Emirates Airlines carried more than 10 million passengers during the summer
Emirates, the world's largest international carrier, carried more than 10 million passengers on about 35,000 flights to 130 destinations during the summer.
Emirates Airlines, which was anticipating a strong return to summer travel, worked early in cooperation with its airport partners to operate its regular flights, reduce any movement disruptions and meet the demand of customers to join their vacations and planned trips for tourism and visit families and friends around the world.
Emirates also ramped up its customer service operations during the popular summer season, bringing back daily service to London Stansted and increasing flights to 33 cities in the summer on major routes across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as favorite holiday destinations such as Seychelles, Maldives, Mexico and Miami.
Last June, Emirates added Tel Aviv to its global network.
Last July, it added a third daily flight to London Gatwick to serve passengers affected by capacity cuts at London Heathrow.
Emirates Airlines has reopened and operated 32 of its premium lounges, including 25 private lounges at major airports across its network of routes to provide frequent travelers, first class and business travelers with a haven of rest and recovery during their flights.
It has also brought back free shuttle services to and from its brand's airports with Chauffeur Drive's chauffeur-drive service for first and business customers in the majority of the cities it serves.
Dubai International Airport is the world's busiest international airport and is used by millions of Emirates customers arriving, departing and transiting every month.
The airline was keen to ensure smooth operations in its center 24/7 by providing additional human resources and personnel in all facilities of Terminal 3 at the airport.
Passengers benefited from Emirates’ investments in digital services and initiatives to reduce waiting times and facilitate the flow and transportation of customers through the airport to complete their travel procedures and go to their destinations smoothly.
During the summer months, more than 3.8 million passengers checked in online on emirates.com and the Emirates App, more than 500,000 passengers used 22 self-service kiosks to check-in and 38 baggage drop facilities in Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport, and more than 11,000 benefited from Passengers from Emirates Airlines service to check in from home, which is free for first class passengers departing from Dubai, skip the queues at the airport and go directly to the immigration and security checks counters.
Emirates continues to rebuild its network and capacity while easing travel restrictions, and is currently operating at 74 percent of its network/capacity before the pandemic and aims to reach 80 percent by the end of the year.
Emirates has returned to service all of its Boeing 777 aircraft and about 80 of its Airbus A380 aircraft.
Next November, it will start a $2 billion program (more than 7.7 billion dirhams) to modernize the cabins of 120 of its aircraft, including adding its new Premium Economy Class cabin.
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