Regional aviation giant Emirates will deliver a strong annual financial result, as air travel demand has significantly grown post COVID-19, the airline boss Sir Timothy Clark has said.
Emirates, the world’s largest long-haul airline, reported a record first-half profit of $1.1billion from April to September.
“We used the period during the pandemic to carefully organise our resources and devise a solid plan which allowed us to kick-start as soon as skies opened again. After 30 years of operating the world’s largest airline and as one of the flagship carriers of the UAE, there simply was no option to sit back and stop.” Clark said addressing the travel and tourism delegates at Arabian Travel Market 2023 in Dubai.
In the last quarter, Dubai has welcomed five million visitors, already exceeding pre-pandemic numbers. According to Clark, demand will continue to be as robust as it has been recently, and the leisure and hospitality sectors will see a big uptick in the next five to 10 years. “We moved quickly and we moved first, and we have a set of results which are exceptionally good this year,” Clark added.
