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Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The Emirates Group has approved an increase in employees’ salaries and allowances by 4%, starting from July 2024, according to statements issued by the Airline’s top officials.

The decision comes after Emirates provided a bonus to its employees equivalent to 20 weeks’ salary, after the record financial results it achieved during its fiscal year 2023 - 2024.

Emirates Airlines and Dnata have more than 112,000 employees, of 160 nationalities, in all areas of their operations, especially in Dubai.

A letter to employees in Dubai, seen by Gulf Today, said that the Emirates Airlines Group will implement many changes after reviewing wages and benefits for the year 2024, starting in July 2024.

A spokesman for the group told Gulf Today that the review comes within the framework of reviewing the costs of living, which is a commitment by the group to support employees, and with the aim of making the carrier the preferred employer in the aviation sector.

The changes include a 4% increase in the basic salary, a 4% increase in transportation allowances and special allowances for UAE citizens, in addition to a 4% increase in working hours for flight crews from July 1.

The benefits also include increases ranging from 10 to 15% in sustenance and lodging allowances, and details of the new basic salary and fixed allowances will appear with the contractual amendment letter on July 22, 2024.

As for the benefits, they included increasing the duration of paid maternity leave from 60 to 90 days, increasing the paid nursing break period for new mothers from one to two hours per day, and increasing the duration of paid paternity leave from 5 to 10 working days.

The benefits also include a 10% increase in the education support allowance, effective September 1, 2024.