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Emirates circled Earth 29,290 times in 2025
Gulf News
|January 01, 2026
73 new planes on order; 16 A350 aircraft serve 18 destinations
Emirates, Dubai’s flagship airline, wrapped up 2025 with milestones that reshaped global travel. It carried 55.6 million passengers, operated nearly 180,600 flights and circled the Earth 29,290 times.
The airline, which marked its 40th anniversary in October, placed orders for 73 new aircraft at the Dubai Airshow.
This story is from the January 01, 2026 edition of Gulf News.
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