Emirates celebrates a million

Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, is on the runway to Facebook fame after reaching one million fans globally. The airline, now flying under the banner of “Hello Tomorrow,”launched its Facebook page on March 25 and attracted 300,000 fans in just three weeks. Within only a few more weeks, it was the number one airline on Facebook in the MENA region. Two months later, the page reached half a million fans and today, within only eight months of launching in the social media space, Emirates has reached one million Facebook fans. Fresh from its Facebook success, Emirates has also just launched its Google+ page attracting more than 250,000 “+1s”in three weeks. The new page allows fans to interact with the brand through their passions such as photography, travel or aviation.