Emirates celebrates 20th anniversary
Dubai-based Emirates Airlines, which contributed US$25 billion to the UAE economy in the past two decades, celebrated its 20th anniversary of operations on October 25.Emirates' Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum said Emirates is ready to take on bigger challenges as a leading player in global air transport sector, says a press release. The airline expects to carry 33 million passengers annually by 2012 on some 150 aircraft. Emirates carried 12.5 million passengers and 838,000 tonnes of cargo last year. Presently, Emirates operates close to 200 scheduled flights per day around its network, which covers 77 cities in 54 countries.
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