Emirates Order with Airbus A380-800s

Emirates (EK, Dubai Int'l) and Airbus Industrie (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) have completed discussions and signed the firm contract for fifty additional A380-800s originally announced at the Dubai Airshow on November 17, 2013. The contract documents were finalised by Tim Clark, Emirates Airline President, during a visit to Airbus’ Headquarters in Toulouse, France. The largest operator of the type, Emirates operates forty two A380s with another twenty-seven outstanding from a previous order. Meanwhile, Novus Aviation Capital has closed a finance lease with Emirates Airline for two A380-800s; the first transaction for Tamweel Aviation Finance (TAF), Novus Aviation’s managed financing platform. TAF is a joint venture between Novus, Airbus and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), launched in September 2013