Emirates boosts U.S. economy by US$21 Billion
* Annual Impact based on 2015 data and operations
** IMPLAN is an Input-Output analysis model (with software and data provided by IMPLAN Group LLC) designed for economic impact analysis at a regional and national level.
*** As of April 2017
**** data from the U.S.- U.A.E. Business Council factsheet
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Emirates and the U.S.
Founded in 1985, Emirates is a global connector of people, places and economies and is the world’s largest international airline. Based in Dubai, the airline’s global network serves 156 destinations in 83 countries across six continents. Its luxurious amenities, regionally inspired gourmet cuisine, award-winning in-flight entertainment system – ICE, which includes over 2,500 channels of films, TV shows, music and games – and unmatched hospitality provided by its iconic multilingual Cabin Crew have made Emirates one of the world’s most recognized airline brands. It operates one of the world’s youngest modern wide-body fleets, and is the first and only airline in the world to operate a fleet of all Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 aircraft for its passenger flights.
Emirates has carried more than 17.6 million passengers on U.S. flights since launching services to New York in 2004. The airline currently serves 12 U.S. gateways – Newark (EWR) via Athens, Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Orlando (MCO), Chicago (ORD), Boston (BOS), San Francisco (SFO), Los Angeles (LAX), Seattle (SEA), Dallas (DFW), Houston (IAH), Washington (IAD) and New York (JFK), including a trans-Atlantic route between JFK and Milan Malpensa (MXP) and freighter services to Atlanta and Columbus. Emirates SkyCargo offers up to 2,000 tons of export capacity from the U.S. each week – we help export cherries from Seattle, fresh seafood and medical equipment from Boston, pharmaceuticals from Chicago and oil and gas equipment from Houston – stimulating trade and opening new markets for American businesses across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Emirates’ partnerships in the U.S. bring about combined benefits for passengers, U.S. partner carriers and U.S. communities. Emirates signed partnership agreements with JetBlue Airways, WestJet and Alaska Airlines, feeding hundreds of passengers daily onto their domestic networks. Emirates also has interline agreements with Virgin America, Porter Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Sun Country.
Emirates was named the World’s Best Airline by Skytrax in 2016 and, most recently, the Best Airline in the World in the 2017 inaugural TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice® Awards for Airlines.
