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Increased revenues from cargo operations helped cushion the impact of reduced flights and weak passenger demand.

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Emirates Group, Dubai's state-owned aviation holding company, has reported a 66% drop in profit after tax for the first half of the year. The number stood at 3.6 billion dirhams ($1 billion), a drop from 10.6 billion dirhams ($2.9 billion) last year.
Revenue fell 12%—to 66.2 billion dirhams ($18 billion) from 75.4 billion dirhams ($20.6 billion) in the year before; EBITDA fell 41% to AED 12.5 billion ($3.4 billion). "It has been a demanding six months, and once again our business model and our people stood up to the test,” Emirates Group chairman and chief executive Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed …
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