Emirate Airlines is a leading airliner in the Gulf region with a fleet of 137 aircrafts covering more than 100 destinations spanning 60 countries across the world.
The Emirate Airline is specialized in international cargo handling, destination management, international ground handling and airline informational technology development.
Emirate Airline is the most important gulf based international airlines in India connecting many destinations in the world through Dubai.
Today around 40% Dubai air traffic is by Emirates Airline, and it is planning to increase to 70% by 2011.
Emirate Airline flights are known for its excellent customer service.
The airline offers world class in-flight facilities ensuring utmost comforts to its passengers. It always has youngest fleets in the world as it keeps replacing periodically with new ones. In 2001, Emirate Airline stunned the aviation industry by placing the largest order for aircrafts valuing US$ 15 million.
This includes 58 new aircrafts including, Airbus and Being aircrafts in order to expand its fleet capacity. During 2005, the airline placed yet another largest order valuing US$9.7 billion for 42 Boeing 777 new generation aircrafts.
In 2006, during Farnborough Air Show, Emirate ordered 10 Boeing 747 8F aircrafts worth US$ 3.3.billion.
Again in 2007 Dubai air show, Emirate placed another order for buying 120 Airbus and 12 Boeing aircrafts worth US$34.9 billion.
Emirate Airline is the prominent player in the Persian Gulf area. It covers many parts of the world from Dubai. Emirates services include 101 destinations over 60 countries across the world. Emirates fly to USA, Canada, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.
Its South East Asian destinations include India, Srilanka, Pakistan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and South Korea. Its European network includes London, Paris, Rome, Frankfurt, Berlin, Amsterdam, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, and Netherlands.
Emirate Airline offers online ticket booking facilities through thousands of its travel agents. In India Emirate Airline is having offices at all major cities offering ticketing and enquiry facilities.
