In 30 years, Emirates Airline has not only become one of the largest commercial air carriers in the world but it has dramatically influenced the entire global industry.
Emirates
was launched on October 25, 1985, with a Boeing 727-200 flight to Karachi, Pakistan. Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Briton Sir Maurice Flanagan had been given two planes and USD 10 million to get the airline off the ground – a figure they would now spend in a split second. Read article in Arabian Business