Best Airlines in UAE 2024

Best Airlines in UAE

Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways is the second-largest airline in the United Arab Emirates and is based in Abu Dhabi. The airline was founded in July 2003 by Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan and Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and started operations on November 12, 2003. According to Skytrax, a global airline rating organization, Etihad Airways is ranked as the best airline in the Middle East for 2023. The ranking is based on several factors such as user experience, safety, customer relations, flight cost, and more.

Fleet Details	Number of Aircraft	Range
Airbus A380 family	4	15,200 km
Airbu A350 family	5	16,100 km
Airbus A320 family	23	6,500 km
Boeing 787 family	40	11,400 km
Boeing 777 family	9	15,900 km
Boeing 777 freighter[ Cargo flight]	5	9,000 km

Destinations covered

Middle East – Baku, Amman, Jordan, Kuwait City, Beirut, Muscat, Salalah, Doha, Dammam, Jedah, Medina, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Dubai.

Africa – Gaborone, Cairo, Alexandria, Kisumu, Mombasa, Nairobi, Agadir, Casablanca, Marrakech, Rabat, Tangier, Lagos, Mahe, Praslin Island, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Dar Es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and Entebbe.

Asia Pacific – Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Gold Coast, Hamilton Island, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Osaka, Tokyo, Nur Sultan, Kuala Lumpur, Male, Auckland, Wellington, Islamabad, Manila, Singapore and Seoul.

Europe – Tirana, Yerevan, Vienna, Minsk, Brussels, Sofia, Larnaca, Prague, Billund, Copenhagen, Tallinn, Helsinki, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseile, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Toulouse, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Athens, Mykonos, Thessaloniki, Budapest, Cork, Dublin, Kerry, Shannon, Bari, Bologna, Brindisi, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Lamezia Terme, Milan, Naples, Palemo, Pisa, Reggio Calabria, Rome, Trieste, Turin, Venice, Verona, Riga, Vilnius, Tivat, Amsterdam, Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Warsaw, Krakow, Faro, Lisbon, Porto, Malta, Bucharest, Chelyabinsk, kazan, Krasnodar, Sochi, St Petersburg, Moscow, Belgrade, Ljublijana, Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Madrid, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife, Valencia, Vigo, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Geneva, Zurich, Antalya, Istanbul, Kiev, Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Exeter, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Isle of Man, Jersey, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newquay and Southampton.

The Americas – Bogota, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Regina, Saskatoon, St.John’s, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Albuquerque, Austin, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Burlington, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Dayton, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Fayetteville, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Memphis, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Oakland, Omaha, Ontario, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, Rochester, Sacramento, Saint Louis, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Tampa, Washongton DC and West Palm Beach.

Emirates

Emirates is the largest airline in the United Arab Emirates and is based in Dubai. The airline was founded on March 25, 1985, and started operations on October 25, 1985.

Emirates has played a significant role in promoting the UAE’s soft power and tourism industry. The airline has sponsored major football clubs such as Arsenal, AC Milan, and Real Madrid, as well as sporting events such as the PGA Tour, ATP tennis events, and the Dubai World Cup of horseracing

Emirates also played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic by converting its aircraft into cargo planes and using its airport as an air hub for the shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Fleet Details	Number of Aircraft
Airbus A319 -100	1
Airbus A380-800	90
Boeing 777-200	9
Boeing 777 F	11
Boeing 777-300 ER	120

Destinations Covered

Asia – Muharraq, Tehran, Baghdad, Tel Aviv, Amman, Kuwait City, Beirut, Muscat, Doha, Istanbul, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Jeddah, Riyadh, Madinah, Dammam, Kabul, Almaty, Tashkent, Dushanbe, Bishkek, Nur Sultan, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, Colombo, Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Male, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolakta, Mumbai, Trivandrum, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Phuket, Bangkok, Singapore, Clark, Manila, Cebu, Yangon, Kuala lumpur, Penang, Bandar Seri Begawan, Jakarta, Bali, Medan, Makassar and Surabaya.

Oceania– Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington and Port Moresby.

North America – Mexico city, Toronto, Montreal, Orlando, Boston, Atlanta, Dalals, Seattle, Houston, Miami, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC and New York.

