Emirates

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Emirates is an airline headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The airline is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, which is wholly owned by the government of Dubai's Investment Corporation of Dubai. Emirates offers scheduled flights between Auckland and UAE.

Emirates (photo credit to Emirates Media Gallery)

Emirates is the world's fourth largest airline by scheduled revenue passenger-kilometers flown, and the second-largest in terms of freight tonne kilometers flown. The company also operates four of the world's longest non-stop commercial flights from Dubai to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas / Fort Worth and Houston.

Emirates operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and is one of the few airlines to operate an all-wide-body aircraft fleet, at the centre of which is the Boeing 777.

First and Business class passengers and Skywards Platinum and Gold members have access to 33 Emirates lounges in 32 cities. Skywards Silver members can use the lounges at Dubai International Airport only. At airports in which Emirates does not operate a departure lounge, a third-party departure lounge is usually provided for first and business class passengers and Skywards Platinum and Gold members.

Emirates Cabin Crew (photo credit to Emirates Media Gallery)

Emirates Skywards is the frequent-flyer program of Emirates launched in the year 2000. The program had over 16 million members as of 2016. The program uses two separate points systems – Skywards Miles as the currency that can be redeemed for benefits, and Tier Miles as the metric that determines a member's tier status.

Before boarding to Emirates, you may want to check the information for:

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