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Emirates airline posts first loss in more than 3 decades

written by Taiwo Adediran November 12, 2020
Emirates airline posts first loss in more than 3 decades

Dubai-based Emirates airline on Thursday posted a three-point four billion dollars half-year loss, its first in more than three decades, saying it had been badly hit by the coronavirus lockdown that brought air transport to “a literal standstill”.

“In this unprecedented situation for the aviation and travel industry, the Emirates Group recorded a half-year loss for the first time in over thirty years,” the airline’s chairman and chief executive, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said in a statement.

The airline, which was forced to temporarily suspend operations earlier this year before building back its vast network, saw revenue fall seventy-five percent to three-point two billion dollars.

Over the half-year to September, it carried just one-point five million passengers, down ninety-five percent from the same period last year.

The carrier, the Middle East’s largest, said that its bottom line found some support with a “strong cargo business” as it repurposed its fleet to accommodate the need for supplies around the globe, including medical equipment.

“As passenger traffic disappeared, Emirates and (air services arm) dnata have been able to rapidly pivot to serve cargo demand and other pockets of opportunity,” Sheikh Ahmed said.

“This has helped us recover our revenues from zero to twenty-six percent of our position at the same time last year.”

(AFP)

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