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Boeing 777-300ER, completing its first flight to Dubai Airport. EK is the world's second largest operator of the Boeing 777 family, with 75 in its fleet and 28 on order

The Emirates Airline fleet features purely wide-body aircraft from 3 aircraft families: the Airbus A330 / A340, Airbus A380 and the Boeing 777. In keeping with its policy of maintaining a young fleet, which stands at an average of 5.7 years in April 2008,[1] it renews its fleet frequently.

In July 2008, Emirates received its first Airbus A380-800 and in August 2008, it became the second airline to fly the Airbus A380-800, after Singapore Airlines.[2]

Emirates Airline has firms orders for 163 aircraft, and options for 70 more. Their orders comprise of 134 Airbus aircraft, and 39 Boeing aircraft as April 2009. As of February 2009, the company had an order book of over $60 billion, comprising 165 firm orders, and 52 unconfirmed orders.[3].

Emirates Aircraft utilisation remained one of the highest in the industry at 13.7 hours per day.[4]

Historic fleet

Emirates was conceived in March 1985 with backing from Dubai's royal family, whose Dubai Air Wing provided two of the airline's first aircraft, used Boeing 727-200/Advs. It also leased a new Boeing 737-300 from Pakistan International Airlines which was returned back in 1987.[5] Emirates then launched daily nonstop service to London Gatwick on 6 July 1987 with two new Airbus A310s. By 1994 the airline had a fleet of 18 Airbus aircraft (all which have retired). Seven new Boeing 777s worth over $1 billion were ordered in 1992 which began to arrive in the spring of 1996.

The following is a list of aircraft that Emirates has operated since 1985, and are now no longer in the fleet.[6]

Historical Emirates Airlines Fleet (1985 - Present)[3]
Aircraft[4] Total delivered Registration Period in fleet Reference
Airbus A300B4-203 1 AP-BBM 1988 - 2001 [7]
Airbus A300B4-605R 6 A6-EKC - A6-EKD - A6-EKE - A6-EKF - A6-EKM - A6-EKO 1989 - 2001 [7]
Airbus A310-304 5 A6-EKA - A6-EKB - A6-EKG - A6-EKN 1987 - 1997 [8]
Airbus A310-308 6 A6-EKH - A6-EKI - A6-EKJ - A6-EKK - A6-EKL - F-WIHR 1992 - 2004 [8]
Airbus A310-308F 2 A6-EFA - A6-EFB 2005 - 2009 [8]
Boeing 727-200/Adv 3 A6-EMA - A6-EMB - A6-EMC 1985 - 19?? [9]
Boeing 737-340 1 AP-BCD 1985 - 1987 [10]

Current Fleet

The Emirates fleet consists of the following widebody aircraft as of August 2009:[11][12] [13]

Emirates Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Options Engines Passengers
(First/Business/Economy) 		Routes (To and from Dubai) Haul Entry into Service
Airbus A330-200 29 – – RR Trent 772B 237 (12/42/183)
278 (0/27/251) 		Abidjan, Accra, Ahmedabad, Amman, Athens, Bahrain, Bangalore, Beirut, Casablanca, Chennai, Dammam, Damascus, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Durban (begins October), Dusseldorf, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Karachi, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Kuwait, Luanda (begins August), Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Milan (ends 30 September), Nairobi, Newcastle, Nice, Peshawar, Riyadh, Tehran, Thiruvananthapuram, Sana'a, Seychelles, Venice, Zurich Short - Medium haul In service
Airbus A340-300 8 – – CFM CFM56-5C 267 (12/42/213) Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Athens, Beijing, Casablanca, Dar-Es-Salaam, Entebbe, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Milan, Sana’a Medium haul In service
Airbus A340-500 10 (1 under repair in Toulouse) [14] – – RR Trent 553 258 (12/42/204) Brisbane, Melbourne, Mumbai, Perth, Sydney (resumes in December), Zurich Long haul In service
Airbus A350-900 – 50[15] 50[16] RR Trent XWB-84 TBA N/A Medium haul 2014
Airbus A350-1000 – 20 RR Trent XWB-93 TBA N/A Long haul 2015
Airbus A380-800 5 53 – EA GP7000 489 (14/76/399) Auckland, Bangkok, London-Heathrow, Paris (begins February 2010), Rome (begins December), Seoul (begins December), Singapore (begins November), Toronto, Sydney Long haul In service
Boeing 777-200 3 – – RR Trent 877 290 (12/42/236)
346 (0/42/304) 		Amman, Athens, Bahrain, Bangalore, Cairo, Chennai, Colombo, Damascus, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Istanbul, Karachi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kuwait, Lahore, Larnaca, London-Gatwick, Male, Milan, Mumbai, Paris, Riyadh Medium haul In service
Boeing 777-200ER 6 – – RR Trent 892 290 (12/42/236) Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Malta, Moscow, Munich, Osaka, Paris, Perth, Singapore , Vienna Medium - Long haul In Service
Boeing 777-200LR 10 – – GE GE90-110B1 266 (8/42/216) Houston, Los Angeles, Perth, San Francisco, São Paulo Ultra-long haul In service
Boeing 777-300 12 – – RR Trent 892 380 (18/42/320)
434 (0/49/385) 		Amman, Bangkok, Cairo, Chennai, Colombo, Dammam, Delhi, Doha, Hong Kong, London-Heathrow, Male, Mauritius, Melbourne, Moscow, Mumbai, Paris, Rome (ends December), Singapore, Tehran, Tripoli, Tunis Medium - Long haul In service
Boeing 777-300ER 45 28 – GE GE90-115B 354 (8/42/304)
358 (12/42/304)
364 (12/42/310)
427 (0/42/385)
442 (0/42/400) 		Athens, Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, Birmingham, Brisbane, Cairo, Cape Town, Christchurch, Chennai, Colombo, Dammam, Delhi, Dhaka, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hamburg, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Lahore, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Manila, Male, Mauritius, Moscow, Mumbai, New York, Osaka, Paris, Riyadh, Seoul (ends December) Shanghai, Singapore (ends November), Sydney, Tehran, Vienna, Zurich Long haul In service
Total 128 [17] 151 [note 1] 50

