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A330-200 at Düsseldorf International Airport
Business Class Cabin Of Emirates Boeing 777-200

Emirates flies to 91 destinations in 55 countries on six continents from its primary hub in Dubai.[1] It has a particularly strong presence in the Southeast Asian region, which together, connects Dubai with more international destinations in the region than any other Middle Eastern airline. The countries with the largest number of airports served by Emirates are India with 10 and the United Kingdom with 6[1].

Beyond the immediate region, the airline flies the Kangaroo Route. It flew 40% of all international traffic into and out of Australia in the year ended December 2008, third to Qantas, for a total of 2,324,530 passengers and accounting for 40% of the market on that segment.

While the airline does not maintain sizable hubs elsewhere, it has taken advantage of liberal bilateral aviation agreements between Dubai and Australia, and with Singapore, to offer more onward connections from Sydney and Dubai. On 1 September, 2005, for example, it launched six-times weekly flights between Bangkok and Dubai. China and India are major markets for the airline and has fuelled much of its growth in recent years, with flights to Beijing increased to twice daily beginning 1 June 2005, and flights to Bangalore increased to daily. Emirates is the leading carrier between India and the Middle East. It discontinued flying to Vietnam due to "security problems" in Ho Chi Minh City as of 10 May 1998.

The airline's strengths have also invited protectionist measures to keep it out of key foreign markets. In particular, it has been unsuccessful in gaining access on the transatlantic routes between London Heathrow Airport and the United States, and on the transpacific routes from Australia to the United States. The airline protested when Cathay Pacific was allowed on the transatlantic route in 2003.[2] The Australian authorities deferred decisions to allow the airline on the route to the United States from Australia.[3] Emirates has stated that it wants to dramatically expand service to Canada and establish a North American hub in New York City, but has complained about being shut out by Canada's protectionist policies.[4] Emirates has been successful in obtaining unlimited German-U.S. rights, which it exercised with a daily Hamburg-New York Airbus A340-500 service until 2008.[5] The German government denied Emirates' request for additional traffic rights to Germany in order to start services to Berlin and Stuttgart.

Due to high fuel prices, which as of July 2008 took up 41 percent of the airline's total costs,[6] Emirates cancelled plans to launch flights to Durban, South Africa in December 2008.[7] Shortly following this announcement, Emirates revealed that flights to Alexandria, Egypt would end on 10 September 2008, also due to high oil prices.[8]

According to a report in The Seattle Times, Emirates is planning to expand non-stop service globally from its hub in Dubai to Atlanta, Miami, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Washington, D.C..[9]

Africa

North Africa

Southern Africa

East Africa

West Africa

Americas

North America

South America

Asia

East Asia

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Southwest Asia

Europe

Oceania

Terminated destinations

Africa
  • Comoros - Moroni
  • Egypt - Alexandria[8]
Asia
  • Japan - Nagoya
  • Iran - Bandar Abbas
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City
Europe
  • Azerbaijan - Baku

References

  1. ^ a b Emirates Route Map
  2. ^ "Singapore Airlines to protest decision to allow Cathay Pacific to fly transatlantic route". Airline Industry Information. 3 December 2003.
  3. ^ "Australia rules out opening up Qantas' trans-Pacific route to rivals". Channel NewsAsia. 8 January 2007.
  4. ^ Airlines’ The sky that is limited, The Vancouver Sun, retrieved 7 April 2007
  5. ^ Airline Outlook, Aviation Week & Space Technology, August 20-27, 2007, p. 23
  6. ^ Jain, Shweta (2008-07-01). "Emirates to boost cost saving targets as oil heats up". Emirates Business 24/7. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  7. ^ "Emirates axes Durban flights over fuel price". Arabian Business. ITP Publishing Group. 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  8. ^ a b "Emirates cuts Alexandria route". AMEInfo. 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2008-07-02. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Emirates CEO lets ambition fly free

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