Who are Emirates Airlines?
If you didn’t know any better you’d be forgiven for thinking that Emirates are a sports wear manufacturer as you see their sponsorship across the globe on some of the best sports people and teams.
But they’re actually the eighth largest airline in the world in terms of international passengers carried, and fifth-largest in the world in terms of scheduled international passenger-kilometres flown, carrying over 20 million passengers a year.
It’s fleet is all wide bodied and very new, it ordered over 130 planes in 2007 alone.
Where do Emirates fly to in Australia?
The major international destination airports for UK departures are Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane.
The fabulous thing about Emirates are the Departure Airports. In the UK choose from Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham and London, so great news wherever you live saving time and money without compromising the quality of the carrier. For this reason we would always check Emirates.
How good are Emirates?
Oh they’re good. They came 5th in the Skytrax World Airline of the year awards 2009 ( having been in the top 10 since 2005 ) as well as winning the Best In-flight Entertainment Award. So they look after you and you won’t get bored, sounds like an excellent combination.
Economy is excellent with good legroom and catering. If your funds stretch then First Class passengers on Australian Flights have a full suite, complete with closing doors to ensure privacy, a mini-bar, a coat rack and a 23 in (58 cm) LCD screen. Business Class is also market leading with all of the facilities you’d expect.
Emirates don’t often play hard on price but they do have regular offers including upgrades and peripheral deals. They’re also a good choice for a stopover in Dubai.
What else should I know about Emirates?
Emirates spend 2.7% of their budget on advertising and sponsorship, a massive amount of money that sees them supportthe West Australian Symphony Orchestra as well as the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra . Football sees involvement with Arsenal F.C. and their 60,000 seater Emirates Stadium, AC Milan, Olympiacos CFP, Hamburger SV and Paris Saint-Germain. They will sponsor the Rugby World Cup in 2011 and they’re a major sponsor of Emirates Team New Zealand in the America’s Cup. In Cricket, they sponsor Cricket Australia, Lord’s Taverners, and Pro Arch Tournament.For the horse racing fans Emirates sponsor the Dubai World Cup, Melbourne Cup, Champion Stakes, Newmarket, Yorkshire Cup, York, and The Singapore Derby and to cap it off Emirates sponsor 12 golf events…. quite a portfolio!
