Dubai-based Airline Emirate Unveils Its Makeover Fleet

Have a flight with Emirates soon? Keep your eyes peeled when you board your flight as the brand has refreshed the look of its jets.

Those familiar with Emirates’ fleet will notice the changes to the tailfin and wingtips. In this latest design, the UAE flag on the Emirates tailfin looks as if it is flowing in the wind with a 3D effect artwork, and the wingtips have been painted red with the Emirates logo in Arabic calligraphy.

Travellers with window seats can notice the UAE flag colours painted on the wingtips facing the fuselage. The signature gold Emirates lettering across the main body in English and Arabic has been supersized and is 32.5 percent larger and bolder.

Plane spotters admiring jets in the air will still be able to see the Emirates logo on the belly of the aircraft as it zips through the sky.

The first aircraft that will be showing off the new look is the A6-EOE, an Airbus A380, which has rolled out of Emirates Engineering this week after its makeover.

Its first flight will be to Munich on Friday March 17 as flight EK51.

When the airline launched in 1985 it had its first design which was then refreshed 14 years later, with the delivery of Emirates’ first Boeing 777-300 at the 1999 Dubai Airshow.

The new design will be gradually applied across the rest of the existing Emirates fleet with 24 aircraft, including 17 Boeing 777s, expected to sport the refreshed look by the end of 2023. 

All new Emirates aircraft, from the first Airbus A350 entering the fleet in August 2024 will be delivered in this new design.

We are super excited to see its new look ourselves!