Adnan Kazim, Chief Commercial Officer of Emirates, said: “The airline's strategy will focus on continuing growth in the coming years, in line with its plans to keep pace with the economic growth in Dubai and the UAE market. To about 330 aircraft in the next 10 years. ”

He added in a statement to the media, on the sidelines of the Dubai Airshow 2019, that part of the company's strategy is to diversify the fleet, and the addition of aircraft with a capacity of medium seat compared to the aircraft «Airbus A380» and «Boeing 777ER», explaining that Consequently, the airline recently ordered 50 Airbus A350s.

Efficient operation

The mid-range and large-capacity aircraft, such as the A350 and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, will provide the airline with high flexibility in operating its operations. Efficient operation, reduce fuel costs.

The order for the Boeing 777X aircraft, which will be delivered to the airline in the coming period, will replace the Boeing 777ER, Kazem said, noting that the diversification of the fleet will increase operational efficiency, as well as provide the latest technology products and services to passengers.

International destinations

The UAE currently has open skies agreements covering about 95% of the world's markets and markets, Kazim said, pointing to continued efforts to increase air transport rights to markets and countries that impose limits on the amount of seat capacity they can operate.

He added that the airline currently serves 159 points and international stations on six continents of the world, and is seeking over the next 10 years by 2030 to increase the number of destinations to 300 stations, including «common code» with «Dubai», under the partnership that brings the two carriers Since 2017, he pointed out that the number of destinations shared between the two carriers currently reaches 82 stations.

He stressed that the airline continues to keep pace with the growth in international traffic, especially with the emergence of new and emerging markets on the map of international air transport, pointing out that «Emirates» operates flights to 24 destinations in the African continent, and aims to increase the rate of 10 new stations in the coming years, as Africa is one of the markets that we pay great attention to.

He added that Emirates operates flights to 40 destinations in Europe and is aiming to increase operations in the coming period and to open new destinations in Eastern Europe as well as East Asia.

Indian market

Kazim revealed that Emirates is looking to increase the volume of its operations to the Indian market, pointing out that the weekly seat capacity between Dubai and India is about 130 thousand seats, 50% of which are for Emirates and flydubai.

Adnan Kazim:

"Medium-capacity and large-range aircraft provide the airline with high flexibility in operating its operations."