Europe – Tirana, Vienna, Minsk, Brussels, Sarajevo, Sofia, Dubrovnik, Zagreb, Larnaca, Paphos, Prague, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Lyon, Nice, Paris, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Athens, Thessaloniki, Budapest, Reykjavík, Dublin, Bologna, Milan, Rome, Venice, Pristina, Riga, Vilnius, Luxembourg, Luqa, Tivat, Amsterdam, Skopje, Oslo, Krakow, Warsaw, Lisbon, Porto, Bucharest, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Belgrade, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Stockholm, Geneva, Zurich, Ankara, Istanbul, Kyiv, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Manchester and Newcastle.

In conclusion, Emirates Airline is a world-class airline that has played a significant role in promoting the UAE’s soft power and tourism industry. The airline’s modern fleet, luxurious flying experience, and commitment to customer satisfaction have earned it numerous accolades and a loyal customer base.

Air Arabia

Air Arabia is a low-cost airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The airline was founded on February 3, 2003, and started operations on October 28, 2003.

Fleet Details	Number of Aircraft
Airbus A320	52
Airbus A321 Neo Long Range	4

Destinations covered

(Domestic) – Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah.

International – Kabul, Yerevan, Baku, Bahrain, Brussels, Dhaka, Chattogram, Sarajevo, Sohag, Cairo, Alexandria, Nice, Marseille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Lyon, Montpellier, Toulouse, Paris, Tbilisi, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Trivandrum, Kochi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Goa, Kozhikode, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Delhi, Nagpur, Lar, Tehran, Shiraz, Mashhad, Baghdad, Najaf, Erbil, Milan, Pisa, Venice, Naples, Bologna, Catania, Turin Cuneo, Amman, Almaty, Nairobi, Kuwait, Bishkek, Osh, Beirut, Kuala Lumpur, Fez, Casablanca, Rabat, Oujda, Dakhla, Nador, Marrakech, Agadir, Tangier, Kathmandu, Amsterdam, Muscat, Salalah, Quetta, Sialkot, Multan, Faisalabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Islamabad, Doha, Moscow, Ufa, Samara, Kazan, St.Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Medinah, Al-Jouf, Riyadg, Gassim, Dammam, Tabuk, Taif, Abha, Hail, Jeddah, Gizan, Bilbao, Murcia, Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Colombo, Basel, Geneva, Phuket, Bangkok, Trabzon, Antalya, Istanbul, Entebbe, London, Namangan and Tashkent.

In conclusion, Air Arabia is a low-cost airline that has played a significant role in expanding air travel in the Middle East and North Africa. Despite facing financial challenges, the airline continues to expand its network and fleet, providing affordable air travel to millions of passengers across the region.

Flydubai

Flydubai is a low-cost airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The airline was founded on March 19, 2008, and started operations on June 1, 2009. Flydubai has come a long way since its inception and has established itself as a leading low-cost airline in the Middle East. With its modern fleet, excellent service, and commitment to safety, it’s no wonder that Flydubai is a favorite among travelers.

Fleet Details	Number of Aircraft
Boeing 737 - 800	28
Boeing 737 Max 8	52
Boeing 737 Max 9	3

