Posts Tagged ‘Emirates’

Fuel Costs, Currency Moves Trim Emirates Profits

  High fuel costs and weak currencies in some key markets held back first-half profit growth at Emirates, showing that the Gulf’s fast-growing carriers are not immune from a slowdown in the global aviation industry. ...


Emirates Considering Record Boeing Order

  Emirates is in advanced talks with Boeing to buy up to 100 long-haul planes with a price tag of up to USD$30 billion, according to a report in the Financial Times. The Gulf airline is also looking at further deals with A...



Emirates Says Work Needed On Potential 777X Order

  Emirates is closing in on a widely anticipated deal to order Boeing’s 777X but still has “a lot of work to do” in negotiations on the price, the airline’s president was quoted on Thursday as sayin...


Emirates To Double US Destinations

  Emirates plans to more than double its network of US destinations in the next three to five years to a total of 15 cities, up from seven currently, a company official said. Emirates plans to add three new US city destina...



Battle For Asia’s Jet Set Hotting Up

  With limousine pick-ups and on-board chefs, Asia’s premium airlines are investing hundreds of millions of dollars on luxury services in a bet on a rebound in business from the wealthy, even as low-cost carriers fly...


Qantas, Emirates Having a look For Extra Tie-Ups

  Dubai airline Emirates and Australia’s Qantas will seem to be to increase their partnership to incorporate floor services and products and catering, they mentioned, a day after launching an alliance. Their tie-up b...