Emirates: The billion dollar machine

Dubai’s Emirates has continued the astonishing run of profitability displayed by large carriers this reporting season, revealing a USD925 million net profit for the first six months of the financial year to 30-Sep-2010. The figure is a 351.2% increase compared with the USD205 million profit it reported for the same period in 2009, and just USD40 million shy of the net profit it reported over the 2009/10 financial year.