Emirates Airline is the largest major airline in the Middle East. It is the national airline of Dubai, United Arab Emirates and operates over 2400 passenger flights per week, from its hub at Dubai International Airport Terminal 3, to 107 destinations in 60 countries across 6 continents. The company also operates four of the world's longest non-stop commercial flights from Dubai to Los Angeles, San Francisco, São Paulo and Houston, with all except San Francisco on the Boeing 777-200LR.

Emirates operates an exclusively wide-bodied aircraft fleet making up from 3 aircraft families: the Airbus A330 / A340, Airbus A380 and the Boeing 777. In keeping with its policy of maintaining a young fleet, which stands at an average of 5.9 years in July 2010, it renews its fleet frequently. It operates the youngest fleet of any major airline as of May 2009. The airline also ranks as the largest in the world by international seating capacity, according to the latest annual report by IATA.

Emirates uses Skywards as their Frequent flyer programme. Skywards is a three-tier frequent-flier program operated by Emirates. It is used by over 5.72 million customers. The three tiers are Blue, Silver which requires 25,000 tier miles for entry, and Gold, which requires 50,000 tier miles for entry.