International Business: Emirates reports record half-year performance – Gulf Digital News

International Business: Emirates reports record half-year performance – Gulf Digital News

Dubai state-owned airline Emirates swung to a record profit of 4 billion dirhams ($1.09bn) in the first-half of its 2022-23 financial year, buoyed by strong demand and the easing and removal of pandemic restrictions across the world.

The flag carrier reported a loss of 5.8bn dirhams the year earlier. Revenues for six months to September 30 jumped 131 per cent to 50.1bn dirhams, Emirates Group, which includes global airport services company Dnata, said in a statement yesterday.

“The airline’s strong turnaround performance is driven by strong passenger demand for international travel across markets.”

The group said its employee headcount increased by 10pc to 93,893 staff as both the airline and the group’s airport services subsidiary dnata, “have embarked on targeted recruitment drives to support their future requirements”.

The services unit recorded an overall profit of 236 million dirhams, up from 85m dirhams a year ago.

The performance is the result of forward planning and agility, said Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed, chairman and chief executive of Emirates airline and group.

“Across the group, our operations recovery accelerated as more countries eased and removed travel restrictions,” he said.

“We were ready and amongst the first movers to serve the strong customer demand thanks to our robust business plans, the