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City Expects to Welcome 50.2 Million Visitors by the End of 2011, Breaking Record One Year Ahead of Schedule City to Generate a Record $32 Billion in Visitor Spending and $48 Billion in Economic Impact by Year’s End Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and NYC & Company Board of Directors Chair and Metropolitan Museum of Art [...]

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, has launched a new service on the burgeoning UAE-Africa trade route. A Boeing 747-400F – with a capacity of 117 tonnes – will operate every Friday between Dubai and Ghana, in support of the thriving import and export industry generated by one of the [...]

Towards further enhancing the customer experience and ensuring on-time departures at Terminal 3 Dubai Airport, Emirates will be closing its check-in counters 60 minutes prior to a flight’s scheduled time of departure. Check-in counters are open at least three hours before the flight departure and will now close 60 minutes prior to departure from 1st [...]

Emirates gave the birthplace of the tango a dazzling turn of its own last night, as the airline prepared to launch flights to Buenos Aires from 3rd January 2012. The President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, was among more than 800 guests from local industries, the travel trade and the government, who gathered for [...]

Emirates is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the formation of the United Arab Emirates by carrying a special anniversary logo, emblazoned on its Airbus A380 aircraft, around the world. “In recognition of this exciting milestone in the United Arab Emirates’ history, Emirates wanted to find a unique way to celebrate with the people of the UAE, [...]

With the 13th November launch just around the corner, Emirates held a gala dinner in Baghdad last night, giving the city a glimpse of the airline’s award-winning hospitality. His Excellency Dr. Ali Al Allaq, Secretary General of Iraq’s Cabinet, His Excellency Mohammed Emran, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kurdistan Territory, His Excellency Abdulla Ibrahim Al Shehi, [...]

A new cable car system being built across the River Thames in London will be sponsored by Emirates Airline in its biggest UK sponsorship deal since Arsenal. Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline and Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, today announced the AED 204 million agreement between the airline, the Mayor’s office and Transport [...]

Emirates has unveiled major expansion plans for Pakistan with the launch of additional flights to Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar. Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore and Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad will both be served by non-stop flights seven times a week from October 31, 2011 and November 2, 2011 respectively while Peshawar International Airport will [...]

Thirty-six-tonne part carried from Seoul to Dubai on Boeing 747F Emirates SkyCargo came to the rescue of a ship undergoing repairs when it transported a 36-tonne rudder part – the heaviest single item ever carried by the freight division of Emirates Airline. The rudder stock – 9.16 metres long and 1.05 metres wide – was [...]

Emirates is bringing forward its first daily A380 service to Germany by serving Munich from 25th November, nearly five weeks earlier than expected. The double decker was originally set to replace EK 49, one of two daily services to Munich, from 1st January 2012. Under a revised schedule, passengers will be able to enjoy the [...]