MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

08.08.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

EMIRATES AIRLINES (EMIRATES)

 

 

Registered Office :

Emirates Group Headquarters Building, Dubai Airline Centre, Airport Road, Dubai International Airport, PO Box 686, Dubai

 

 

Country :

United Arab Emirates

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2012

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

26.06.1985

 

 

Legal Form :

Government Corporation

 

 

Line of Business :

National airline carrier of the United Arab Emirates.

 

 

No. of Employees :

33,634

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Aa

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Large

 

Status :

Good

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st, 2012

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2011)

Current Rating

(31.03.2012)

UAE

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Company Name                                     : EMIRATES AIRLINES (EMIRATES)

Country of Origin                                    : Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Legal Form                                            : Government Corporation

Registration Date                                   : 26th June 1985

Issued Capital                                        : UAE Dh 801,214,000

Paid up Capital                                      : UAE Dh 801,214,000

Total Workforce                                     : 33,634

Activities                                               : National airline carrier of the United Arab Emirates.

Financial Condition                                 : Good

Payments                                             : Nothing detrimental uncovered

Operating Trend                                     : Steady

 

 

COMPANY NAME

 

EMIRATES AIRLINES (EMIRATES)

 

 

COMPANY ADDRESS

 

Registered & Physical Address

Location            : Emirates Group Headquarters Building, Dubai Airline Centre

Street               : Airport Road

Area                 : Dubai International Airport

PO Box             : 686

Town                 : Dubai

Country             : United Arab Emirates

Telephone         : (971-4) 2951111 / 2215544 / 2062745 / 2228151 / 2283848

Facsimile          : (971-4) 2228151 / 2214560 / 2225159 / 2950399

 

Premises

 

Subject operates from a large suite of offices that are owned and located in the Dubai International Airport.

 

 

Branch Office (s)

 

     Location                                                                                           Description

 

·       Dubai                                                                                               Reservation office

Tel: (971-4) 2215544

 

·       Abu Dhabi                                                                                        Reservation office

Tel: (971-2) 6315777

 

·       Al Ain                                                                                               Reservation office

Tel: (971-3) 641111

 

·       Sharjah                                                                                            Reservation office

Tel: (971-6) 5351411

 

·       Fujairah                                                                                            Reservation office

Tel: (971-9) 221543

 

·       Umm Al Quwain                                                                                Reservation office

Tel: (971-6) 656615

 

·       Ras Al Khaimah                                                                                Reservation office

Tel: (971-7) 299413

 

 

KEY PRINCIPALS

 

     Name                                                                                               Position

 

·       H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum                                        Chairman

 

·       Maurice Flanagan                                                                              Vice Chairman

 

·       Sultan Dhiyab Saqer Al Nahyan                                                          Deputy Managing Director

 

·       Tim Clark                                                                                          President

 

·       Ali Mubarak Al Soori                                                                          Vice President

 

·       Gary Chapman                                                                                  Support & Development Director

 

·       Dermot Mannion                                                                                Finance, IT & Services Director

 

·       Ghaith Al Ghaith                                                                               Commercial Operations Director

 

·       Adel Al Redha                                                                                   Engineering Director

 

·       G G K Nair                                                                                       Company Secretary

    

·       Capt. L Smith                                                                                               Projects Manager

 

·       Capt. G Jenkins                                                                                Manager – Flight Operations

 

·       Don Foster                                                                                       Manager – Inflight Services

 

·       Iftikhar Mir                                                                                        Manager – Engineering

 

·       Ram Menen                                                                                      Manager – Cargo

 

·       Mohamed Mattar                                                                               Manager – Ground Services

 

 

LEGAL FORM & OWNERS

 

 

Date of Establishment  : 26th June 1985 (Operations began on 25th October 1985)

 

History                         : Emirates Airline (Emirates) was established in 1985 and was formed mainly to improve  the airline service in the UAE which was then provided exclusively by the multinational carrier, Gulf Air. The Dubai Emirate believed it could best fulfil the needs of Dubai through the development of its own airline and so formed Emirates Airline (Emirates).

