page_title: Emirates fleet
section_title: Airbus A380
hierarchical_section_title: Emirates fleet / Fleet development / Airbus A380
caption_attribution_description: English: Emirates Airbus A380-861 (reg. A6-EER, msn 139) at Munich Airport (IATA: MUC; ICAO: EDDM) departing 26L. See also&#160;: File:Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EER MUC 2015 02.jpg File:Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EER MUC 2015 03.jpg File:Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EER MUC 2015 04.jpg File:Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EER MUC 2015 05.jpg Deutsch: Emirates Airbus A380-861 (Reg. A6-EER, msn 139) auf dem Flughafen München (IATA: MUC; ICAO: EDDM) beim Start auf 26L. Español: Airbus A380-861 (reg. A6-EER, msn 139) de Emirates saliendo del aeropuerto de Múnich (IATA: MUC; ICAO: EDDM). Polski: Należący do&#160;linii Emirates Airbus A380-861 o&#160;numerze rejestracyjnym A6-EER startujący z&#160;pasa 26L lotniska w&#160;Monachium, w&#160;Niemczech. Українська: Літак Аеробус A380-861 авіакомпанії Emirates Airline злітає з полоси 26L в Аеропорті Мюнхен імені Франца-Йозефа Штрауса, поблизу міста Мюнхен, Баварія, Німеччина. Čeština: Airbus A380-861 (reg. A6-EER) letecké společnosti Emirates odlétá z Letiště Mnichov, Německo, únor 2015. Magyar: Emirates Airbus A380-861 (reg. A6-EER, msn 139) száll fel a müncheni repülőtérről (Németország) Italiano: Airbus A380-861 della Emirates (reg. A6-EER, msn 139) che decolla dall'aeroporto di Monaco di Baviera "Franz Josef Strauss". 한국어: 독일 뮌헨 국제공항 26L 활주로를 이륙하는 아랍에미리트의 에어버스 A380(등록번호 A6-EER, msn 139) Македонски: Воздухоплов Ербас А380-861 на превозникот „Емирати“ како полетува од Минхенскиот аеродром, Германија. Nederlands: Airbus A380 van Emirates Português: Airbus A380-861 da Emirates decolando do aeroporto de Munique, Alemanha. Русский: Самолёт Airbus A380-861 авиакомпании Emirates (рег. номер A6-EER), приземляющийся в аэропорту «Мюнхен», Германия.
context_page_description: The Emirates fleet is composed of two wide-bodied aircraft families, the Airbus A380 and Boeing 777. The airline also has the Airbus A350-900, Boeing 777X and Boeing 787-9 aircraft on order.
context_section_description: On 28 July 2008, Emirates received its first Airbus A380-800, and in August 2008 it became the second airline to fly the A380-800, after Singapore Airlines. The airline currently uses its A380-800s for service to over 40 destinations.
  Emirates is the largest operator of the A380, their 100th A380 was delivered in October 2017. Furthermore, the airline had 41 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’ A380s were originally all powered by Engine Alliance GP7200 engines. In a deal worth US$9.2 billion, Rolls Royce announced in April 2015 that it would supply engines for 50 new Airbus A380s (termed A380CEO), with first delivery due in mid 2016. On 29 December 2016, the first Emirates Rolls Royce-powered A380 landed at Dubai airport.
  On 18 January 2018, Emirates signed a Memorandum of Understanding to acquire additional Airbus A380 aircraft. The commitment was for 20 A380s, with an option for 16 more; deliveries were to start in 2020. The aircraft were valued at US $16 billion.
  In February 2019, following a review of its operations, Emirates cancelled most of the A380s it had on order, bringing to 14 the number of Airbus A380s remaining to be delivered to the airline. The first A380 delivered to the airline was one of twelve aircraft delivered on 12-year leases, resulting in the A380 fleet being retired from service from July 2020 onwards, with the last scheduled to be delivered the following year. Given the lack of orders from other airlines, Airbus will cease production of the A380 the same year.
  As of September 2019, Emirates initiated its A380 retirement plan – which will see the type remain in service until at least 2035 – by retiring two aircraft that were due for a major overhaul, and using them as parts donors for the rest of the fleet. As further aircraft are retired, Emirates-owned airframes will continue to be used for parts, while leased airframes will be returned to the lessors. 
  On 23 February 2020, Emirates retired its first Airbus A380 (registration A6-EDB) after nearly 12 years of service.
caption: Emirates operates the largest fleet of Airbus A380s
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