(Bloomberg) – UAE Chairman and CEO Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum said the airline is in talks to order more aircraft as it continues to expand its global reach.
“We are negotiating,” Sheikh Ahmed said in a Bloomberg TV interview on Tuesday. “Perhaps we will be able to register more planes.”
Emirates has previously said that additional Airbus SE 350 and Boeing 777X aircraft will be on the market. Both aircraft models have their own set of challenges. Emirates expressed the performance of the Rolls Royce Holdings plc engine on Airbus 350-1000 aircraft. The Emirates has ordered more than 200 units of the Boeing model lags behind the delivery plan.
Sheikh Ahmed said the airline is expected to receive 777 times near the end of 2026 without providing a specific date and expects about a dozen A350 jets by the end of this year. The company will spend nearly $5 billion to revamp existing aircraft, such as the deactivated Airbus A380 giant and Boeing’s 777 older 777 bridge delays.
Bloomberg previously reported that the Dubai Air Show, as well as sister airline Flydubai, may announce any deals, which the airline hopes to buy up to 300 jets.
Sheikh Ahmed said that Amirates saw positive numbers over the next two years and that President Donald Trump’s tariff regime had no impact so far.
“I can’t see any pattern where anyone doesn’t fly early or book, and that doesn’t happen,” he said.
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