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May 8, 2025

Emirates is the world’s most profitable airline, and Emirates Group the world’s most profitable aviation group in the 2024-25 reporting period DUBAI, UAE, 8 May 2025 – The Emirates Group today released its 2024-25 Annual Report, achieving new record profit, EBITDA, revenue, and cash balance levels. This outstanding performance places the Emirates Group as the […]

January 3, 2025

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 2 January 2025 – With much fanfare, Hong Kong welcomed the inaugural scheduled commercial flight outside of Mainland China of the country’s first domestically developed and built C919 passenger jet aircraft on January 1, 2025. Operated by China Eastern Airlines, the C919 has taken up a daily round-trip route […]

September 18, 2024

Emirates and the Museum of the Future will host the first Aviation Future Week, taking place from 15-17 October 2024 in Dubai. UAE ministers, senior government officials, industry leaders from across the aviation and aerospace, airfreight, Maintenance, Overhaul & Repair (MRO) and logistics ecosystem, will converge in Dubai for the inaugural event. The event presents […]

May 17, 2024

First SAF uplift for Emirates in the UK under London Heathrow SAF Incentive Scheme Purchase agreement with Shell Aviation largest ever for airline Emirates has taken delivery of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Shell Aviation at London Heathrow Airport. Over 3,000 metric tonnes of neat SAF, blended with conventional jet fuel, will be supplied into […]

May 2, 2024

Partnership marks airline’s first disbursement from its USD $200 million Sustainability Fund Emirates to access AIA’s proprietary interactive data visualisation tools Airline will actively collaborate with the AIA team based at The University of Cambridge’s Whittle Laboratory and Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) on projects Emirates has become an industrial partner of the Aviation Impact […]

November 21, 2023

Emirates: The consortium, Air-CRAFT, is supported by the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and UAE General Civil Aviation Authority, and comprises eight founding entities: ADNOC, Boeing, Emirates, ENOC Group, Etihad, Honeywell, Khalifa University, Masdar As the UAE Year of Sustainability draws to a close, eight founding entities announced the launch of the “Air-CRAFT” initiative […]

August 29, 2023

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 29 August 2023 – Further to the successful completion of the 3rd JCtrans Global Freight Forwarders Expo and International Air Transport Association (IATA) Aviation Day at AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE), the world of logistics and aviation is looking to Hong Kong to spearhead industry exchanges and new growth opportunities. Industry experts are inspired by the […]

November 4, 2022

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Emirates has received an impressive five global and regional awards from two prestigious travel and aviation ceremonies in the past week, winning the titles of ‘Best Airline in the World’ and ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’ at the ULTRAs 2022 awards, and a further ‘World Class Award’, ‘5 Star Global Official […]

August 8, 2022

Avtra, a world leader in providing research-backed cutting-edge technology solutions for the aviation and tourism sectors, recently commemorated its fifth-year anniversary, bringing together the highly talented and diverse team based in Colombo on an excursion and making a pledge to revolutionizing travel in the next 55 years. This incredible milestone, and […]

June 13, 2022

Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, Nimal Siripala De Silva visited the Hambantota International Port (HIP) over the weekend. The minister met top port officials, Johnson Liu, CEO of Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG), CEO (CICT), Jack Huang, CFO Raymond Mu, COO, Tissa Wickramasinghe and CEO of Hambantota International Port Services […]

Emirates Group achieves record profit of AED 22.7 bn (US$ 6.2 bn) in 2024-25

Hong Kong: proudly helping to take China’s aviation innovation to new heights

Emirates and Museum of the Future to host first-ever Aviation Future Week

Emirates begins operating with SAF at London Heathrow Airport

Emirates partners with Aviation Impact Accelerator, pledging funding for research and development of emissions reduction pathways

Emirates joins UAE-based research consortium for renewable and advanced aviation fuels

World’s Aviation and Logistics Changemakers Converge on Hong Kong to Steer Future Development in 2024

Emirates scoops 5 global accolades at both the ULTRA and APEX awards 2022-23

Avtra celebrates its 5th anniversary creating impactful solutions for millions of travelers

Ports Minister Visits Hambantota International Port