Taking to the skies

Air passenger traffic volumes were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, with industry-wide revenue passenger-kilometres dropping 65.9 per cent year-on-year, as per IATA’s World Air Transport Statistics 2021

WE’VE BUILT UP SOME GREAT MOMENTUM THIS YEAR AND EXPECT BUSINESS GROWTH TO PICK UP SPEED IN 2022. AVIATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN RESILIENT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO BUILD BACK BETTER FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITIES”

SHEIKH AHMED BIN SAEED AL MAKTOUM, Emirates’ chairman and chief executive (Dec 2021)