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Full text of a EK press release today
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Emirates Airline today unveiled plans to grow the number of flights across its network by 14 per cent in 2009.
This year, the Dubai based carrier will add 18 new passenger aircraft to its fleet, increasing seating capacity by 14 per cent and enabling it to start new routes as well as increase frequencies on many existing routes. It will also expand cargo capacity by 17 per cent.
The additional frequencies will afford passengers a greater choice of flights, more frequent connections with their target markets and shorter, more convenient connection times.
Emirates currently has a fleet of 129 wide-bodied aircraft. By the end of the 2008-09 financial year (ending 31st March 2009), that figure will stand at 132, including four superjumbo Airbus A380s. The carrier will welcome a further seven A380s in fiscal year 2009-10 (ending 31st March 2010), as well as 10 Boeing 777-300ER, one 777-200LR and one Boeing 777 freighter.
HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group, said: "The next year is not going to be an easy ride for the airline industry. Emirates has prepared the best we can for the challenges we foresee, but we also see it as a time of opportunity. 2009, with our significant capacity increase, will be a year of consolidation for us, with fewer new routes launched than in previous years.
"Instead, we will concentrate on strengthening our presence on routes where there is a greater demand from our customers. All of our new capacity will be deployed in markets where we see growth potential, particularly Africa and the Middle East."
Indeed, Emirates' fastest growing markets are Africa and the Middle East, recording 17 and six per cent growth respectively in the last 12 months. To this end, Emirates recently added a second daily flight to Lagos.
It will also introduce services from Dubai to Durban, South Africa on 1st October 2009. The route will be served by a two-class, 278-seat Airbus A330-200 which can carry up to 14 tonnes of cargo into the port city.
Last month, Emirates announced a vast Middle East expansion plan taking the number of seats in the region to 50,000 on 180 flights a week. Additional services to Amman, Riyadh, Jeddah, Kuwait and Damascus were started recently.
Emirates has added 32 weekly flights to its existing Indian services since November. The enhanced capacity means customers now have a choice of 163 weekly flights into 10 gateways in the country.
As new aircraft come online, both Los Angeles and San Francisco – Emirates' newest routes, launched in October and December – will go from thrice weekly to daily from May. The extra services will add more than 2,000 seats a week between the US west coast and Dubai, which is more than a 100 per cent increase on the current 1,600 seats.
There is increased capacity to Australia with additional daily flights to Brisbane and Melbourne, taking the total number of flights a week to 63 effective 1st February. Later this year, a third daily service to Sydney will be added. On 1st February, Emirates became the first carrier to operate commercial A380 flights into New Zealand with the launch of its Dubai-Sydney-Auckland service. Operated by a 489-seat Airbus A380 three times a week, it will go daily from 1st May.
Plans are also afoot to deploy superjumbos on Dubai–Seoul and Dubai–Singapore services in November and December respectively.
The first A380 flight between Dubai and Seoul's Incheon International Airport will depart in November, while the Singapore service will start in December and initially run four times weekly.
In Europe, Emirates has already embarked on an expansion programme. In recent months it has commenced double daily flights into Milan, increased Istanbul services to 11 flights a week, increased services on the Larnaca-Malta route to seven times weekly and Nice flights to five times weekly. Second daily services into Moscow and Athens are also planned for March.
In total, the additional capacity will see more than 8,635 seats and around 600 tonnes of cargo capacity added to the Emirates fleet.
"Emirates has recorded an annual growth rate of 20 per cent over the last five years," reported HH Sheikh Ahmed. "In the last two years alone, we have launched 11 new passenger and three cargo-only routes. In 2007, with the launch of its Dubai–Sao Paulo service, we became the first – and only – carrier to fly to six continents non-stop from a single hub."
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Emirates Airline today unveiled plans to grow the number of flights across its network by 14 per cent in 2009.
This year, the Dubai based carrier will add 18 new passenger aircraft to its fleet, increasing seating capacity by 14 per cent and enabling it to start new routes as well as increase frequencies on many existing routes. It will also expand cargo capacity by 17 per cent.
The additional frequencies will afford passengers a greater choice of flights, more frequent connections with their target markets and shorter, more convenient connection times.
Emirates currently has a fleet of 129 wide-bodied aircraft. By the end of the 2008-09 financial year (ending 31st March 2009), that figure will stand at 132, including four superjumbo Airbus A380s. The carrier will welcome a further seven A380s in fiscal year 2009-10 (ending 31st March 2010), as well as 10 Boeing 777-300ER, one 777-200LR and one Boeing 777 freighter.
HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group, said: "The next year is not going to be an easy ride for the airline industry. Emirates has prepared the best we can for the challenges we foresee, but we also see it as a time of opportunity. 2009, with our significant capacity increase, will be a year of consolidation for us, with fewer new routes launched than in previous years.
