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Emirates hits $5.2B profit, rewards staff with 22-week bonus

If you work at Emirates, May just became your favourite month. Emirates will pay a hefty bonus after a post-tax profit for FY2025 hit Dh19.06B ($5.2B) — up 10.6% YoY. Emirates has posted record profits for the third consecutive year.

Preeti Mondal by Preeti Mondal
Published date: 16th May, 2025
Last edited date: 16th May, 2025
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  • Emirates, Dubai’s flagship airline, is celebrating their record-breaking profits this year!
  • And to show gratitude, they have announced a 22-week bonus (that’s nearly 5 months of extra salary) for eligible employees!
  • Fun fact: The airline transported “53.6 million passengers” during the fiscal year, due to a strong post-pandemic travel rebound.

What’s behind the celebration?

Emirates isn’t new to success.

In fact, they’ve only had 2 years of losses since launching in 1985 — one in 1986–87 and the other during the Covid slump.

But now? They’re on a serious winning streak.

3rd straight year of record profits

3rd year in a row with mega bonuses

  • 2022: 20-week bonus
  • 2023: 24-week bonus
  • 2025: 22-week bonus

The big numbers — FY25 at a Glance

Emirates Group is a global aviation + travel giant owned fully by the Investment Corporation of Dubai (aka, the Dubai government’s investment arm).

It has two main engines:

  • Emirates Airline (passenger + cargo)

  • dnata (aviation services)

Emirates Group financial highlights

  • Pre-tax profit: AED 22.7 billion, up 18% YoY
  • Revenue: AED 145.4 billion, up 6% YoY
  • EBITDA: AED 42.2 billion, a record high
  • Cash balance: AED 53.4 billion, up 13%

Emirates Airline 2025 (Standalone)

  • Pre-tax profit: AED 21.2 billion, a 20% rise
  • Post-tax profit: AED 19.06 billion ($5.2 billion) for the fiscal year ending March 2025
  • Revenue: AED 127.9 billion, up 6%
  • Cash reserves: AED 49.7 billion, up 16%
  • Employees: 69,465 globally up by 9.5%

Meanwhile, dnata, the group’s aviation services arm, also delivered

  • Pre-tax profit: AED 1.6 billion, up 2%
  • Revenue: AED 21.1 billion, up 10%
  • Cash balance: AED 3.7 billion

Big dividend to Dubai

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Chairman & CEO) announced a massive AED 6 billion dividend to Emirates’ owner — the Investment Corporation of Dubai.

Translation? The airline’s success is directly fueling Dubai’s economy.

Also read: UAE to be delisted from FATF “grey list”

What’s next?

The future is looking just as bold:

  • 90% of fleet being retrofitted

  • 300+ new aircraft on order

  • More acquisitions likely

  • IPO on the table (if the Dubai government gives the green light)

  • Big announcements expected at the Dubai Airshow in November

Also read: UAE-Italy: Enhancing UAE’s access to European markets with $40B investment

One more thing…

This was also the first fiscal year Emirates faced the UAE’s new 9% corporate tax.

Did it slow them down? Not even close.

They still pulled off a net profit of AED 20.5 billion! 

Preeti Mondal

Preeti Mondal

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