Emirates tops the financial league table

The premium serice has revelaed that Emirates reported $963 million net profit - 500% increase on the previous year - has seen it take top spot in the profitable airline rankings above Air China which had almost a quarter of a billion dollar less.

Turkish Airlines was the seventh most profitable airline with $313 million.

Emirates passenger traffic - RPK numbers -  also rose significantly pushing it to sixth in the world with 126,273 million. Delta remains top with 304,009. But Emirates passed airlines such as Lufthansa, Qantas and British Airways with its 24% increase.

Qatar Airways is 26th with 40,410; Turkish 27th with 40,129; Saudi Arabian 33rd with 32,231 amd Etihad 42nd with 27,878.

Also in the top 100 were Egyptair 66th, Gulf Air 74th Royal Air Maroc 91st, Iran Air 94th and Air Arabia 99th