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Nov 17, 2021 (newstodate): The Airbus A380 was doomed to end its life with Emirates by the end of this year. Now prospects are changing for the better..
   Instead, Emirates now plans to see some 60 of its Airbus A380 fleet back in commercial service in 2022, according to the chairman and CEO of Emirates, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed, in an interview to The National News.  
   Emirates has seen operating profits returning in October 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic, also halving its losses in the first six months of its fiscal year 2021-2022.
   In the fleet of Emirates are now 118 Airbus A380 after the airline has started the cannibalization of its oldest units while taking in its last three A380 aircraft in 2021, while 47 aircraft are today operating.
    In April 2000, Emirates announced an order for five Airbus A380 and two Airbus A380F.   
   The deal was confirmed on November 4, 2001, when Emirates announced orders for 15 more A380-800 aircraft, and an additional order for 21 A380-800s was placed two years later.   
   In April 2006, Emirates replaced its order for the two freighter variants with an order for two A380-800, and in 2007, Emirates ordered another batch of 15 A380-800, bringing the total ordered to 58.   
   In 2010, Emirates ordered an additional 32 A380, and on November 17, 2013, Emirates again placed an order for an additional 50 Airbus A380-800, bringing the overall order total to 140.
   The order was later scaled down to a total of 122 aircraft after Emirates in February 2019 reduced its last orders in favor of the A350 and the A330neo, causing Airbus to announce the end of  A380 production in 2021.