The Emirates Airline Foundation is a non-profit charity organization providing humanitarian, philanthropic aid and essential services to children in need. It aims to create meaningful, sustainable, and lasting impact in its communities and currently supports 14 non-government agencies (NGOs) in nine countries.
The new livery has a message
On Monday, Emirates announced it had rolled out a new A380 livery designed to raise awareness of the Emirates Airline Foundation’s humanitarian efforts, which have transformed the lives of thousands of children worldwide. The projects supported by the Foundation have mainly been in destinations where Emirates operates, allowing the airline’s employee volunteers to donate their time and oversee the projects.
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The 2013 Airbus A380, now carrying the Emirates Airline Foundation livery, is registered A6-EEP and MSN 138 and was out of service between August 15 and August 30, most likely having the new livery applied in Dubai. It returned to service on August 31, and according to Flightradar24, its most recent flight was a return service on Monday between Dubai and Johannesburg (JNB).
This particular A380 operates a mix of short, medium and long-haul services, so the new livery will get maximum exposure as the super jumbo travels around the world. Some of its recent destinations from Dubai include Cairo (CAI), Rome (FCO), Istanbul (IST), Sydney (SYD), Washington (IAD), Toronto (YYZ) and New York (JFK).
The Flightradar24 fleet data shows that Emirates has a total fleet of 265 aircraft, including 121 A380s and 144 Boeing 777s, including different variants and twelve 777F freighters. Emirates also has orders for around 300 aircraft, including Airbus A350-900s, Boeing 787 Dreamliners and the yet-to-be-released Boeing 777X.
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Emirates said the livery’s design is inspired by the playful elements of the Foundation’s logo. It incorporates the theme of children’s artwork with pastel stars in light green, warm orange, baby blue and soft pink across the fuselage. Encapsulating the Foundation’s mission, it carries the message ‘Help to support children in need.’
The Foundation’s work
The engine cowls on the Airbus A380 have been adorned in a warm orange hue, symbolizing a better future for the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children supported by the Foundation. In South Africa and Zimbabwe, the focus is on holistic education and medical facilities, including the Fikelela Children’s Center, which supports children afflicted with HIV/AIDS.
The Emirates Airline Foundation supports the center’s running costs and has also funded new facilities to care for and house 40 young children, including infants, who have been neglected or abandoned because of the illness. In Bangladesh, the Foundation helped to bring the Emirates Friendship Hospital to life, making healthcare available to over 650,000 people living in poverty.
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In Brazil, the Foundation supports the Saint Rita de Cassia Orphanage, which houses 96 orphaned and abandoned girls in Rio de Janeiro and provides shelter, education and care for them from ages four to fourteen. In Dubai, it supports the SAFE Center for Autism, which offers a safe and inclusive environment for children struggling with complex learning difficulties.
Over the last twenty years, the Foundation has supported more than 50 projects in partnership with NGOs and community-based organizations. It aims to serve children’s critical needs for safe housing, food, medical care and empowerment through education and capacity development, irrespective of geography, background, political associations or religion.
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In the last financial year, 20 other NGOs received more than 500 flight tickets issued by Emirates to volunteers conducting medical, engineering and education missions around the globe. One mission involved sending 46 medical professionals from various countries to Zimbabwe to perform transformative surgeries for conditions such as cleft lips and severe burn injuries.
The Foundation’s humanitarian work is spread worldwide and made possible by the generous donations made onboard or online by Emirates customers, donors and employees.