Emirates fleet
The Emirates fleet is centred on three wide-body passenger-aircraft families: the Airbus A350, Airbus A380 and Boeing 777. Emirates also operates Boeing 777 freighters through Emirates SkyCargo, while the separately marketed Emirates Executive service uses an Airbus A319 corporate jet. The concentration on large wide-body aircraft reflects the airline's long-haul connecting network at Dubai International Airport.[1][2][3]
Scope and data method
The live inventory below follows the Planespotters.net Emirates grouping as updated on 25 August 2026. It includes Emirates' passenger aircraft, the airline's dedicated Boeing 777 freighters and the single Emirates Executive A319, and distinguishes aircraft recorded as in service from those recorded as parked. It is a dated operational snapshot rather than a permanent total.[3]
Emirates' audited 2025–26 annual report provides the principal official cross-check. At 31 March 2026 it recorded 277 aircraft: 264 passenger aircraft and 13 Boeing 777 freighters. The increase and composition changes between March and August reflect subsequent A350 and freighter deliveries, conversion activity and changes within the 777-300ER fleet.[2][4][5]
Current fleet
| Aircraft type | In service | Parked | Assigned total | Principal role |
| Airbus A319-100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Emirates Executive corporate charter |
| Airbus A350-900 | 27 | 0 | 27 | Medium- and long-haul passenger services |
| Airbus A380-800 | 86 | 30 | 116 | High-capacity long-haul passenger services |
| Boeing 777-200LR | 10 | 0 | 10 | Long-range passenger services |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 113 | 4 | 117 | Core long-haul passenger services |
| Boeing 777 freighters | 17 | 1 | 18 | Emirates SkyCargo dedicated freight services |
| Total | 254 | 35 | 289 | — |
Counts and service status are from the live database snapshot accessed on 29 August 2026. “Parked” does not necessarily mean retired: aircraft can be unavailable for maintenance, cabin refurbishment, storage or conversion work. The annual report independently confirms the 116-aircraft A380 fleet and the 10-aircraft 777-200LR fleet at 31 March 2026.[3][2]
Passenger fleet
Airbus A350-900
The A350-900 is the newest passenger type in Emirates service. The first aircraft entered the fleet in late 2024, and the audited fleet grew from four aircraft at 31 March 2025 to 19 at 31 March 2026. The current snapshot records 27 assigned aircraft.[2][3]
Emirates uses the A350 on routes that do not require the capacity of an A380 or 777 and on markets receiving its newest cabin product. Most aircraft have 32 Business Class, 28 Premium Economy and 238 Economy seats; Emirates has also introduced a longer-range arrangement with 32 Business, 21 Premium Economy and 259 Economy seats. Configuration should therefore be checked for a specific aircraft or route rather than inferred solely from the type.[6][7]
The A350 fleet is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. At 31 March 2026 the annual report listed 54 further A350 deliveries; this figure already reflected the eight additional A350-900s announced at the 2025 Dubai Airshow.[2]
Airbus A380-800
Emirates is the largest operator of the Airbus A380. All 116 aircraft recorded in the 2025–26 annual report remain assigned in the current snapshot, although the number in service varies with heavy maintenance and the airline's cabin-refurbishment programme.[2][3]
The fleet contains two-, three- and four-class layouts. Emirates publishes capacities ranging from 484 seats in a four-class ultra-long-range arrangement to 615 seats in a two-class long-range arrangement. Aircraft use either Engine Alliance GP7200 or Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, so engine fit must be recorded at airframe level rather than assumed across the fleet.[8]
The A380 provides the airline's highest-capacity passenger lift on major routes. Emirates' retrofit programme is adding Premium Economy and renewing other cabins across selected A380s. In November 2025 the airline placed 60 more A380s in the next phase of the programme, alongside 51 Boeing 777s, with that phase scheduled to begin in August 2026.[9]
Boeing 777 passenger fleet
The Boeing 777 remains the largest aircraft family in the Emirates fleet. Passenger service uses the 777-200LR and 777-300ER; the earlier 777-200, 777-200ER and 777-300 are no longer part of the current passenger fleet.[10][3]
