As I wrote about earlier, Emirates Group reported a record $6.6 billion profit for the past financial year. That’s an increase over profits in the previous year, and it also means that Emirates is the world’s most profitable airline for a second year in a row. The company is celebrating this by rewarding employees in…
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I bet TrumpGambit will show anytime now with is obligatory "Air India planes stink" comment. 🙂 What a maroon!
What "tough times" ? The fares and fees have been a rip-off making it "tough" for the pax .
Paying workers? Social safety net? Middle East? Huh. Well then, pleasant surprises, after all.
One has never felt “The fares and fees have been a rip-off”. Emirates F cabins are worthy of my pennies don’t you know Alert. One would much rather spend with a World Class Airline than be ripped off by a wannabe, even at a lower cost per seat. The overall experience matters more to me than the possible saving to be made.
Paying workers and social safety net only applies to 10% of the population. The rest get their passports confiscated upon entry
I have been hoping that someone might ask that question AJ.
Last year while onboard, I had a a conversation with some crew members. I noted the following.
FA’s: USD 35,000–49,000+
First Officers: USD 101,000-141,000
Captains: USD 144,000–300,000+
Crews also value the benefits package, i.e. Free accommodation or allowances, transport, layover perks, free staff travel, insurance, etc.
All salaries are believed to be tax free and subject to seniority, etc.
As the information does not mean very much to me, I will leave it to others to comment upon how good or bad these are?
Staradmiral posts: “The rest get their passports confiscated upon entry”. Please explain as this is news to me?
really incredible how Emirates has transformed the airline industry and the profitability they've achieved as a result - US carriers could never!
But Eskimo, you malign BA by mistake, surely you actually mean, Delta Airlines, United Airlines and American Airlines too …. Yes, Bro?
Eskimo, you could be accused of disseminating false news without qualifying your accusation.
A bit hyperbolic, Staradmiral, but, point-taken; there are real concerns about the migrant-labor situation in UAE, Qatar, Saudi, and elsewhere in the region and globally. Forced-labor is not a 'good' thing; more notable in construction than the service industry, but it is real, and a problem anywhere it's happening (and it shouldn't be happening in 2026).
the "free housing" for FAs is in dorms. not a situation I'd want to live in as an adult.
@AeroB13a wants to end up in some middle east prison for speaking against the propaganda.
Watch you back next time you transit DXB.
Eskimo, you blather on like a demented fishwife, spouting nonsense simply for the sake of it. Do grow up and stick to the subject facts, you are determined to make yourself appear as irrelevant as Walter Mitty-Dunn.
Notwithstanding, as usual, Ben is sure to appreciate your click for that is the limit of your value to this website …. Yes?
But henare, we old and crusty types have grown out of the “Dorms” phase in our lives, to our younger brethren even free dorms have an attraction.
When a company is run well - from the top down - employees are valued and treated with respect. Seems like outdated thinking, but having just flown Singapore Airlines multiple times, it is obvious that the care that the company shows its staff is reflected in the way the staff treats its guests. Business 101.
Yea..... dumbasses out there will avoid flying it because of their human rights crying memes.....