Emirates has doubled the number of cities it offers connectivity to, beyond its own network, to nearly 1,700 additional cities.
The ongoing expansion has enabled more than 61,000 passengers a week to connect on Emirates’ and its partners’ networks.
The airline has 162 partnerships in more than 100 countries, including 31 codeshare partnerships, 118 interline partnerships, and 13 multimodal transport partnerships, allowing customers of partner airlines traveling with Emirates to reach destinations on Emirates’ network of more than 140 destinations and connect at Dubai International Airport.
Last year Emirates launched 16 new partnerships, including codeshare agreements with Avianca and Batik Air Malaysia and completed interline partnerships with Kam Air, SriLankan Airlines, Condor, Flynas, Viva Aerobus, SunExpress, Maldivian Airlines, Siberian Airlines and Kenya Airways.
The International Defence Conference 2025 commenced on Sunday at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, bringing together defence and security leaders, experts, and companies from around the world to discuss key challenges and opportunities in the sector.
Ahmed bin Saeed chaired the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy meeting on Sunday, which reviewed progress in carbon emission reduction technologies in alignment with the UAE’s Net Zero 2050 Strategy and the Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy 2030.
OpenAI has rejected a $97.4 billion (AED 357 billion) bid from a consortium led by billionaire Elon Musk for the ChatGPT maker, saying the startup is not for sale and that any future bid would be disingenuous.
AD Ports Group has announced its preliminary unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 2024, and saw revenue increase 48 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to AED 17.29 billion.