Dubai-based Emirates has unveiled its latest special livery, celebrating being one of the biggest supporters of tennis, including all of the world’s four Grand Slam tournaments. These include the Australian Open, Roland-Garros, The Championships – Wimbledon, and the US Open. The new livery has been painted onto A6-EUH, a nine-year-old Airbus A380-800.

Emirates remains a proud sponsor of international tennis, and the new livery is set to showcase tennis-inspired elements, including the Grand Slam logo for each tournament, featured with a tennis ball emblem, rendered in each tournament’s signature colours.

Four Grand Slam Tournaments

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With the livery now taking flight, the livery features the tournament’s signature colour,s which includes the summer blue of the Australian Open, Red-Clay of the iconic Roland Garros, green and purple for Wimbledon, and the yellow of the US Open. These are all collaboratively combined to creatively represent each tournament in the design.

The aircraft is already taking to the skies to key Emirates destinations such as Melbourne for its inaugural flight with the new livery, celebrating the start of the first Grand Slam tournament. Itis expected that the aircraft will proudly sport the livery and the core values of sportsmanship to all the destinations this aircraft will fly.

Emirates has an extensive list of global sports and cultural partnerships, and includes many high-profile events on the international sporting calendar.

Flying Now

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The aircraft involved, A6-EUH, is already taking flight, and since its visit to Melbourne Airportit can be expected to be found in the EK A380 international network. The livery is expected to remain active on the aircraft for years to come, further celebrating the airline’s commitment to the Grand Slam tournaments.

Emirates partnership with the Australian Open first began in 2014 and has continued to support the tournament for over a decade. This event attracts fans across the world to the Victorian city of Melbourne, with the Emirates logo proudly featuring across the back wall of all arenas. Other Grand Slam partnerships, such as Roland Garros have been supported by Emirates since 2013, Wimbledon since 2024, and the US Open since 2012.

Cabin crew are on hand to even welcome guests to each suite and at the opening of each Rod Laver (main arena) to welcome players onto the court. Melbourne is served by Emirates with multiple daily flights from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Melbourne International Airport (MEL). Emirates also serves Australia from Dubai with non-stop services to Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney.

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Aircraft A6-EUH

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With data from ch-aviation, aircraft A6-EUH (pictured – albeit without the new livery), first entered operation almost ten years ago. It took its first test flight on May 9, 2016, under French Airbus registration F-WWAD. The plane was then delivered to Emirates on November 19, 2016, and has carried registration A6-EUH ever since. It has a serial number 220.

The plane is configured to carry a total of 484 passengers across four classes of service, including 14 First Class, 76 Business, 56 Premium Economy, and 338 Economy class passengers. The Airbus A380-861 carries Hex code 896472 and is powered by four GP7270 engines.

In addition to supporting all four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, Emirates is also the proud sponsor of the more than 60 events that make up the ATP Tour and Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Other sporting events the carrier supports include football, rugby, horse racing, golf, cricket, cycling, sailing, Australian rules football, and basketball. The airline has several unique liveries already flying for various partnerships that the airline continues to support.