 

Legal Form                  : Government Corporation

 

Issued Capital              : UAE Dh 801,214,000

 

Paid up Capital            : UAE Dh 801,214,000

 

 

Name of Shareholder (s)                                                       Percentage

 

·       Government of the UAE                                                         100%

 

 

AFFILIATED COMPANIES

 

Subject is a member of the EK Group of Companies, which includes the following concerns:

 

     Name                                                                       Stake Held                    Country of Incorporation

 

·       Maritime & Mercantile International L.L.C                      68.7%                         United Arab Emirates

·       Maritime & Mercantile International Holding L.L.C         100.0%                         United Arab Emirates

·       Emirates Leisure Retail Holding L.L.C.                                    100.0%                         United Arab Emirates

·       Emirates Leisure Retail L.L.C.                                                  68.7%                         United Arab Emirates

·       Emirates Leisure Retail L.L.C. (Oman)                                      70.0%                         Oman

·       Emirates Leisure Retail (Singapore) Pte Ltd                 100.0%                         Singapore

·       Emirates Leisure Retail (Australia) Pty Ltd                  100.0%                         Australia

·       Emirates Hotel L.L.C.                                                            100.0%                         United Arab Emirates

·       Emirates Hotel (Australia) Pty Ltd.                              100.0%                         Australia

·       Emirates Flight Catering Company L.L.C.                      90.0%                         United Arab Emirates

·       Emirates-CAE Flight Training L.L.C                               50.0%                         United Arab Emirates

·       Premier Inn Hotels LLC                                                51.0%                         United Arab Emirates

·       CAE Flight Training (India) Private Ltd                           50.0%                         India

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

Activities: Subject is the national airline carrier of the United Arab Emirates, which operates services to 101

     destinations located throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and the Far East.

 

     During the year ending 31st March 2012, subject carried 33,981,000 passengers.

 

 

 

 

     Fleet information

 

     Aircraft                     In operation                   On firm order                 On Option

 

     A330-200                      26                                   -                                  -

     A340-300                        8                                  -                                  -

     A340-500                      10                                   -                                  -

     A350-900                      10                                 70                                 50

     A380-800                      21                                 69                                  -

     B777-200                        3                                  -                                  -

     B777-200ER                    6                                  -                                  -

     B777-200LR                   10                                  -                                  -

     B777-300                       12                                  -                                  -

     B777-300ER                   67                                 84                                20

     B777-200LRF                  4                                  -                                  -

     B747-400ERF                  2                                  -                           

     B747-8F                          -                                   5                          

 

 In 2011-2012, Emirates placed the single largest aircraft order by dollar value in Boeing’s history for 50 B777-300ER aircraft worth US$ 18 billion at list price, with options to purchase an additional 20 B777- 300ER’s valued at US$ 8 billion. This record breaking order takes Emirates total order book size excluding   options, to 223 aircraft at 31 March 2012.

 

 During the financial year Emirates took delivery of 22 aircraft; fourteen B777-300ER’s and two B777- 200LRF from Boeing and six A380’s from Airbus taking the fleet size to 169 aircraft. A significant milestone was achieved when Emirates took delivery of its 100th B777 aircraft and was also the recipient of Boeing’s 1000th B777 aircraft. Emirates continues to remain the world’s largest B777 operator with 102 aircraft comprising all variants of the B777 family. The airline is also the largest A380 operator with 21 twin deck units on its fleet.

 

Emirates operate one of the youngest fleet in the industry with an average age of 77 months as compared with an industry average of 132 months.

 

Subject has a workforce of 33,634 employees.

