The long-haul carrier Emirates says it saw record profits of $4.7 billion in 2023 as the airline fully took flight after the turbulent years of the coronavirus pandemic disrupted its operations

The airline's best-ever financial performance figures were "driven by the voracious appetite for travel across customer segments," the Emirates Group said.

Emirates announced a record high profit for the fiscal year ending in April on Monday, marking a positive milestone as the gulf airline competition heats up.

Dubai's Emirates airline on Monday reported full-year profit up more than 60% at 17.23 billion dirhams ($4.69 billion), comfortably beating the previous year's 10.6 billion dirhams.

The long-haul carrier Emirates says it saw record profits of $4.7 billion in 2023 as the airline fully took flight after the turbulent years of the coronavirus pandemic disrupted its operations

Emirates said it achieved its best-ever financial performance, with group profit for the fiscal year surging 71% to 18.7 billion dirhams ($5.1 billion) as long-haul travel continued to rebound from the pandemic.

Dubai’s passenger airline Emirates announced a record-breaking $4.7 billion in profits for the 2023 calendar year on Monday in what company chairman and CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum called a year of “tremendous results.