The 777-200LR fleet is arranged for long-range operation. Emirates lists a 266-seat three-class layout on its current fleet page. Its 777-300ER fleet has several two-, three- and four-class layouts, including aircraft renewed through the retrofit programme, so published capacities and cabin products differ between individual aircraft.[10][9]
Emirates' 777-200LRs use GE90-110B engines and its 777-300ERs use GE90-115B engines. The current snapshot records 127 passenger 777s assigned: 10 777-200LRs and 117 777-300ERs.[10][3]
Emirates SkyCargo fleet
Emirates SkyCargo combines belly-hold capacity on the passenger fleet with dedicated Boeing 777 freighters. The current database records 18 dedicated freighters assigned, of which 17 were in service and one parked when accessed.[3]
The freighter fleet is no longer composed only of factory-built 777Fs. On 30 June 2026 Emirates introduced its first Boeing 777-300ERSF, converted from a former passenger 777-300ER and capable of carrying about 100 tonnes. The airline described it as the first of five converted aircraft planned by the end of 2027.[5]
Emirates reported six new production 777F deliveries and the first converted 777-300ERSF between March and early August 2026. Four additional production freighters and a second converted aircraft were expected by the end of 2026. These delivery plans are not added to the current-fleet total until an aircraft is recorded as delivered and assigned.[11]
Emirates Executive
Emirates Executive is a private-charter service using one Airbus A319-100 in a corporate configuration. It is included in the live Emirates grouping but excluded from the audited scheduled passenger-fleet table, which is why totals from the two sources differ by scope as well as by date.[1][3]
Orders and fleet renewal
At 31 March 2026 Emirates' audited order book contained 367 future aircraft: 54 A350s, 270 Boeing 777X aircraft, 35 Boeing 787s and eight 777 freighters. Deliveries were scheduled through 2038. The figures are a dated contractual snapshot; subsequent deliveries reduce the outstanding balance and contractual changes may alter it.[2][4]
The 777X is intended to renew and expand the large-capacity twin-engine fleet, while the 787 order introduces a smaller Boeing wide-body category not yet in Emirates service. Because neither family had entered the operating fleet at the data date, this page does not count them as current aircraft or create an operates_aircraft relationship for them.[2]
Fleet renewal is not limited to new deliveries. Emirates is undertaking a multi-year cabin retrofit across A380s and 777s to add Premium Economy and standardise newer products. Aircraft undergoing modification can temporarily move between in-service and parked categories, making a dated status source essential.[9][3]
Registrations and individual aircraft
Emirates aircraft use United Arab Emirates registrations beginning A6-. The registration is useful for distinguishing configuration, engine fit, delivery history and present status, but a registration list becomes obsolete quickly as aircraft are delivered, parked, converted or withdrawn. The current aviation.wiki schema has no dedicated registration, airframe or manufacturer-serial-number entity type, so this page records type-level totals and uses structured aircraft-family relationships rather than creating disconnected registration text.[3]
Registration-specific pages should cite a current operator record as well as manufacturer or regulator material for serial number, delivery and configuration. Operational status should not be inferred from an old photograph, historic flight or delivery announcement.
Historic fleet context
Emirates began operations in 1985 with leased Boeing 737 and Airbus A300 aircraft. Types subsequently operated and retired include the Airbus A310, A330-200, A340-300 and A340-500, Boeing 737-300, Boeing 747 freighters, and the early Boeing 777-200, 777-200ER and 777-300 variants. The present concentration on the A350, A380 and 777 is therefore the result of several fleet-renewal cycles rather than the airline's original fleet strategy.[3]
Detailed registration histories, leased freighters and conversion outcomes belong in type-specific fleet or individual-aircraft pages where each airframe can be sourced independently.
Related pages
Sources
Our fleet — Emirates
The Emirates Group Annual Report 2025–2026 — The Emirates Group
Emirates fleet details and history — Planespotters.net
Emirates Group achieves record 2025–26 financial year — Emirates
Emirates to roll out next phase of fleet retrofit programme — Emirates