An understanding between Emirates Airlines and Rolls-Royce to carry out maintenance and overhaul work for the engines of the A380 fleet

Today, Emirates Airlines signed a memorandum of understanding with Rolls-Royce during the 2025 Dubai Airshow, under which Emirates will undertake maintenance, repair and overhaul work for the Trent 900 engines that power its Airbus A380 fleet starting in 2027.
Emirates also extended its Total Care services agreement with Rolls-Royce for A380 engines until the 2040s.
Emirates Airlines will build a new facility dedicated to this purpose, and it is expected to receive its first engine in 2027.
The carrier will carry out engine fan housing repair work in-house, while Rolls-Royce will maintain unit repair capabilities within its global network.
Ahmed Safa, Head of the Engineering and Maintenance Department at Emirates Airlines, said: This agreement is in line with Emirates’ plan to operate the A380 fleet until the 2040s, as we have been keen to ensure internal engine maintenance capabilities, and we will work closely with their team to introduce the latest engine maintenance and overhaul technologies to our facilities within the expansion of the Emirates Airline Engineering and Maintenance Center, which constitutes a new qualitative addition to the capabilities of the growing aviation sector in Dubai.
Paul Keenan, Director of Commercial Aviation Aftersales Operations at Rolls-Royce, said: “Today’s announcement represents another important milestone in our journey towards significantly increasing our global capabilities in the fields of maintenance, repair and overhaul by 2030. This agreement will allow us to enhance the capacity in the global Rolls-Royce network, and also confirms our commitment to providing the best products and services to our customers around the world.”
Emirates is the largest operator of the Airbus A380, the largest commercial passenger aircraft in service, as the carrier operates 116 aircraft of this model in its fleet.