Emirates: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Emirates are Islamic territories ruled by Emirs (q.v.).

Emirates (Arabic:الإمارات) 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 passenger destinations in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, and Australia. The airline is considering flying to Canada and South America.

Emirates codeshares rail service to stations in France with SNCF French Rail. Emirates codeshares rail to Germany on Deutsche Bahn's AiRail service.

The current chairman of Emirates is Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum. The vice chairman and group president is Maurice Flanagan.

Fleet

Passenger Fleet:

• Airbus A340
  • A340-300
  • A340-500
  • A340-600
• Boeing 777
  • B777-200
  • B777-300
• Airbus A330-200
• Airbus A380 (Future aircraft)

Freighter (Skycargo) Fleet:

• Airbus A340-500
• Airbus A330-200
• Boeing 777
  • B777-200
  • B777-300
• Boeing 747
  • B747-200F
  • B747-400F

The airline once operated Boeing 727's, Airbus A310's, and Airbus A300's.

(Cities in italics are future routes)

Africa

• Egypt
  • Cairo (Cairo International Airport)
• Ghana
  • Accra (Kotoka International Airport)
• Kenya
  • Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport)
• Libya
  • Tripoli
• Mauritius
  • Mauritius
• Morocco
  • Casablanca (Mohammed V International Airport)
• Nigeria
  • Lagos (Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport)
• South Africa
  • Johannesburg (Johannesburg International Airport)
• Sudan
  • Khartoum
• Tanzania
  • Dar es Salaam
• Uganda
  • Entebbe

Asia

East Asia

• China, People's Republic of
  • Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport)
  • Shanghai (Pu Dong International Airport)
• Japan
  • Osaka, Osaka Prefecture (Kansai International Airport)

Southwest Asia

• Bahrain
  • Manama (Bahrain International Airport)
• Iran
  • Tehran
• Jordan
  • Amman
• Kuwait
  • Kuwait City
• Lebanon
  • Beirut (Beirut International Airport)
• Oman
  • Muscat
• Qatar
  • Doha (Doha International Airport)
• Saudi Arabia
  • Dammam/Dhahran (King Fahd Dhahran Air Terminal)
  • Jeddah
  • Riyadh (King Khalid International Airport)
• Syria
  • Damascus
• United Arab Emirates
  • Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi International Airport)
  • Dubai (Dubai International Airport, hub)
• Yemen
  • Sanaa

South Asia

• Bangladesh
  • Dhaka (Zia International Airport)
• India
  • Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Chennai International Airport)
  • Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport)
  • Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
  • Kochi, Kerala
  • Mumbai, Maharashtra (Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport)
• Pakistan
  • Islamabad (Islamabad International Airport)
  • Karachi, Sindh (Karachi International Airport)
  • Lahore, Punjab (Allama Iqbal International Airport)
  • Peshawar, North West Frontier Province
• Maldives
  • Male
• Sri Lanka
  • Colombo

Southeast Asia

• Indonesia
  • Jakarta, Java (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport)
• Malaysia
  • Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
• Philippines
  • Manila, Luzon (Ninoy Aquino International Airport)
• Singapore
  • Singapore (Changi International Airport)
• Thailand
  • Bangkok (Don Muang International Airport)

Europe

• Austria
  • Vienna (Vienna International Airport) (1 May 2004)
• Cyprus
  • Larnaca
• France
  • Nice (Côte d' Azur International Airport)
  • Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport)
• Germany
  • Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf International Airport)
  • Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt International Airport)
  • Munich (Franz Josef Strauß International Airport)
• Greece
  • Athens (Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport)
• Italy
  • Milan (Malpensa International Airport)
  • Rome (Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport)
• Malta
  • Malta
• Russia
  • Moscow (Domodedovo International Airport)
• Switzerland
  • Zürich (Zürich International Airport)
• Turkey
  • Istanbul (Ataturk International Airport)
• United Kingdom
  • Birmingham, England (Birmingham, UK International Airport)
  • Glasgow, Scotland (Glasgow International Airport)
  • London, England (Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport)
  • Manchester, England, United Kingdom (Manchester International Airport)

North America

• United States
  • New York City, New York (John F. Kennedy International Airport)
  • San Francisco, California (San Francisco International Airport) (1 January 2005)

Oceania

• Australia
  • Brisbane, Queensland (Brisbane International Airport)
  • Melbourne, Victoria (Melbourne Airport)
  • Perth, Western Australia (Perth Airport)
  • Sydney, New South Wales (Kingsford Smith International Airport)
• New Zealand
  • Auckland (Auckland International Airport)
  • Christchurch (Christchurch International Airport)

Asia

East Asia

• People's Republic of China
  • Dalian
  • Hong Kong
  • Shanghai
• Republic of China
  • Taipei, Taiwan

Southwest Asia

• Jordan
  • Amman
• Kuwait
  • Kuwait City
• United Arab Emirates
  • Dubai (hub)

South Asia

• Bangladesh
  • Dhaka
• India
  • Bangalore
  • Chennai
  • Mumbai

Southeast Asia

• Singapore
  • Singapore
• Thailand
  • Bangkok

Europe

• Belgium
  • Liège
• Germany
  • Düsseldorf
  • Frankfurt am Main
• Hungary
  • Budapest
• Italy
  • Milan
• Netherlands
  • Amsterdam
• Sweden
  • Gothenburg
• Turkey
  • Istanbul

North America

• United States
  • New York, New York

• Emirates is the title sponsor of the Dubai World Cup and was a major sponsor of the 2003 women soccer World Cup
• United States astronaut Buzz Aldrin and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright were passengers on the airline's first flight from Dubai to New York City.