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Emirates, the world's fourth-largest airline by scheduled revenue passenger-kilometers flown and number of international passengers carried, was founded in 1985 [1] by the royal family of Dubai. The airline's first flight was from Dubai to Karachi, Pakistan in October of that year. Its first aircraft were provided by Pakistan International.
Emirates was founded in March 1985 with backing from Dubai's ruler, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. On 25 October 1985, Emirates operated its first flight from Dubai to Karachi and Mumbai, using the Airbus A300B4-200 and the Boeing 737-300, both wet-leased from Pakistan International Airlines.
The Emirates Group comprises dnata, an aviation services company providing ground handling services at 126 airports, and Emirates Airline, the largest airline in the Middle East. Emirates Airlines flies to over 150 destinations across 6 continents, operating a fleet of over 250 wide-bodied aircraft.
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It was in this latter role, in March 1985, that he founded Emirates Airline, [67] tasking then-head of Dnata, Maurice Flanagan, with launching a new airline to be called Emirates after a dispute with Gulf Air over Dubai's 'Open Skies' policy. The launch budget of the airline was $10 million (the amount Flanagan said he needed to launch an ...
In December 2011 the company was bought by Dnata World Travel which is a subsidiary of the Emirates Group, based in Dubai. [ 25 ] In December 2015 Travel Republic launched a cruise service in partnership with Imagine Cruising.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Arabic: أحمد بن سعيد آل مكتوم; born 1 December 1958) is an Emirati businessman, politician and member of Dubai's ruling Al Maktoum family, who is the current chairman and CEO of Emirates Airline and the Emirates Group, [1] second vice chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai [2] and president of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA).
The latter post resulted from the acquisition of a 40% stake in SriLankan Airlines by Emirates in April 1998. [2] However, that post was lost when the Sri Lankan government took control of the airline and Emirates never renewed their contract for management of the airline. [3] Clark became President of Emirates in 2003.