Emirates soars as world's most valuable airline

Emirates continues to be the most valuable airline brand, pipping the likes of Qatar Airways, British Airways and United, according to the latest consultancy Brand Finance report released this week. Emirates, with a value of US$7.5b, ranked 171st on the report that ranks the top 500 global brands. The airline has been ranked the most valuable airline brand 5 years in a row since it took the spot from Lufthansa in 2012. This year’s list features the largest number of airlines — 9 — since 2009 when 12 airlines were featured with Emirates also topping the ranking among airlines that year. Qatar Airways, Air China and China Eastern Airlines feature on this list this year having not been on it last year while this year also sees Lufthansa fall off. Delta was the second most valuable airline ranked 218th. <br/>
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