DUBAI- Dubai state-owned airline Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum said on Monday the airline will face a tough second half of the company's financial year.

"There are headwinds, all the time changing... This year has been tough. It will be tough," he said.

(Reporting by Stanley Carvalho; writing by Tuqa Khalid; editing by Jason Neely) ((Tuqa.Khalid@thomsonreuters.com; +971521047568;))