Destinations covered

Abha, Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Adelaide, Ahmedabad, Alexander, Algiers, Almaty, Al Ula, Amman, Amsterdam, Anjouan, Ankara, Antananaviro, Arusha, Ashgabat, Asmara, Astana, Athens, Auckland, Baghdad, Bahrain, Baku, Bandar Abbas, Bangkok, Banja Luka, Barcelona, Basra, Batumi, Beijing, Belgrade, Beirut, Bengaluru, Berlin, Billund, Birmingham, Bishkek, Bodrum, Bologna, Bostom, Brisbane, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Bukoba, Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca, Catania, Cebu, Chandigarh, Changsha, Chattogram, Chennai, Chicago, Chitose, Christchurch, Colombo, Conakry, Copenhagen, Corfu, Cyangugu, Da Nang, Dabolim, Dakar, Dallas, Dammam, Dar Es Salaam, Delhi, Denpasar, Dhaka, Djibouti, Douala, Dubai, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Durban, Dushanbe, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Entebbe, Erbil, Esfahan, Faisalabad, Fort Lauderdale, Fuzhou, Frankfurt, Gassim, Geneva, Gizan, Glasgow, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guwahati, Hail, Haikou, Hamburg, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Harare, Hargeisa, Ho Chi Minh city, Hofuf, Hong Kong, Houston, Hyderanad, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jakarta, Jeddah, Jeju, Johannesburg, Juba, Kabul, Karachi, Kathmandu, Kaohsiung, Katowice, Kazan, Kigali, Khartoum, Kilimanjaro, Kochi, Kolkata, Kosice, Kozhikode, Krabi, Krakow, Kuala Lumpur, Kumming, Kuwait, Lagos, Lahore, Landvetter, Langkawi, Lar, Larnaca, Leh, Lisbon, Libreville, Ljubljana, London, Los Angeles, Luanda, Lublin, Lungi, Lucknow, Lusaka, Luxembourg, Lyon, Luzon Island, Madinah, Madrid, Mahe Island, Male, Makhachkala, Manila, Manchester, Mashhad, Mauritius, Mbeya, Melbourne, Miami, Milan-Bergamo, Mineralnye Vody, Minsk, Mogadishu, Mombasa, Monrovia, Montreal, Moscow, Mtwara, Multan, Mumbai, Munich, Mykonos, Muscat, Mwanza, Najaf, Nairobi, Naha, Namangan, Nanjing, Nanning, Naples, Nejran, Neom, New York, Newark, Nice, Newcastle, Ningbo, Novosibirsk, Orlando, Osaka, Oslo, Ostrava, Paris, Pattaya, Penang, Perth, Peshawar, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Pisa, Podgorica, Porto, Poznan, Prague, Pula, Pune, Quaisumah, Quetta, Qingdao, Ranchi, Riga, Rio de Janerio, Rome, Riyadh, Rzeszow, Salalah, Salzburg, Samara, Samarkand, Santorini, San Francisco, Sanya, Sao Paulo, Sarajevo, Seattle, Seoul, Seronera, Shanghai, Shiraz, Shymkent, Sialkot, Siem Reap, Siliguri, Skopje, Singapore, Split, Sofia, Srinagar, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sulaimaniyah, Subraya, Sydney, Szczecin, Szczytno, Tabora, Tabuk, Taif, Taichung, Taipei, Tallinn, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Trivandrum, Tirana, Tivat, Tokoname, Tokyo, Toronto, Trabzon, Tunis, Ufa, Varanasi, Venice, Vienna, Vilnius, Volgograd, Vladivostok, Warsaw, Washington, Wenzhou, Wroclaw, Wuhan, Yanbu, Yangon, Yerevan, Yekaterinburg, Zagreb, Zadar, Zanzibar, Zhengzhou, Zielona and Zurich.

Gulf Air

Gulf Air is the national carrier of Bahrain, and it operates flights to over 50 destinations across the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. The airline was founded in 1950 by British pilot Freddie Bosworth as Gulf Aviation and has a rich history of serving passengers with comfort and luxury.

Fleet Details	Number of Aircraft
Airbus A320 - 200	8
Airbus A320 Neo	6
Airbus A321 - 200	3
Airbus A321 Neo	12
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner	7

Destinations covered

Asia – Al Ain, Abha, Sakaka Al Jouf, Ahmedabad, Amaan, Aqaba,Amritsar, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bhubaneswar, Bengaluru, Bangkok, Mumbai, Calicut, Kolkata, Cebu, Chiang Rai, Jakarta, Chittagong, Cagayan De Oro, Colombo, Chiang Mai, Kochi, Dhaka, Da Nang, Dammam, Doha, Denpasar Bali, Dubai, Davao, Al Qassim, Goa, Baku, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Phuket, Tokyo, Hyderabad, Seoul, Islamabad, Jeddah, Krabi, Khasab, Karachi, Osaka, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Larnaca, Lahore, Lucknow, Lampang, Faisalabad, Chennai, Muscat, Medina, Malta Male, Manila, Multan, Tokyo, Patna, Peshawar, Pune, Yangon, Riyadh, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Sialkot, Salalah, Sharm El Sheikh, Tbilisi, Trat, Sukhothai, Taipei, Trivandrum, Koh Samui, Varanasi, Vizag and Sylhet.

The Americas – Albuquerque, Waco,Amarillo, Atlanta, Austin, Nashville, Boston, Brownsville, Baton Rouge, Buffalo, Louisiana, Cleveland, Charlotte, Corpus Christi, Cincinnati, Washington, Denver, Dallas, El Paso, New Jersey, Fayetteville, Gulfport, Killeen, Dulles, Houston, Iloilo, Indianapolis, Jackson, Jacksonville, New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Lubbock, New Iberia, Laredo, Kansas City, Orlando, Memphis, Mission, Montgomery, Miami, New Orleans, Mobile, Oklahoma, Omaha, Chicago, Norfolk, Ohio, Portland, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, San Diego, San Antonio, Seattle, San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Ana, St. Louis, Syracuse, Tampa, Tulsa, Alaska, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.

