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Emirates' 100th A380 was delivered in October 2017. [40] [41] Furthermore, the airline had 42 more A380s on order, which would have increased the number of A380s in service to 142. It considered buying an additional 100 to 200 Airbus A380s if the four-engined superjumbo had been revamped with more fuel-efficient engines by 2020.
Emirates operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and is one of the few airlines to operate an all-wide-body aircraft fleet (excluding Emirates Executive). [9] As of January 2025 [update] , Emirates is the world's largest Airbus A380 operator with 116 aircraft in service. [ 10 ]
In the end of 2003, Emirates ordered 71 aircraft at a cost of $19 billion. In the financial year ending March 2003, Emirates carried 8.5 million passengers, an increase of 26%, and the airline posted an increase in profits of 94 per cent to Dhs907 million from Dhs468 million from the previous year. Dnata also launched its services in Kuwait. [26]
Tim Clark said delays had been costly, and the airline would have "a serious conversation" with Boeing. Emirates has ordered 262 of the 777X, making it the biggest customer of the much-delayed jet.
Dubai state-owned airline Emirates said on Monday it had placed a firm order for 50 Airbus A350 jets worth $16 billion at list prices. The deal signed at the show marked a final and amended ...
The following is a list of current and former operators of the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft. Emirates, one of the two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates, is the largest operator as of December 2024, with 116 aircraft in their fleet.
Aircraft do not necessarily follow the great-circle distance, but may opt for a longer route due to weather, traffic, to utilise a jet stream, or to refuel. Commercial flights are often categorized into long-, medium- or short-haul by commercial airlines based on flight length, although there is no international standard definition.
Emirates, the world's fourth-largest airline by scheduled revenue passenger-kilometers flown and number of international passengers carried, was founded in 1985 [1] by the royal family of Dubai. The airline's first flight was from Dubai to Karachi, Pakistan in October of that year. Its first aircraft were provided by Pakistan International.