Summary Emirates offers better value for miles than Etihad Airways on multiple routes. Emirates has a wide network, served by over 260 aircraft, with competitive mileage rates. Both airlines have partnerships but Emirates' Skywards Miles last longer, offering more flexibility.
Emirates is one of the world's largest and best-known airlines. It is based at Dubai International Airport (DXB), from where it operates a fleet of over 260 aircraft to more than 150 destinations worldwide. The airline is the largest operator of the Airbus A380, and its wide-reaching route network stretches as far west as Los Angeles (LAX) and as far east as Auckland (AKL).
Emirates' loyalty program is called Skywards. Meanwhile, from its hub at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH), the second UAE flag carrier, Etihad Airways , flies to almost 80 destinations across the world, including regional services to the likes of Bahrain (BAH) and Cairo (CAI), as well as significantly longer flights to destinations such as Sydney (SYD) and Chicago (ORD). The airline's loyalty program is called Etihad Guest.
The latest data from ch-aviation shows that Etihad Airways currently has 103 aircraft in its fleet, with a further 96 aircraft still to be delivered. Unlike Emirates, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier operates a mix of widebody and narrowbody aircraft, with its diverse fleet made up of aircraft ranging in size from the Airbus A320 to the Airbus A380. Although it has a substantially smaller footprint than Emirates w.