Emirates Airlines announced on Monday (November 17) during the Dubai Airshow 2025 that the company has placed an additional order for 65 Boeing 777-9 aircraft. With a list price calculation, the total value of these aircraft amounts to $38 billion USD.
Emirates Airlines is the largest customer of Boeing’s wide-body aircraft, and this latest order brings the total number of wide-body aircraft ordered from Boeing to 315. This further solidifies its position as the largest buyer of wide-body aircraft globally.
This news is expected to be welcomed by the Trump administration. Trump is actively encouraging overseas businesses to invest in the United States. Boeing aircraft frequently feature in trade agreements reached by the Trump administration with foreign countries. As part of trade negotiations, countries such as South Korea, Japan, the UK, Malaysia, and Indonesia have all placed significant orders with Boeing.
In a statement released on Monday, Emirates Airlines expressed that this order symbolizes a “significant long-term commitment to the American aerospace manufacturing industry, which will create hundreds of thousands of high-value manufacturing job opportunities in the project’s lifecycle.”
The airline further stated that the agreement reached with Boeing provides strong support for the feasibility study of the upcoming Boeing 777-10. The 777-10 is a larger version of the Boeing 777X series aircraft. The agreement grants Emirates Airlines the option to convert the newly ordered 400-seat 777-9 aircraft into the possible 777-10 model or opt for the smaller 777-8 model.
According to Emirates Airlines’ statement, the Boeing 777-9 aircraft will be powered by GE9X engines, increasing the total number of GE9X engines ordered from GE Aerospace to 540.
“Emirates Airlines is already the largest global customer of GE90 and GP7200 engines, and this additional order for GE9X engines reflects their confidence in our technology and team,” Russell Stokes, President and CEO of GE Aerospace’s Commercial Engines and Services, told CNBC.
Emirates Airlines is working to address the long-term delays in the Boeing 777X project, which is a cornerstone of the airline’s fleet renewal strategy. Due to ongoing certification challenges and production setbacks faced by Boeing, delivery of Emirates Airlines’ orders may be delayed until 2027.
(This article references reports from CNBC and Reuters)