In the mid-1980s, one of the best airlines in the world at that time, Pakistan International Airlines played a large role in establishing the Emirates airline by providing technical and administrative assistance to the new carrier as well as gifting a new Boeing 737-300 and an Airbus A300B4-200.[3] The Royal Family's Dubai Royal Air Wing also provided the airline with two used Boeing 727-200 Adv.[4] The airline's first flight, flight EK600, was from Dubai, UAE to Karachi, Pakistan on 25 October 1985.[4]