Emirates Airlines is an airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with its main base in Dubai International Airport. It was established by the government of Dubai in the 25th of May 1985 with two leased aircrafts a Boeing 737-300 and an Airbus A300 operating its flights to Karachi, Mumbai and later Delhi. As of November 2007, Emirates Airlines has a fleet of more than 96 aircrafts that consists of 21 Airbus A330-series, 18 Airbus A340-series and 57 Boeing 777-series which makes it the Middle East’s largest airline flying to 97 different destinations in 61 countries all over the globe.
Always in the forefront of aviation technology, Emirates flies the youngest and most modern fleets in the world, with an average aircraft age of less than three years. The first to order Airbus A380 super jumbo aircraft, Emirates also recently received the first of its new fleet of eight Airbus A340-500s, the world’s longest-range large passenger jet.
Emirates has a wide range of competitors in terms of service excellence and flying destinations. Competitors can be identified as Singapore Airlines, Cathy Pacific Airways and British Airways, Lufthansa Airlines, Malaysia Airlines and Air France.
As for awards, Emirates Airlines was named the ninth best Airline of the year in 2007 by Skytrax, where in 2001 and 2002 it was names the best. Skytrax which is known for its World Airline Awards for quality has ranked Emirates the fifth for its service excellence after British Airways first then followed by Qantas, Cathy Pacific and Thai Airways. Also they have ranked Emirates Airlines as a four star airline along with Etihad Airways, British Airways and Qantas Airways. Though looking at the five star ranked airlines we see Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways to be amongst the only five airlines to be listed.
Emirates Airlines has won over 300 awards in the past for its service excellence and entertainment hospitality. Emirates won in