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

 

Financial highlights provided by local sources are given below:

 

Currency: United Arab Emirates Dirham (UAE Dh 000,000’s)

 

Consolidated Income Statement                                                         31/03/12           31/03/11

 

Revenue                                                                                   61,508              52,945

Other Operating Income                                                             779                   1,286

Operating Costs                                                                         (60,474)            (48,788)

Operating Profit                                                                          1,813                5,443

 

Other gains and losses                                                               -                       (4)

Finance income                                                                        414                   521

Finance costs                                                                           (657)                 (506)    

Associated companies – share of results                                     103                   91

Profit before Taxation                                                                 1,673                5,545

 

Income tax expense                                                                  (53)                   (78)      

 

Profit for the Year                                                                      1,620                5,467

 

Minority Interest                                                                        118                   92

 

Net Profit                                                                                  1,502                5,375

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

ASSETS

Non Current Assets

Property, plant & equipment                                                        49,198              39,848

Intangible assets                                                                                    902                   901

Investments in associated companies                                          430                   386

Advance lease rentals                                                                370                   384

Loans & Receivables                                                                  917                   1,704

Derivative financial instruments                                                    69                     -

Deferred income tax asset                                                          10                     -

                                                                                                51,896              43,223

 

Current Assets

Inventories                                                                                 1,469                1,290

Trade & other receivables                                                                        8,126                6,481

Derivative financial instruments                                                    8                      123

Short term bank deposits                                                                        8,055                3,777

Cash & bank balances                                                               7,532                10,196

                                                                                                25,190              21,867

                                                                        

Totals Assets                                                                            77,086              65,090

 

EQUITY & LIABILITIES

Capital & Reserves                                                                    

Capital                                                                                     801                   801      

Retained earnings                                                                      21,256              20,370

Other reserves                                                                          (833)                 (565)

Attributable to Emirates’ Owner                                                         21,224              20,606

Minority Interest                                                                        242                   207

Total Equity                                                                            21,466              20,813 

 

Non-current liabilities             

Borrowings and lease liabilities                                                   26,843              20,502 

Retirement benefit obligations                                                     631                   479

Deferred revenue                                                                        1,074                930

Deferred credits                                                                         350                   401

Deferred income tax liability                                                        -                       2

Trade & other payables                                                               -                       31

Derivative financial instruments                                                   957                   642

                                                                                                29,855              22,987

                         

Current liabilities

Trade & other payables                                                              20,601              17,551

Income Tax liabilities                                                                 36                     22

Borrowings & lease liabilities                                                      4,037                2,728

Deferred revenue                                                                       915                   792

Deferred credits                                                                         136                   136

Derivative financial instruments                                                   40                     61

                                                                                                25,765              21,290

Total Liabilities                                                                                    55,620              44,277

 

Total Equity & Liabilities                                                          77,086              65,090

 

Local sources consider subject’s financial condition to be Good.

 

 

BANKERS

 

·       Arab Bank Plc

Ittihad Street

PO Box: 11364

Dubai

Tel: (971-4) 2228845

Fax: (971-4) 2285974 / 2940847

 

·       Emirates National Bank of Dubai

Baniyas Street

     PO Box: 777

     Dubai

     Tel: (971-4) 2222241

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

Subject’s payment record is reported to be met in a generally prompt manner.

 

Date of transaction                  June 2004                    November 2006            October 2007

Credit amount                            137,660                         15,000,000                    15,000,000

Amount overdue                         0                                  0                                  0

Payment terms                          60 days                         180 days                       180 days

Payment Method                                   Letters of Credit             Letters of Credit             Letters of Credit

Paying record                            Prompt                          No complaints               No complaints

Currency                                   Canadian Dollars            Canadian Dollars            Canadian Dollars

 

 

 

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

 

Emirates is the fastest growing Middle East airline and since its inception in 1985 has won over 190 awards for excellence. It operates services to 101 destinations located throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and the Far East.

 

During the course of this investigation nothing detrimental was uncovered regarding subject’s operating history or the manner in which payments are fulfilled. As such the company is considered to be a fair trade risk.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.55.49

UK Pound

1

Rs.86.39

Euro

1

Rs.68.69

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

NLM

 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

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NB

New Business

 

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This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

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