Emirates has shown how its engineering teams in Dubai turned retired aircraft parts into a 2.4-metre illuminated Arsenal crest, built for the airline's long-running sponsorship of the London football club.
The sculpture was designed and constructed by Emirates Engineering using aviation materials including cargo tracks, floor panels, and roller components, the kind of hardware normally found inside the airline's freighters and passenger jets rather than on display at a football stadium.
How the crest was built
A team of 15 Emirates Engineering experts worked on the project for 34 days, shaping the salvaged aircraft components into the illuminated crest. Once finished, the piece was placed inside a custom-built protective crate designed to keep it safe during transit.
From there, the crest was flown from Dubai to London Stansted aboard an Emirates SkyCargo freighter, following the same cargo network the airline uses to move freight around the world, this time carrying a piece of branded engineering rather than commercial goods.
A partnership stretching back to 2006
The crest project sits within a sponsorship relationship between Emirates and Arsenal that dates back to 2006. That partnership has since been extended through to 2033, giving the airline a long-term presence around the club.
Under the current arrangement, Emirates holds three separate roles with Arsenal: front-of-shirt sponsor, training kit sponsor, and stadium naming rights partner, with the club's home ground known as Emirates Stadium.
The aircraft-parts crest is the latest expression of that relationship, turning components that would otherwise be retired from aviation service into a visible marker of the airline's association with the club, built in Dubai and delivered to London as a finished piece rather than raw material.
Reported by Government of Dubai Media Office.