Emirates Group reports $6.6 billion record profits — Arabian Post

By Saifur Rahman

The Emirates Group, which operates the world’s largest airline Emirates and its floor dealing with and ticketing arm Dnata, reported a 7 p.c development to report $6.6 billion (Dh24.4 billion) revenue earlier than tax in its 2025-26 monetary yr ending March 31, 2026, regardless of a disruption of flight operations through the US-led connect on Iran and its fall-out on the regional aviation trade from February 28, 2026.

With this, Emirates has emerged because the world’s most worthwhile airline within the 2025-26 reporting interval and begins its present monetary yr with report money belongings of $16.2 billion (Dh59.6 billion) – sufficient to handle development and growth in addition to face any headwinds.

The UAE company tax charge utilized to the Emirates Group elevated from 9 per cent to fifteen per cent this yr, as a result of adoption of Pillar Two tax guidelines within the UAE. After accounting for the tax cost, the Group’s revenue after tax is Dh21.0 billion (US$5.7 billion), up 3 p.c from 2024-25.

The group reported report income of $41 billion (Dh150.5 billion), up 3 per cent over final yr’s outcomes. It has declared a dividend of $1 billion (Dh3.5 billion) to its proprietor, the Funding Company of Dubai (ICD), an funding arm of Dubai Authorities.

The Dubai Authorities-owned Emirates Group additionally reported a whopping report money asset $16.2 billion (Dh59.6 billion) on the finish of March 31, 2026, which is up 12 p.c in comparison with the earlier monetary yr. This can assist Emirates Group to navigate out of any future challenges and preserve its funding in development and new-generation plane acquisition programme.

Emirates Group is the most important contributor to the Dubai economic system. The Group reported Earnings earlier than Curiosity, Tax, Debt and Amortisation (EBITDA) of $11.2 billion (Dh41.1 billion, reflecting its sturdy working profitability. In 2025-26, the Group invested $4.9 billion (Dh17.9 billion) in new plane, amenities, tools, and the newest applied sciences to help its development plans.

“The achievements are the results of long-term imaginative and prescient, sustained effort, and steady funding in our folks and capabilities. The efficiency of the Emirates Group in 2025-26 reaffirms the power, resilience, and flexibility of Dubai’s mannequin.” HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, stated in an announcement.

“The Emirates Group embodies the spirit of Dubai. Over the previous 4 a long time, Emirates has grown into one of many world’s most revered airways, outlined by excellence, resilience, and a relentless pursuit of high quality. Past connecting locations, it brings folks nearer collectively and enhances how the world experiences journey. In parallel, Dnata continues to increase Dubai’s experience globally, contributing to the development of aviation and journey providers throughout continents.”

The Group’s complete workforce grew by 8 p.c to 130,919 workers, as Emirates and Dnata continued recruitment exercise all over the world to help its increasing operations and enhance its future capabilities. The Group’s UAE nationwide workforce additionally grew to surpass 4,000, displaying the success of its programmes to draw, develop and retain native expertise.

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Government, Emirates airline and Group stated, “These excellent outcomes, regardless of important challenges within the final month of our monetary yr, reaffirm the power and resilience of the Emirates Group’s enterprise mannequin, which is rooted in security, excellence, innovation, folks and partnerships.

“For the primary 11 months of 2025-26, the image throughout the Group was very optimistic. Sturdy demand for our services was driving income, and we have been reaching wholesome margins due to our sustained investments in product, folks, expertise and model. Month after month, we have been surpassing our targets.

“On 28 February, navy exercise massively disrupted world industrial air site visitors within the Gulf area, together with within the UAE. Emirates and Dnata shortly mobilised to help our folks and affected clients, defend our belongings, and guarantee enterprise continuity.

“We’re lucky to be primarily based in Dubai, the place years of infrastructure investments and a cohesive aviation ecosystem have enabled the federal government to shortly safe protected corridors for industrial flights. Emirates and Dnata have since regularly restored operations at DXB. Though we’re nonetheless working at a decrease passenger capability than pre-disruption, cargo operations have ramped as much as help the motion of important items into and thru the UAE.”

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