Emirates fleet

The last Airbus A340-500 was withdrawn from service on 31 March 2016 after operating a final flight from Kabul to Dubai.

Emirates has operated the following aircraft since 1985: The airline made history at the Paris Air Show in June 2003 when it announced the biggest order ever in civil aviation at that time.

In place of the 2 A380Fs, during the Farnborough Air Show in July 2006, Emirates signed a Heads of Agreement for 10 Boeing 747-8F aircraft, in a deal worth US$3.3 billion.

A firm $16.1bn order for 50 A350-900s and 20 A350-1000s was made with an option for 50 more aircraft at an additional cost of $11.5bn; the airline planned to use the A350s on its European, African and Asian routes.

The agreement was signed between Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman and chief executive of Emirates and Group and Tom Enders, Airbus president and CEO on the occasion of the airline's first A380-800 delivery in Hamburg, Germany.

[30] However, in June 2010, the airline confirmed it had decided not to proceed with the order for 30 A330-300s and 30 A350-1000s announced in July 2008, and was in talks with Boeing for a smaller wide-body aircraft.

None of the additional 32 jets were to replace existing A380s; although Emirates received its first A380 in 2008, it did not expect to retire these early airframes before 2020.

[34] On 19 July 2010, at the Farnborough Air Show in the UK, Emirates ordered 30 Boeing 777-300ERs worth $9.1 billion.

[36][45] 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 the first delivery due in mid-2016.

[46][47] 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.

[51] Emirates operates the world's largest fleet of Boeing 777s, and plans to start phasing out older first generation "classic" 777s in favour of 150 new 777Xs ordered in June 2014 consisting of 115 777-9s and 35 777-8s with an option for 50 more.

[54][55][56] Emirates Chairman and CEO, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said that the carrier would decide between the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350 XWB as to which type to order by the end of 2017.

[57] At the start of the November 2017 Dubai Air Show, Emirates announced a commitment for 40 Boeing 787-10s worth a total of US$15.1 billion at list prices.

[58] As Boeing had 171 orders for the variant, these would be delivered from 2018 in two- and three-class cabins for 240 to 300 passengers with conversion rights to the smaller 787-9.

[59] However, by early 2019, it was considering cancelling this order in favour of the A350, because engine performance margins were insufficient for the prevailing hot weather conditions in Dubai.

On November 26, 2019, Emirates, the host carrier of the 2019 Dubai Air Show, made two order announcements for both the Airbus A350 and the Boeing 787.

[65][66] Emirates also announced a firm order for 30 Boeing 787-9s for US$8.8 billion at list prices with deliveries expected to start in 2023.