EMIRATES NEWS

Emirates is recruiting experienced captains for its fleet of Airbus A380

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Tue, Oct 3^rd 2023 |

Emirates, the Dubai-based airline, has announced a global recruitment campaign to welcome experienced Airbus captains. This initiative is part of the continued expansi...

Airbus Services embarks on a major cabin retrofit program with Emirates

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Nov 25^th 2021 |

Airbus Services has signed a major cabin retrofit agreement with Emirates Airline to upgrade 52 A380 aircraft. Airbus will provide all the Services Bulletins (inc...

Emirates operates first flight serviced by fully vaccinated frontline teams across all customer touchpoints

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Feb 22^nd 2021 |

Honouring its commitment to the health and safety of its employees and customers, Emirates today has become among the...

Emirates strengthens commercial team with key management movements

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Dec 28^th 2020 |

Emirates has announced several key movements and rotations to its commercial team, both in its Dubai hub and across key markets in the Far East, West Asia and Africa.T...

Emirates Flight Training Academy celebrates first ever cadet graduation ceremony

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Dec 17^th 2020 |

The Emirates Flight Training Academy (EFTA) today held its first ever graduation ceremony for 25 pilot cadets who hav...

Emirates COO recognised for achievements in aviation by Cranfield University

PASSION | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Nov 30^th 2020 |

Cranfield University, one of the world’s leading academic institutions for aviation and aerospace programmes, has awarded its Distinguished Aviation Alumnus Awar...

Emirates starts on greener road journeys for crew in Dubai

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Fri, Oct 2^nd 2020 |

Emirates has revealed that nearly a third of its dedicated fleet of transport buses for cabin crew in Dubai will now operate on biofuel, taking another step forward on...

Emirates predicts 18-month lull in air demand

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, May 11^th 2020 |

Gulf aviation giant Emirates said Sunday it would take at least 18 months for travel demand to return to "a semblance of normality", despite reporting bumper pre-pandemic profits. The Dubai carrier, the largest in th...

UAE airlines resume limited passenger flights

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Apr 9^th 2020 |

UAE carriers Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways have resumed limited passenger flights two weeks after authorities grounded airlines as part of wider shutdowns to combat coronavirus.The flights are open to foreign c...

Emirates to resume Khartoum flights

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Jul 4^th 2019 |

The Middle East's largest carrier, Emirates Airline, said Thursday it has decided to resume flights to Sudan from July 8 after a one-month suspension in the face of deadly unrest."After closely monitoring the situati...

Emirates Airline profit dives 69 percent in 'tough' year

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, May 9^th 2019 |

Emirates Airline reported a 69 percent drop in net profits Thursday on high fuel prices and a strong dollar in what it described as a "tough" year.The Dubai carrier p...

Airbus pulls plug on costly A380 superjumbo as sales plummet

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Feb 14^th 2019 |

European aerospace giant Airbus said Thursday that it would stop building its A380 superjumbo, the double-decker jet which earned plaudits from passengers but failed ...

Emirates airline profit more than doubles on cargo demand

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, May 9^th 2018 |

Leading Middle East airline Emirates said on Wednesday its net profits had more than doubled last year, mainly on improved cargo business.The Dubai flagship carrier p...

Emirates Group Announces 2017-18 results

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Wed, May 9^th 2018 |

The Emirates Group today announced its 30th consecutive year of profit and steady business expansion.Released today in its 2017-18 Annual Report, the Emirates Group posted a profit of AED 4.1 billion (US$ 1.1 billion)...

French PM oversees major Airbus deal signed in Dubai

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Feb 12^th 2018 |

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Sunday hailed the signing in Dubai of a $16 billion purchase by Emirates Airlines of the Airbus A380 superjumbo commercial a...