Footnotes

  1. ^ Emirates ordered 30 A330-300s and 30 A350XWBs which were just a Letter of Intent (LoI) and NOT firm orders according to the Airbus Orders and Deliveries Press Release dated May 2009.

[18]

Future

Emirates Airbus A330-200 (A6-EKS) landing at London Heathrow Airport
Boeing 777-300 at Singapore Changi Airport

Emirates Airline has firms orders for 163 aircraft, and options for 70 more. Their orders comprise of 134 Airbus aircraft, and 39 Boeing aircraft as April 2009.

The airline has orders for 58 Airbus A380-800 aircraft and was the second airline to receive the aircraft, after Singapore Airlines, the launch customer. Emirates will be the largest operator of the type.[19] As of February 2009, the company had an order book of over $60 billion, comprising 165 firm orders, and 52 unconfirmed orders.[3].

Speaking at the recent IATA 2009 annual general meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Tim Clark, Emirates's CEO, says that they would be operating around 163 aircraft in three years, and that they have to consider the 58 aircraft to be retired within years, including the A330-200, A340-300 and 777-200/-300 Classics. [20]

Fleet developments

  • On 28 July 2008 Emirates signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for 60 airbus aircraft compromising of 30 Airbus A350s plus 30 A330-300s. The agreement was signed between Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates Airline and Group and Tom Enders, Airbus President and CEO on the occasion of their first A380-800 delivery in Hamburg, Germany. At the 10th Dubai Airshow in 2007, Emirates signed a firm order for 70 A350s with an option for 50 more. The agreement includes the firming up of 30 of the Airbus A350 options and will eventually increase Emirates’ total order for the A350s to 100. [21]
  • On 11 November 2007, during the Dubai Airshow, Emirates 120 Airbus A350s, with the first delivery set for 2014. A firm $16.1bn order for 70 planes has been made with an option for 50 more aircraft, at an additional cost of $11.5bn, in due course; the airline will mainly use the A350s on its European, African and Asian routes. The agreement with Airbus comprises firm orders for 50 A350-900s and 20 A350-1000s, plus 50 options of unknown variant(can be A350-900/A350-1000 or both)[22]. On the same day Emirates has also upped its order for the Airbus A380-800 to 58 units, up from 49. Also, Emirates ordered 12 Boeing 777-300ERs. In total the deal was worth an estimated $34.9bn at list prices[23].
  • On 18 June 2007, during the Paris Air Show, Emirates ordered eight additional A380-800s, bringing its total ordered to 55.[24] Emirates, which was deciding between the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350, also stated it would decide on an order worth as much as US$20 billion for mid-sized planes by October 2007, and that the design of the Airbus A350 was closing in on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.
  • On 7 May 2007 Emirates reaffirmed its order for 43 A380-800s and has committed to another four which brought its order to 47.[25]
  • On 31 October 2006, Emirates cancelled an order for 20 Airbus A340-600 aircraft, ending a delay in the delivery of the aircraft pending enhancements.[26]
  • During the Farnborough Air Show in July 2006, Emirates signed a Heads of Agreement for 10 of Boeing 747-8F aircraft, to be powered by General Electric's GEnx jet engines, in a deal worth US$ 3.3 billion.
  • On 20 November 2005, Emirates Airline announced firm orders for 42 Boeing 777 aircraft, to be powered by GE90 jet engines, in a deal worth Dhs 35.7 billion (USD9.7 billion) at list prices. This was the largest-ever order for the Boeing 777 family of aircraft and consists of: 24 Boeing 777-300ERs, 10 Boeing 777-200LR Worldliners and eight Boeing 777 Freighters, with the first aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2007. In addition, Emirates will have purchase rights for 20 more 777 aircraft.[27]
  • On 16 November 2003, Emirates ordered 41 Airbus aircraft, comprising two A340-500s, 18 A340-600s and 21 A380-800s. In addition, Emirates will lease two A340-600s and two A380-800s from ILFC.
  • The airline made history at the Paris Air Show in June 2003 when it announced the biggest order ever in civil aviation. It was for 71 aircraft list-priced at a combined US$19 billion. The order included firm purchase orders for 21 more Airbus 380-800s and leasing orders for two A380-800s. Emirates also announced operating lease orders for 26 Boeing 777-300ERs – 14 from General Electric Capital Aviation Services and 12 from the International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) – powered by General Electric GE90-115B engines.[28]

