#Dubai's Emirates Airlines Says Back in Market Soon for Order of Up to 150 Jets - Bloomberg

Dubai's Emirates Airlines Says Back in Market Soon for Order of Up to 150 Jets - Bloomberg

Emirates Airline is close to a substantial aircraft order of as many as 100 to 150 jets as it prepares to replace its fleet of Airbus SE A380 double-decker planes due to come offline early next decade, President Tim Clark said.

The airline is “close to doing something” that will involve buying more Airbus A350s and Boeing Co. 777s, and “maybe” also Boeing’s smaller 787 Dreamliner, Clark said in an interview with Bloomberg TV in Istanbul at the IATA annual general meeting on Tuesday.

“We will be making orders fairly soon,” Clark said. The airline will seek to place the orders for delivery starting 2027 through 2033, with the A380 planes exiting the operation in 2032. “It could come next week, it could come at the Dubai Air Show,” he said.

Clark said demand for flying is the strongest it’s been in a long time, with the possibility of some “tapering” toward the middle of next year. Emirates’ president has built the Dubai-based carrier into the world’s largest long-haul airline, commanding a fleet of more than 100 Airbus A380s that use Dubai as a global hub.