Emirates releases 2018-2019 financial results

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The Emirates Group welcomed over 105,000 new members of staff, increasing its workforce by 2 per cent.

This comes despite a 44 per cent decrease in profit across the whole group in the 2018-2019 financial year.

According to the report released on Thursday, Emirates Airline recorded a 6 per cent increase in revenue but a 69 per cent drop in profit.

Dnata, on the other hand, saw a 10 per cent increase in revenue with its international business accounting for 70 per cent of that.

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