What Makes Emirates the Most Profitable Airline in the World — 1/3

What Makes Emirates the Most Profitable Airline in the World — 1/3

What Makes Emirates the Most Profitable Airline in the World — 1/3

VRIN Framework

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PART 1/3

Part—1

Most airlines barely break even

The Problem

Industry avg profit: 2–3%.

World's most profitable airline.

World's most profitable airline.

$6.6B in profit.

$6.6B in profit.

others can't copy.

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4 strategic advantages.

4 strategic advantages.

How do they do it?

The Dubai Advantage

Advantage 1

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The world's crossroads.

The world's crossroads.

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Dubai sits between

Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia.

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east and west.

A bridge between

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One hub.

Arrow

200 cities.

And the airport   ✔✔ 

And the policy     ✔✔✔

Dubai owns the airline  

Emirates gets priority.

Rivals pay full price.

Rivals pay full price.

Emirates owns Terminal 3.

Rivals rent gates.

Rivals rent gates.

Emirates funnels everything through Dubai.

Most airlines fly point-to-point.

Most airlines fly point-to-point.

One network hub.

One network hub.

One network hub.

One operational hub.

One operational hub.

One operational hub.

One hub for

maximizing efficiency.

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Any Dubai win

is an Emirates win.

Same owner

Same gain.

A Dedicated Terminal

Advantage 2

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Continued in Part—2

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