Gulf carrier Emirates' winter bookings are up year on year on some routes and it is expanding to more destinations, it said on Monday, after posting a summer season "ahead of expectations" as airlines across the region recover from the hit of the Iran war.
Reuters – Countries including South Africa, Brazil, India and Egypt were among the markets where demand was "currently tracking ahead of last year, alongside Nepal through Emirates' partnership with flydubai", the airline said in a statement. It noted however a broader shift towards customers making travel decisions closer to departure.
Emirates said in the statement that it is currently operating at around 93% of its pre-disruption capacity, adding it carried more than 8.6 million passengers between July and August.
The airline's services to and from West Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Africa all recorded seat load factors well above 75% during the summer, with particularly strong performance in markets such as Indonesia and across the UK.
