Emirates Airline (shortened form: Emirates) (Arabic: طيران الإماراتTayarān al-Imārāt) is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group. Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), it is the ninth largest airline in the world in terms of international passengers carried and tenth largest in terms of scheduled international freight tonne-kilometres flown. It is also the largest airline in the Middle East in terms of revenue, fleet size, and passengers carried. The airline operates over 2,350 passenger flights per week, to 88 destinations in 55 countries all over the world. Cargo activities are undertaken by the Emirates Group's Emirates SkyCargo division. Its main base is Dubai International Airport.

During the 2006/07 financial year, Emirates carried 17.5 million passengers. A total of 1.2 million tonnes of cargo was transported by Emirates Airline and Emirates SkyCargo, the freight subsidiary of The Emirates Group.

Emirates has built up a strong brand, has received many awards, and is an industry bellwether for aircraft purchases, as a trendsetter in terms of service, innovation, and safety.

Emirates will have 122 Boeing 777s by 2011 making it the single largest aircraft type in fleet, and 58 Airbus A380s by 2012. During the 2007 financial year Emirates received 13 new aircraft, and is expecting another 23 aircraft during 2008 which includes 4 Airbus A380s.