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Emirates Airlines (EK) <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHello, Tomorrow.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Sweeping as many as four awards including the Best Airline Worldwide <\/em>award at the Business Traveller Awards 2017, Emirates Airlines (EK) is the Middle East\u2019s largest and most reputed international airline. The airline is a subsidiary of the famed and highly reputed Emirates Group and is based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With its major hub at Dubai International Airport, the airline serves multiple destinations spanning across six continents in the world. Emirates is one of the most popular airlines travelers prefer to use owing to the world-class service it provides.<\/p>\n

A brief history of Emirates Airlines<\/strong><\/p>\n

1985 was the year Emirates Airlines (EK)<\/a> was started and with as few as two aircraft. Dubai to Karachi was the first flight of the airline in October month of the same year. In just about a year, the airline included destinations such as Cairo, Colombo, and Dhaka among others. Over the years, Emirates Airlines rapidly grew to be one of the top international airlines in the world. In fact, it saw such tremendous success during its beginning year that Gulf Air suffered an estimated 56 percent drop in its profits. Emirates Airline, by choice, is not a member of any of the three world airline alliances. The airline feels it will be a \u2018hindrance\u2019 to progress as there will be the need for alliance partners\u2019 consensus to move and react in the marketplace.<\/p>\n

Destinations Emirates Airlines serves<\/strong><\/p>\n

From its hub at Dubai International Airport, Emirates Airlines (EK) operates roughly about 3,600 flights every single week. These fly to more than 140 destinations in the world spread across about 81 countries. This is not all. The airline makes it a point to add to its flight operations list several new places to serve every year. It has codeshare agreements with several international airlines such as Air India, JetBlue, South African Airways, Korean Air, and Malaysia Airlines among others. Emirates flights to India<\/a> are in high demand as are Emirates flights to USA<\/p>\n

Emirates Airlines Fleet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emirates Airlines (EK) operates a massive fleet of more than 200 aircraft as per the estimates as of October 2017. The airline is famous for operating the largest ever Boeing 777 as well as Airbus A380 fleets in the world. When it comes to its mainline fleet, Emirates Airlines does not possess any narrow-body aircraft. The aircraft the airline uses come equipped with features designed to provide utmost comfort to passengers. For Emirates Executive, the airline uses an Airbus A319-100 aircraft.<\/p>\n

Services offered by Emirates Airlines <\/strong><\/p>\n