The country head of Emirates in Ireland, Enda Corneille, is stepping down from his role after eight years.
Mr Corneille said that while he would not be hanging up his wings, he is not interested in the role of chief executive of daa, which operates the Dublin and Cork Airports.
"It's not on my radar," he told business on Morning Ireland, "I'm looking to do other things."
Emirates resumes its double daily service between Dublin and Dubai today, after a hiatus of almost two and a half years.
During the early days of the pandemic Emirates was operating just two flights a week from Dublin, growing to four on the back of demand for its cargo business.
A daily service resumed on October 1 last year and the airline has seen a fourfold increase in business to Dubai for the first seven months of this year.
Mr Corneille said the appetite for international travel has surpassed expectations and traffic to Dubai for the current period is up 448% on the same period last year.
"In addition to Dubai, we have seen huge growth in bookings for Australia as families and friends reconnect following the reopening of Australian borders. While we all know how tough the past two years have been, we have a lot of very happy passengers onboard right now," Mr Corneille said.
"This demand has been building for several months and once we could ensure that our second flight would be supported with all of the on-the-ground infrastructure and logistics needed for us to provide a premium service, we set the September 1 date," he said.
Bookings for winter 2022/23 are strong and the five most popular destinations for customers from Ireland this year are Dubai, Sydney, Melbourne, Bangkok and Mauritius.
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In addition to doubling passenger capacity, Emirates has doubled cargo capacity with the resumption of the second flight and, from today, up to 50 tonnes of belly-hold freight will head east every day from Dublin.
Since 2012, Emirates SkyCargo has been supporting Ireland's export sector, opening global trade lanes and connecting Irish businesses with customers across the Middle East, Asia, India and Australasia.
With up to 17 crew onboard every state-of-the-art Boeing 777 flying between Dublin and Dubai, Emirates has said that it will continue to recruit for both pilots and cabin crew from Ireland.
"Traditionally, people from Ireland have done well at Emirates and there are hundreds of Irish nationals working with the airline in Dubai," said Mr Corneille.
"And now with the recommencement of our double daily flight together with the high calibre of candidates that we see from Ireland, Emirates is keen to recruit even more crew from around the country," he added.
Emirates recently announced that it will commence a retrofit of 120 of its aircraft from November, representing a multi-billion-dollar investment with the aim of upgrading four Emirates aircraft from start to finish, every month, for a period of two years.
This will see nearly 4,000 brand new Premium Economy seats installed, 728 First Class suites refurbished and over 5,000 Business Class seats upgraded to a new style and design when the project is complete in April 2025.
