On 6 September 2012, it was announced Emirates and Qantas had signed a 10-year agreement to set up a major alliance, which would see Qantas move its hub for its European flights from Singapore to Dubai International Airport and end its 17-year revenue-sharing agreement with British Airways on the services between Australia and Britain.
Dňa 6. septembra 2012 bolo oznámené, že Emirates a Qantas podpísali 10 ročnú dohodu o zriadení hlavnej aliancie, ktorá by teraz Qantas mala odkloniť pre svoje európske lety zo Singapuru na letisko Dubaj a Qantas tak ukončil svoju existujúcu 17 ročnú dohodu s British Airways so službami medzi Austráliou a Britániou.