Emirates are Islamic territories ruled by Emirs (q.v.).
Emirates is one of the airlines that fly from the United Arab Emirates. It was established in 1985. Its IATA designator is EK. It hubs Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Emirates flies to 58 different destinations in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The airline plans to introduce service to North America on 1 July 2004. The airline is considering South America.
Emirates also codeshares rail service to stations in France with SNCF French Rail.
Passenger Destinations
Cities in italics are future routes
- Accra, Ghana (Kotoka International Airport) (2 January 2004)
- Cairo, Egypt
- Casablanca, Morocco (Mohammed V International Airport)
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Entebbe, Uganda
- Johannesburg, South Africa (Johannesburg International Airport)
- Khartoum, Sudan
- Lagos, Nigeria (Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport) (2 January)
- Mauritius
- Nairobi, Kenya (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport)
- Tripoli, Libya
- Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (Hong Kong International Airport)
- Osaka, Japan (Kansai International Airport)
- Shanghai, People's Republic of China (Pu Dong International Airport) (10 April 2004)
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Amman, Jordan
- Beirut, Lebanon (Beirut International Airport)
- Damascus, Syria
- Dammam, Saudi Arabia
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Muscat, Oman
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Sanaa, Yemen
- Tehran, Iran
- Chennai, India
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Delhi, India (Indira Gandhi International Airport)
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Hyderabad, India
- Islamabad, Pakistan
- Karachi, Pakistan (Karachi International Airport)
- Kochi, India
- Lahore, Pakistan
- Male, Maldives
- Mumbai, India (Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport)
- Peshawar, Pakistan
- Bangkok, Thailand (Don Muang International Airport)
- Jakarta, Indonesia (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport)
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
- Manila, Philippines (Ninoy Aquino International Airport)
- Singapore (Changi International Airport)
- Athens, Greece (Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport)
- Birmingham, United Kingdom (Birmingham, UK International Airport)
- Düsseldorf, Germany (Düsseldorf International Airport)
- Frankfurt am Maim, Germany (Frankfurt International Airport)
- Glasgow, United Kingdom (Glasgow International Airport) (10 April 2004)
- Istanbul, Turkey (Ataturk International Airport)
- Larnaca, Cyprus
- London, United Kingdom (Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport)
- Malta
- Manchester, United Kingdom (Manchester International Airport)
- Milan, Italy (Malpensa International Airport)
- Moscow, Russia (Domodedovo International Airport)
- Munich, Germany (Franz Josef Strauß International Airport)
- Nice, France (Côte d' Azur International Airport)
- Paris, France (Charles de Gaulle International Airport)
- Rome, Italy (Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport)
- Vienna, Austria (Vienna International Airport) (1 May 2004)
- Zurich, Switzerland (Zurich International Airport)
Frieght-only destinations
Other facts of interest
- Emirates was a major sponsor of the 2003 women soccer World Cup