Clark told media, during a demonstration flight of Emirates' new Boeing 777-200LR Ultra Long Range above Dubai on 7 September 2007, that Emirates is spending $10 to $14 million retrofitting each 777 aircraft.

According to company chairman, Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates will increase the fleet to 200 aircraft by 2012 and, by 2020 will have over 450. According to vice-chairman, Maurice Flanagan, they would have 600 aircraft but Dubai Airport would be unable to handle them. For 2008 the company expects to take delivery of 22 aircraft, which will increase the fleet size to 137.[29]

An Airbus A340-500 has been equipped with a system allowing passengers use of their mobile phones for outgoing calls once the plane has reached cruising height.[30]

The airline has converted an order for A380-800F into the passenger version which are due for delivery in 2009. In its place the airline has ordered ten of the recently launched Boeing 747-8 freighters for its SkyCargo subsidiary. Emirates has chosen the Boeing 747-8 "derivative" freighter over the all-new Airbus A380-800F for its nose-loading capability, something the rival Airbus freighter is lacking.[31][32]

Emirates is negotiating for up to 20 Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft, according to Flight International. Emirates SkyCargo already has an order for ten 747-8 freighter aircraft and an option for ten more in a $5.6 billion deal inked September 2007. Emirates is in talks for the 747-8I passenger version, however, as of November 2007, according to an article published in Air Transport World, Boeing stated that it might propose to produce a shrunk version of the 747-8 to allow for more range for service between the North American West coast and Dubai.

A330

Emirates first introduced the A330 into its fleet in 1999, the airline uses it on all short haul flights.

A380

In July 2008, Emirates received its first Airbus A380-800 and in August 2008, it became the second airline to fly the Airbus A380-800, after Singapore Airlines.[2] The airline currently uses the A380-800 daily between Dubai and London Heathrow. On the 1st February 2009, the A380-800 began its Dubai–Sydney–Auckland service 4 times weekly, moving to a daily service by the 1st of May 2009, Dubai–Melbourne–Auckland service will commence later in 2010.[33] Emirates redeployed its two A380-800s flying the Dubai-New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport route. These are retired from the route (effective June 1) and are now deployed on its Dubai-Toronto route [34], and Dubai-Bangkok route [35].[36] Emirates expects the Toronto route on the A380 to have a load factor of around 80%[37], and is also targeting a 70% load factor on A380 Bangkok flight[38].

A380-800 flights to Seoul and Singapore will commence November and December 2009, respectively.[39] Emirates has also planned to use their A380-800 between Dubai and Rome's Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport beginning December 1 2009.[40]

Emirates has refused that it is delaying the delivery of the superjumbo. The airline said it is on track to receive seven of the super jumbos by the end of the financial year ending March 31, 2010. Airbus' Middle East President, Habib Fekih, said Emirates is due to receive its fifth A380-800 in April as planned and the aircraft is already financed.[41]

Boeing 777

Expansion

Emirates Airline aircraft parked at Dubai International Airport

The airline has plans to increase the number of flights across its network by 14 per cent in 2009. In 2009, Emirates will add 18 new passenger aircraft to its fleet, increasing seating capacity by 14 per cent and enabling it to start new routes as well as increase frequencies on existing routes. It will also expand cargo capacity by 17 per cent. Emirates, which has a total of 58 Airbus A380s on order as of 2009, said that seven additional A380s would join the airline's fleet in financial year 2009-2010 (ending March 31 2010), besides 10 Boeing 777-300ERs, one Boeing 777-200LR and one Boeing 777 Freighter aircraft. The carrier had said recently it has no plans to delay or defer aircraft deliveries over 2009, despite a tough credit environment.[42] [43] [44]

Emirates will have 122 Boeing 777s in its fleet by 2011 making it the single largest aircraft type in fleet, and will also operate 58 Airbus A380-800s by 2012. Emirates will have about 200 aircraft in its fleet by 2012, and will have more than 450 aircraft in its fleet by2020.[45]

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