"Instead, we will concentrate on strengthening our presence on routes where there is a greater demand from our customers. All of our new capacity will be deployed in markets where we see growth potential, particularly Africa and the Middle East."
Indeed, Emirates' fastest growing markets are Africa and the Middle East, recording 17 and six per cent growth respectively in the last 12 months. To this end, Emirates recently added a second daily flight to Lagos.
It will also introduce services from Dubai to Durban, South Africa on 1st October 2009. The route will be served by a two-class, 278-seat Airbus A330-200 which can carry up to 14 tonnes of cargo into the port city.
Last month, Emirates announced a vast Middle East expansion plan taking the number of seats in the region to 50,000 on 180 flights a week. Additional services to Amman, Riyadh, Jeddah, Kuwait and Damascus were started recently.
Emirates has added 32 weekly flights to its existing Indian services since November. The enhanced capacity means customers now have a choice of 163 weekly flights into 10 gateways in the country.
As new aircraft come online, both Los Angeles and San Francisco – Emirates' newest routes, launched in October and December – will go from thrice weekly to daily from May. The extra services will add more than 2,000 seats a week between the US west coast and Dubai, which is more than a 100 per cent increase on the current 1,600 seats.
There is increased capacity to Australia with additional daily flights to Brisbane and Melbourne, taking the total number of flights a week to 63 effective 1st February. Later this year, a third daily service to Sydney will be added. On 1st February, Emirates became the first carrier to operate commercial A380 flights into New Zealand with the launch of its Dubai-Sydney-Auckland service. Operated by a 489-seat Airbus A380 three times a week, it will go daily from 1st May.
Plans are also afoot to deploy superjumbos on Dubai–Seoul and Dubai–Singapore services in November and December respectively.
The first A380 flight between Dubai and Seoul's Incheon International Airport will depart in November, while the Singapore service will start in December and initially run four times weekly.
In Europe, Emirates has already embarked on an expansion programme. In recent months it has commenced double daily flights into Milan, increased Istanbul services to 11 flights a week, increased services on the Larnaca-Malta route to seven times weekly and Nice flights to five times weekly. Second daily services into Moscow and Athens are also planned for March.
In total, the additional capacity will see more than 8,635 seats and around 600 tonnes of cargo capacity added to the Emirates fleet.
"Emirates has recorded an annual growth rate of 20 per cent over the last five years," reported HH Sheikh Ahmed. "In the last two years alone, we have launched 11 new passenger and three cargo-only routes. In 2007, with the launch of its Dubai–Sao Paulo service, we became the first – and only – carrier to fly to six continents non-stop from a single hub."
Well lets see.
They are getting 15% more planes...
They can now work us 17% more before overtime kicks in..
So as far as I can see, they plan to operate these new planes with the the crews they have..not forgetting factoring for ULR fllights that can in theory put you well over 1000hrs per year on the job, but for a princley 900hrs or less of "real " flying
They are getting 15% more planes...
They can now work us 17% more before overtime kicks in..
So as far as I can see, they plan to operate these new planes with the the crews they have..not forgetting factoring for ULR fllights that can in theory put you well over 1000hrs per year on the job, but for a princley 900hrs or less of "real " flying
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With the demand for air travel ( and all the economic activity, for that matter) falling sharply it will be interesting to see how deep are the sheik's dish dash pockets to fund this adventure...
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Our utilization is already one of the highest in the world, so 15% growth translates into about 15% more flying. These new planes will be used primarily for additional services to exisiting destinations I assume. Maybe one or two new cities.
We're all pretty sure here at EK the new rules are for flying us up to about 90 hours a month, not for free callout OT on the company's side. Fatigue will be a problem, we're not daytime flyers here and time zone coverage is -12 to +6 hours. Let's just hope through all this, we can keep the shiny side up.
We're all pretty sure here at EK the new rules are for flying us up to about 90 hours a month, not for free callout OT on the company's side. Fatigue will be a problem, we're not daytime flyers here and time zone coverage is -12 to +6 hours. Let's just hope through all this, we can keep the shiny side up.
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Where's the money coming from?
Well in 2004 the Airline had cash reserves of over $2 BILLION USD, since then the airline has made record profits each year so that 'War Chest' would be significantly bigger now.
So unlike the unprofitable 'Mickey Mouse' train set being run in Abu Dhabi, EK (despite the way they manage us) is a very well managed business that will make a profit this year (albeit nowhere near what it needs to be)....
Despite what they might think, they guys at EY had better look very closely at their own back yard before making snide remarks about their bretheren 'up north'. Yes Abu Dhabi clearly has huge cash reserves, however, all the plans FOR EVERYTHING is based on oil being priced at over $70 per barrel. Currently its half that (pretty much what it costs them to pump it out the ground). Not good boys! So before you continue to gloat at the 'demise' of Dubai, try to understand that unlike EY, EK is actually a business not a 'toy'!
