Emirates Airlines continues to maintain its global lead despite the challenges of the outbreak of the Corona virus, as it is the largest international airline in terms of passenger revenue per kilometer (Revenue Passenger – kilometers), which measures actual passenger traffic during the year 2020. The data of the annual report issued by it indicated The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which measures the performance of airlines until…
Emirates Airlines continues to maintain its global lead despite the challenges of the outbreak of the Corona virus, as it is the largest international airline in terms of passenger revenue per kilometer (Revenue Passenger – kilometres), which measures actual passenger traffic during the year 2020.
The data of the annual report issued by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which measures the performance of airlines, indicated that Emirates Airlines ranked first in the world in the classification of the largest international airlines in terms of passenger revenues per kilometer, equivalent to 78.75 billion, followed by Ryanair. In second place was followed by “Qatari”.
Emirates Airlines came in seventh place in the world in the same classification, but when calculating international and domestic transport together, after American and Chinese carriers came in the first six places, especially as they depend on domestic air transport more than international in their operations, but Emirates Airlines is considered the first among Arab carriers.
In terms of the number of international passengers on airline flights, Emirates ranked fourth globally with 15.84 million during 2020, while Ryanair came in first place with 51 million (including non-refundable tickets that are not allowed to be changed), according to IATA data. “.
Etihad Airways ranked 16th as the largest international airline in the world in terms of passenger revenue per kilometer at about 19.75 billion. Etihad Airways also ranked 21st as the largest international airline in terms of the number of international passengers with 4.14 million.
Emirates Airlines ranked third globally in the international freight category in terms of the number of freight tons per kilometer during the year 2020, with about 9.57 billion, and it came in fourth place in the international and domestic air freight category. According to IATA data, Emirates Airlines transported 1.81 million tons of air freight during 2020.
Emirates Airlines data for the fiscal year 2020-2021 showed that the freight toll per ton kilometer (FTKM) increased strongly by 88%, due to the unusual conditions imposed by the pandemic, which caused a significant decrease in the available energy worldwide.
Total freight volumes carried decreased by 22% to 1.9 million tons due to the capacity contraction throughout the year.
Emirates Air Cargo achieved excellent performance by responding quickly to demand in changing global markets, and the carrier rapidly expanded its operations, and rebuilt the freight network to meet the strong demand from shippers, who faced a capacity crisis when the epidemic forced air carriers to significantly reduce their flights.
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