Gallery: Emirates Special Liveries Through the Years
Joe Pries May 14, 2021
An Emirates Airbus A380 featuring United for Wildlife animal decals makes a graceful evening departure out of San Francisco. The special livery supports United for Wildlife, a global collaboration that unites the efforts of the world’s leading wildlife charities in the fight against the illegal wildlife trade. The livery features some of the planet’s wildlife threatened by poaching and the illegal wildlife trade, aims to raise awareness of the illegal wildlife trade and communicate the need for urgent action.

An Emirates Airbus A380, departing from New York JFK, features Real Madrid FC soccer team decals.

An Emirates Airbus A380, featuring EXPO2020 Dubai UAE in blue decals, heads for terminal 4 upon arrival at New York JFK.

An Emirates Airbus A380 featuring EXPO2020 Dubai UAE in green decals heads for the active in Düsseldorf.

An Emirates Boeing 777-300ER promoting the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brasil is about to push back at gate A6 terminal 4, New York JFK.

An Emirates Boeing 777-300ER arrives in Istanbul Ataturk wearing EXPO2020 Dubai UAE decals in green.

Seen pushing back from gate A6 at terminal 4 at New York JFK, this Emirates Airbus A380, the 100th frame to be delivered to the airline, features a special tribute image of the late HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding father of the United Arab Emirates.

An Emirates Airbus A340-500, with an official world partner FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 decal, is towed from the hardstand to its assigned departure gate A6 at terminal 4 New York JFK.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline has painted numerous of its airliners in special liveries over the years. Aviation Week/ATW photographer Joe Pries shares a small selection from his archives from various airports around the world.