Emirates and South Africa Since the Commencement of Services in 1995, Emirates Has Passenger Flights Gradually Grown Its Operations to South Africa

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Emirates and South Africa Since the commencement of services in 1995, Emirates has passenger flights gradually grown its operations to South Africa. Now offering eight weekly to Johannesburg, flights a day, Emirates is a long-term partner of South African Durban and Cape Town 56 aviation, tourism and trade. million Emirates has been active in growing South Africa’s economic hub, catering passengers carried to/from the South African international aviation for the strong tourism, trade and South Africa in 2016 1.58 market from non-traditional regions in business travel demand. These 1,700+ thousand the Middle East, South Asia and Europe. daily inbound seats, provide maximum tonnes of high value cargo Since 1995, Emirates has carried over connectivity for business travellers carried to/from South Africa 12.9 million passengers and more than across the schedule, and are timed 56 in 2016 640,000 tonnes of high value cargo on to link seamlessly with South African its South African flights. The services Airways’ (SAA) domestic network. Seat percent have progressively grown in line with factors to and from Johannesburg average annual seat factor across all South African routes passenger and cargo demand, ensuring averaged 75% in 2016. Cape Town, 78 in 2016 route sustainability. after experiencing a 26% increase in passenger numbers and an 82% South African Emirates currently operates 56 average seat factor in 2016, is served nationals employed by the passenger services a week - four times by three daily B777-300ER flights. 1,150 Emirates Group daily to Johannesburg, three times daily Supporting Durban’s position as Africa’s to Cape Town and daily to Durban. In global trade gateway, Emirates operates Emirates’ passenger traﬃc to and from 2016, Emirates carried over 1.58 million a daily B777- 300ER with a high average South Africa: 2007-2016 passengers with an average seat seat factor of 80%. factor of 78% and transported over 1,800,000 56,000 tonnes of high value cargo on The value of the Emirates 1,600,000 its South African flights. The cargo network 1,400,000 consisted of items including fish, Emirates carries business and leisure 1,200,000 seafood, fruits, vegetables, mobile passengers from around the world to 1,000,000 phones, leather, fresh and frozen meats, ‘destination South Africa’ via its Dubai wine, spare parts and other goods 800,000 hub. In 2016, Emirates connected South Passengers bound for the UAE, India, UK, Germany, 600,000 Africa with 120 destinations throughout Italy, Saudi Arabia and other markets. 400,000 its international network. Of these 200,000 destinations, 113 were not served by any Emirates currently operates three daily 0% South African carrier. Emirates’ expanding B777-300ER services and one daily 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 network has been crucial to providing new Airbus A380 service to Johannesburg, connectivity to South Africa.

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Source: Emirates Emirates’ economic impact in South Africa In 2016, two not-for-profit organisations were selected in South Africa to receive funding of around US$150,000 in order to safeguard and In June 2016, Genesis Analytics published a study quantifying the improve their local environments. Through A Greener Tomorrow, economic contribution of Emirates Group operations in South Africa, Emirates is able to support organisations that work at the grassroots as well as the economic value of two growth scenarios. The study level in engaging with communities to conserve the environment. This found that Emirates Group operations contributed US$417 million in initiative also demonstrates Emirates’ long-standing commitment to GDP to South Africa’s economy in 2014/15, supporting 12,989 jobs. sustainability and environmental conservation globally. The funds for the initiative are raised through internal recycling programmes within Investing in South Africa the Emirates Group. In 2015/16, Emirates’ direct expenditure in South Africa was over US$120 million, accounting for fuel, ground handling and flight The two organisations based in South Africa that were selected landing costs, overflying costs, crew accommodation and catering. for funding are the Southern African Wildlife College Trust and the Additionally, Emirates is a major purchaser of premium South African Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds. wine and produce which is featured on-board every flight to and from South Africa.

Emirates currently employs 1,150 South Africans across the business and is committed to working with the Government to enhance socio- economic transformation in South Africa.

In December 2014, Emirates deepened its commitment to South Africa by announcing a five year sponsorship agreement with one The Southern African Wildlife College Trust - established in 1996 by WWF of South Africa’s top rugby teams – the Johannesburg-based Lions South Africa has trained close to 15,000 students from 46 countries in rugby team, now known as the Emirates Lions. This agreement sees natural resource management and conservation practices. The funding Emirates become the title sponsor for the Lions rugby team, and have from A Greener Tomorrow will provide three scholarships and two bursaries in certified educational nature conservation programmes to naming rights to the Lions home ground Ellis Park in Johannesburg, help with career advancement. now known as Emirates Airline Park. Emirates sponsors both the South Africa Open and Johannesburg Open, and in 2016, Emirates signed a five year sponsorship deal with the Cape Town Sevens - bringing our total sponsorship spend in South Africa to over US$2.2 million.

Back in 2013, the Emirates Group expanded its investments in South Africa via its purchase of dnata newrest. dnata newrest employs 470 staff across South Africa, and provides over 13,000 inflight meals per day. Also in 2013, the Emirates Group invested in Mindpearl, an outsourcing and call centre operation based in Cape Town. In March 2015 the Emirates Group bought a stake in travel The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds services provider Imagine Cruising. - a marine non-profit organisation that protects, treats and conserves seabirds and endangered species will use the A Greener Tomorrow funding to help support their rehabilitation, protection, research and In May 2016, Emirates unveiled one of its A380 aircraft with chick-rearing programmes in South Africa. a special livery in support of United for Wildlife - a global collaboration that unites the efforts of the world’s leading wildlife Lasting partnerships charities in the fight against the illegal wildlife trade. The livery, A pillar of Emirates’ South African operations is its codeshare featuring some of the planet’s wildlife threatened by poaching partnership with SAA, which commenced in 1997. It is one of and the illegal wildlife trade, aims to raise awareness of the Emirates’ most mature commercial partnerships and has enabled illegal wildlife trade and communicate the need for urgent SAA to sell over 260,000 seats over the past decade on Emirates action. This has already led to increased detection rates in flights, without having to commit aircraft or capital expenditure to the South Africa. The airline is also collaborating with international routes. In 2016, over 40,000 SAA passengers travelled on Emirates organisations to train and better equip its ground and cargo staff operated flights to/from South Africa. to detect and deal with illegal wildlife products in transit. Emirates has been working with South African Tourism to grow the high-yielding inbound tourism market for several years. In 2013, Emirates and South African Tourism signed a new MOU aimed at strengthening the relationship and promoting the partnership of connectivity, product and destination. In 2015, both parties signed an extended Memorandum of Agreements to put into effect joint marketing activities in the region. UAE-South Africa Trade The UAE is one of South Africa’s top bilateral trade partners in the Middle East, with total exports worth ZAR 21.20 billion in 2016. In the past five years bilateral trade grew by 165%. With these strong commercial ties, the number of South Africans living and working in the UAE continues to grow, with an estimated 100,000 currently residing in the UAE. The Emirates Group’s investments in South Africa © Emirates. 2017. All rights reserved.