Well in 2004 the Airline had cash reserves of over $2 BILLION USD, since then the airline has made record profits each year so that 'War Chest' would be significantly bigger now.
So unlike the unprofitable 'Mickey Mouse' train set being run in Abu Dhabi, EK (despite the way they manage us) is a very well managed business that will make a profit this year (albeit nowhere near what it needs to be)....
Despite what they might think, they guys at EY had better look very closely at their own back yard before making snide remarks about their bretheren 'up north'. Yes Abu Dhabi clearly has huge cash reserves, however, all the plans FOR EVERYTHING is based on oil being priced at over $70 per barrel. Currently its half that (pretty much what it costs them to pump it out the ground). Not good boys! So before you continue to gloat at the 'demise' of Dubai, try to understand that unlike EY, EK is actually a business not a 'toy'!
All the pax from the downsized airlines will need to fly with someone-might be EK.
If the passengers are there, why do you think Airlines are downsizing???
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Austrian Airlines downsizeing, Singapore Airlines withdrawing a kind of a dozen aircraft... just 2 seconds of brainstorming and i have 2 airlines downsized... just the last example: SIA details wide range of capacity cuts
and why? it's financial crisis, not? who cares about pax...
people, don't be angry and offensive!
anyway, it's not sure at all that pax from downsized airlines would fly EK, if they have money to travel, then there are cheaper possibilities as well.
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and why? it's financial crisis, not? who cares about pax...
people, don't be angry and offensive!
anyway, it's not sure at all that pax from downsized airlines would fly EK, if they have money to travel, then there are cheaper possibilities as well.
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They are downsizing because they cannot afford to hold out until things turn or because it may be easy to ramp up again in the future. Or it may be semi permanent because they had already been losing revenue and this was the final straw.
If EK can put the ac on routes and still be profitable then great. If they can aquire the aircraft and scrape by till things turn then they may be well positioned and ahead of the curve.
Or they could screw it up totally and lose in the end. But I can say this much - the commercial dept at EK has proven to be one of the finest in the world, they have weathered other storms and stayed profitable. My bets would be on them doing it again.
If EK can put the ac on routes and still be profitable then great. If they can aquire the aircraft and scrape by till things turn then they may be well positioned and ahead of the curve.
Or they could screw it up totally and lose in the end. But I can say this much - the commercial dept at EK has proven to be one of the finest in the world, they have weathered other storms and stayed profitable. My bets would be on them doing it again.
Great , they get to be profitable by being the cheapest..tell me again who suffers?
Longer hours, fewer days off, vacation that is almost worthless.
What has me thinking tho' is whats next on our "managers" agenda!!
They have said they are going to be totally without ruth (ruthless
)in the quest to cut costs..theirs or me..?
Longer hours, fewer days off, vacation that is almost worthless.
What has me thinking tho' is whats next on our "managers" agenda!!
They have said they are going to be totally without ruth (ruthless
)in the quest to cut costs..theirs or me..?
Great , they get to be profitable by being the cheapest..tell me again who suffers?
THEN who suffers????
Everything in this world has a cost and a price. You can beat the budget for a short time, but it will catch up with you eventually.
Ek are trying their hand at the moment,will it work, who knows, but they are using peoples rational fears of job loss to screw each and every one of us.
EK group has 20,000 plus employees, what sacrifices are the others making? or is it only 10% of the work force i.e the pilots, that make a significant difference to the bottom line?
I have an idea though for you Wizo, if you want that platinum Najm, can you ask if we really need SVP Training, Chief Pilot, Deputy Chief Pilot, Assistant Chief Pilot, Chief Examiner, Deputy Examiner x 3, Fleet Manager, VP Fleet..(too much typing). Did I miss any other useless and contrived post?
Sorry for the alcohol induced rant ( 18 Y0 Single malt if you are wondering), but it's not just the management we have to worry about in this company.
Our colleagues who are happy to improve the Sheiks bottom line because worse happened to them in Ansett etc, so therefore it's OK .
Ek are trying their hand at the moment,will it work, who knows, but they are using peoples rational fears of job loss to screw each and every one of us.
EK group has 20,000 plus employees, what sacrifices are the others making? or is it only 10% of the work force i.e the pilots, that make a significant difference to the bottom line?
I have an idea though for you Wizo, if you want that platinum Najm, can you ask if we really need SVP Training, Chief Pilot, Deputy Chief Pilot, Assistant Chief Pilot, Chief Examiner, Deputy Examiner x 3, Fleet Manager, VP Fleet..(too much typing). Did I miss any other useless and contrived post?
Sorry for the alcohol induced rant ( 18 Y0 Single malt if you are wondering), but it's not just the management we have to worry about in this company.
Our colleagues
who are happy to improve the Sheiks bottom line because worse happened to them in Ansett etc, so therefore it's OK .