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Emirates are Islamic territories ruled by Emirs (q.v.).

Emirates is one of the airlines that fly from the United Arab Emirates. It was established in 1985. Its IATA designator is EK. It hubs Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Emirates flies to 58 different destinations in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The airline plans to introduce service to North America on 1 July 2004. The airline is considering South America.

Emirates codeshares rail service to stations in France with SNCF French Rail. Emirates codeshares rail to Germany on Deutsche Bahn's AiRail service.

Passenger Destinations

Cities in italics are future routes

Africa

• Accra, Ghana (Kotoka International Airport)
• Cairo, Egypt
• Casablanca, Morocco (Mohammed V International Airport)
• Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Entebbe, Uganda
• Johannesburg, South Africa (Johannesburg International Airport)
• Khartoum, Sudan
• Lagos, Nigeria (Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport)
• Mauritius
• Nairobi, Kenya (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport)
• Tripoli, Libya

Asia

East Asia

• Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (Hong Kong International Airport)
• Osaka, Japan (Kansai International Airport)
• Shanghai, People's Republic of China (Pu Dong International Airport) (10 April 2004)

Middle East

• Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Amman, Jordan
• Beirut, Lebanon (Beirut International Airport)
• Damascus, Syria
• Dammam, Saudi Arabia
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Dubai International Airport, hub)
• Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Kuwait City, Kuwait
• Muscat, Oman
• Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Sanaa, Yemen
• Tehran, Iran

South Asia

• Chennai, India (Chennai International Airport)
• Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Delhi, India (Indira Gandhi International Airport)
• Dhaka, Bangladesh (Zia International Airport)
• Hyderabad, India
• Islamabad, Pakistan (Islamabad International Airport)
• Karachi, Pakistan (Karachi International Airport)
• Kochi, India
• Lahore, Pakistan
• Male, Maldives
• Mumbai, India (Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport)
• Peshawar, Pakistan

Southeast Asia

• Bangkok, Thailand (Don Muang International Airport)
• Jakarta, Indonesia (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport)
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
• Manila, Philippines (Ninoy Aquino International Airport)
• Singapore (Changi International Airport)

Europe

• Athens, Greece (Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport)
• Birmingham, United Kingdom (Birmingham, UK International Airport)
• D�sseldorf, Germany (D�sseldorf International Airport)
• Frankfurt am Maim, Germany (Frankfurt International Airport)
• Glasgow, United Kingdom (Glasgow International Airport) (10 April 2004)
• Istanbul, Turkey (Ataturk International Airport)
• Larnaca, Cyprus
• London, United Kingdom (Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport)
• Malta
• Manchester, United Kingdom (Manchester International Airport)
• Milan, Italy (Malpensa International Airport)
• Moscow, Russia (Domodedovo International Airport)
• Munich, Germany (Franz Josef Strau� International Airport)
• Nice, France (C�te d' Azur International Airport)
• Paris, France (Charles de Gaulle International Airport)
• Rome, Italy (Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport)
• Vienna, Austria (Vienna International Airport) (1 May 2004)
• Z�rich, Switzerland (Z�rich International Airport)

North America

• New York City, New York, United States (John F. Kennedy International Airport) (1 June 2004)

Oceania

• Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland International Airport)
• Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Brisbane International Airport)
• Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Tullamarine Airport)
• Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Perth Airport)
• Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Kingsford Smith International Airport)

Frieght-only destinations

• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Li�ge, Belgium
• Shanghai, People's Republic of China (will gain passenger service on 10 April 2004)

Other facts of interest

• Emirates was a major sponsor of the 2003 women soccer World Cup