Middle East airlines expand routes amid financial gains

Emirates reported a net profit of AED20.4 billion ($5.5 billion) at the end of FY2024/2025 and served 148 cities with a fleet of 260 passenger aircraft. It resumed six routes that had been paused since the pandemic began in March 2020 and increased service frequencies on other routes due to rising demand.

The airline has retrofitted several aircraft cabins while waiting for Boeing's delayed delivery of new planes. "By March 31, Emirates had 29 A380 and 20 777-300ER aircraft with new interiors," stated their report.

Qatar Airways reported a net profit of QAR7.8 billion ($2.1 billion) for FY2024/2025 while carrying over 43 million passengers during this period—a growth from the previous fiscal year’s figure of about 40 million travelers.

Qatar Airways' network grew to cover a record number of destinations among Middle Eastern carriers by increasing frequencies across numerous markets during FY2024/2025 according to their latest figures provided through Cirium's Diio Mi planning tool analysis which showed significant expansions into Australia via strategic partnerships with Virgin Australia enabling flights from multiple Australian cities using leased equipment instead after regulatory disapproval regarding earlier plans without external investments being involved directly beforehand.