Delayed (Again): Emirates A350 Inaugural Rescheduled For January 2025

New Year, new aircraft?

Emirates has pushed back the launch date for its long-awaited Airbus A350 until January 15, 2025. That’s a whole 3 months later than the originally announced inaugural date of September 15, 2024.

Here’s what we know about Emirates shiny new aircraft and an update on when we might be able to fly it for ourselves.

Emirates Airbus A350 Won’t Fly Until January 2025

After initially planning for Bahrain (BAH) to be the inaugural route for the A350, Emirates changed the destination to Edinburgh, Scotland (EDI) when the first delay was announced.

Following 2 further date changes, Edinburgh is still scheduled as the launch destination for the aircraft though not until January 15 next year, as reported by AeroRoutes.

It’s unknown whether the rolling delay is due to issues at Airbus, the manufacturer, or potential problems Emirates could be having with installing its hard product in the aircraft.

In total, the airline is expected to receive a total of 65 Airbus A350-900 aircraft.

As Emirates receives additional new A350s, the Dubai-based airline will gradually send the aircraft to more destinations across the Middle East, Asia, and eventually Europe and beyond.

Here’s where and when the aircraft is currently scheduled at the time of writing:

Airline schedules are rarely set in stone, and things are likely to change again. However, for now, no U.S. cities are set to welcome the Emirates’ Airbus A350 until at least the second quarter of 2025.

Inside Emirates’ New Airbus A350

Details remain scarce about exactly what we can expect inside Emirates’ new A350s, which are eagerly anticipated by Emirates frequent flyers as well as aviation journalists and aficionados worldwide.

Notably, Emirates opted not to install its Game Changer first-class suites on the A350. As such, business class will be the most premium cabin onboard these aircraft.

The business class cabin is expected to be similar to the version most recently installed on its retrofitted Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s.

The jets will also boast the airline’s recently introduced premium economy cabin and seats, which are often described as the best in the world in terms of comfort, catering, and luxury design.

And finally, while exact details are yet to be released, we can expect the 259 seats in the economy cabin to be “generously pitched.”

Final Thoughts

Emirates is finally diversifying its fleet with the addition of the Airbus A350-900, which is now scheduled to carry passengers for the first time starting on January 15, 2025.

We’ll be sure to keep you updated as more information about the jets and their routes is revealed.