UAE's Emirates Airline flies over 14m passengers in summer season

Emirates Airline has flown more than 14m passengers between June and August, marking one of its busiest-ever summer seasons, the official news agency WAM reported Wednesday. During the period, Emirates has operated nearly 50,000 flights to and from 140 cities, with an average seat load factor of more than 80% across its global network, said the report. Inbound visitors carried by the airline primarily came from Britain, India, Germany, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China, Egypt and Kuwait, it added. According to the report, more than 35% of visitors to Dubai traveling by Emirates were families, with an average stay of more than two weeks. It noted that the city had received more than 8.5m inbound visitors in the first half of 2023, up by more than 1m compared to the same period last year. Travel demand across the airline's global network has been strong and resilient despite rising cost-of-living pressures in many countries, the WAM quoted Chief Commercial Officer of Emirates Adnan Kazim as saying.<br/>