The Emirates Group, comprising Dubai’s Emirates Airline and dnata, introduced its fourth consecutive yr of report profitability on the again of AED75.4 billion (US$20.6 billion) in income for the primary six months of 2025-26, up 4 per cent from AED70.8 billion (US$19.3 billion) final yr.
Revenue earlier than tax reached AED12.2 billion (US$3.3 billion), whereas the group’s revenue after tax surged 13 per cent to AED10.6 billion (US$2.9 billion). EBITDA was at AED21.1 billion (US$5.7 billion), 3 per cent greater than the AED20.4 billion (US$5.6 billion) reported for a similar interval final yr, highlighting the group’s robust working efficiency.
Emirates closed the primary half yr of 2025-26 with a report money place of AED56 billion (US$15.2 billion), in comparison with AED53.4 billion (US$14.6 billion) on 31 March 2025, which allows it to faucet by itself robust money reserves to assist enterprise wants, together with funding for brand spanking new plane deliveries and servicing present debt obligations.
Emirates Airline posted new report half-year revenue earlier than tax of AED11.4 billion (US$3.1 billion), up 17 per cent towards 6 per cent rise in income to AED65.6 billion (US$17.9 billion).
Dnata’s revenue earlier than tax was AED843 million (US$230 million), up 17 per cent YoY, towards a report half-year income of AED11.7 billion (US$3.2 billion), up 13 per cent.
Commenting on the outcomes, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Govt, Emirates Airline and Group stated: “The Group has as soon as once more delivered an impressive efficiency, surpassing our half-year outcomes of final yr to attain a brand new report revenue for H1 2025-26. I’m delighted to notice that Emirates maintains its place because the world’s most worthwhile airline for this half-year reporting interval.
“This efficiency was primarily pushed by the unflagging demand and rising buyer choice for our product and companies, which drove income development and profitability.
“Emirates and dnata have invested billions to repeatedly improve our services, to convey new merchandise to market, to enhance our operations by innovation and expertise, and to take care of our staff who guarantee our prospects’ security and satisfaction. These are core to our DNA.
“The Group’s robust profitability allows us to proceed making these investments, and to scale up our confirmed enterprise fashions in sync with Dubai’s development as a worldwide metropolis of selection for expertise, for companies, and for vacationers.”
Emirates expands fleet and community
On the outlook for the corporate, Sheikh Ahmed added: “World demand for air transport and journey companies has been buoyant, regardless of geopolitical occasions and financial issues in some markets.
“We count on this demand resilience to proceed for the remainder of 2025-26 and look ahead to growing our capability to develop revenues as new A350 plane be a part of the Emirates fleet, and new services come on-line at dnata.”
Emirates Group’s worker base grew to an general depend of 124,927 on 30 September 2025, up 3 per cent in comparison with 31 March this yr.
Within the first half of the yr, Emirates continued to reinforce its community and connectivity with new flight companies to Danang, Siem Reap, Shenzhen and Hangzhou. The airways’ passenger and cargo community spans 153 airports in 81 nations and territories. It strengthened its community connectivity by deploying 28 further weekly scheduled flights to Antananarivo, Johannesburg, Muscat, Rome, Riyadh and Taipei. It additionally signed settlement with Air Seychelles, Condor, and Aurigny for codeshare and interline companions.
Elevated capability
General capability throughout the first six months of the yr elevated by 5 per cent to 31.3 billion ATKM (Accessible Tonne Kilometres) on account of expanded flight operations. Capability measured in Accessible Seat Kilometres (ASKM), elevated by 5 per cent, while passenger site visitors carried measured in Income Passenger Kilometres (RPKM) was up by 4 per cent. Between 1 April and 30 September 2025, Emirates carried 27.8 million passengers, up 4 per cent YoY.
Emirates SkyCargo added capability from three new Boeing 777 freighter and transported 1.25 million tonnes within the first six months of the yr, up by 4 per cent. Nevertheless, cargo yields decreased by 6 per cent on account of softening demand in some market segments amidst tariff issues.
For dnata, airport operations remained the most important contributor to income with AED5.5 billion (US$1.5 billion), a 15 per cent enhance YoY. Throughout its operations, the variety of plane turns dealt with elevated by 15 per cent to 450,903 bolstered by its newly launched operations at Rome Fiumicino Airport, and it recorded 1.59 million tonnes of cargo dealt with.
Flight catering and retail operations contributed AED4.1 billion (US$1.1 billion) to dnata’s income, up 11 per cent. The general variety of meals uplifted barely decreased by 1 per cent to 60 million meals.
Journey division contributed AED2 billion (US$538 million) to income, up 11 per cent in comparison with AED1.8 billion (US$483 million) for a similar interval final yr. Complete transactional worth (TTV) was up 9 per cent to AED5 billion (US$1.4 billion).
