Emirates (EK, Dubai International) has wet-leased in two B747-400(BDSF)s from Türkiye's AirACT (9T, Istanbul Atatürk), bringing the total number of wet-leased B747Fs in its fleet to four.

According to ADS-B data, 31.25-year-old TC-ACF (msn 25645) and 32.07-year-old TC-ACG (msn 25641) have both been operating for Emirates SkyCargo since July 19, 2024, when they were ferried from Istanbul Airport to Dubai World Central before being deployed on the route to Hong Kong International.

These would appear to be the two aircraft alluded to by Nadeem Sultan, an Emirates vice president, in an interview with media outlet the STAT Trade Times in July. Sultan referred to the ACMI agreements as "long-term commitments" that would allow for capacity stability in the face of manufacturing delays. Emirates is expecting delivery of the first of ten ordered B777-200Fs later this year and it has an order with Israel Aerospace Industries to convert ten of its own B777-300ERs to freighters. Delays in the P2F conversion process were cited by Sultan as a reason for leasing additional B747-400Fs. A spokesperson for Emirates told ch-aviation that wet-leases allow it to add immediate capacity while awaiting delivery of the B777 freighters, due in 2025 and 2026, and that it "continue[s] to explore both short- and long-term solutions".

Emirates currently wet-leases one additional B747-400(BDSF) and one B747-400FSCD from Moldova's Aerotranscargo (F5, Chisinau International). According to the ch-aviation fleets module, the airline's in-house cargo fleet consists of eleven B777-200Fs, while AirACT's fleet comprises two B747-400(BDSF)s and two B747-400ERFs.