Africa – Addis Ababa, Agadir, Algiers,Cairo, Casablanca, Dar Es Salaam, Gibraltar, Sao Paulo, Alexandria, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Mahe Island, Tangier, Tunis and Zanzibar. – Albuquerque, Waco,Amarillo, Atlanta, Austin, Nashville, Boston, Brownsville, Baton Rouge, Buffalo, Louisiana, Cleveland, Charlotte, Corpus Christi, Cincinnati, Washington, Denver, Dallas, El Paso, New Jersey, Fayetteville, Gulfport, Killeen, Dulles, Houston, Iloilo, Indianapolis, Jackson, Jacksonville, New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Lubbock, New Iberia, Laredo, Kansas City, Orlando, Memphis, Mission, Montgomery, Miami, New Orleans, Mobile, Oklahoma, Omaha, Chicago, Norfolk, Ohio, Portland, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, San Diego, San Antonio, Seattle, San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Ana, St. Louis, Syracuse, Tampa, Tulsa, Alaska, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.

Europe – Aberdeen, Adana, Izmir, Malaga, Amsterdam, Athens, Stockholm, Barcelona, Berlin, Belfast, Birmingham, Bodrum, Brussels, Budapest, Paris, Copenhagen, Moscow, Dublin, Edinburgh, Rome, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Heraklion, Istanbul, Mykonos, Santorini, Kazan, St Petersburg, London, Lisbon, Madrid, Manchester, Munich, Milan, Nice, Cork, Oslo, Bucharest, Prague, Deutsche Bahn, Thessaloniki, Berlin, Vienna and Warsaw.

Australia – Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways is the state-owned flag carrier of Qatar, headquartered in Doha. The airline was founded in 1993 and commenced operations in 1994. Qatar Airways has a rich history of providing world-class services to its customers. The airline has won numerous awards for its services, including the “World’s Best Airline” award by Skytrax in 2019. Qatar Airways has also been recognized for its inflight entertainment system, which offers a wide range of movies, TV shows, and music.

Fleet Details	Number of Aircraft
Airbus A320-200	28
Airbus A330-200	3
Airbus A330-300	7
Airbus A350-900	31
Airbus A350-1000	24
Airbus A380-800	8
Boeing 737 Max 8	9
Boeing 747-8	1
Boeing 777-200	7
Boeing 777-300 ER	57
Boeing 777 F	27
Boeing 787 - 8 Dreamliner	29
Boeing 787 - 9 Dreamliner	16

Destinations covered

Africa – Abidjan, Accra, Abuja, Addis Ababa, Algiers, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Casablanca, Cape Town, Dar Es Salaam, Durban, Entebbe, Gaborone and Harare.

Asia – Abha, Almaty, Ahmedabad, Amman, Amritsar, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Baku, Beirut, Baghdad, Bangkok, Bangalore, Mumbai, Basra, Guangzhou, Kozhikode, Kolakata, Cebu, Jakarta, Chittagong, Chongqing, Colombo, Chiang Mai, Kochi, Clark, Chengdu, Dhaka, Da Nang, Delhi, Dammam, Doha, Bali, Davao, Dubai, Erbil, Qassim, Yerevan, Goa, Alexandria, Phuket, Hangzhou, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Europe – Adana, Izmir, Malaga, Amsterdam, Ankara, Athens, Stockholm, Antalya, Barcelona, Belgrade, Berlin, Birmingham, Bodrum, Brussels, Budapest, Bucharest, Paris, Copenhagen, Cardiff, Dubrovnik, Moscow, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Ankara, Rome, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Geneva and Helsinki.

Rest of World – Adelaide, Auckland, Atlanta, Boston, Canberra, Chicago, Dallas and Havana.

In conclusion, Qatar Airways is a world-class airline that offers a wide range of services to its customers. The airline has a modern fleet of aircraft and operates a mix of short, medium, long-haul, and ultra-long-haul international customer and cargo routes. Qatar Airways has a rich history of providing world-class services to its customers and has won numerous awards for its services. If you are planning to travel, Qatar Airways is definitely worth considering.