Emirates starts A380 Dusseldorf flights
Western city becomes third in Germany to welcome the superjumbo
Emirates has introduced A380 flights between Dubai and Dusseldorf and completed a ‘one off’ A380 service to Prague to mark the route’s fifth anniversary.
The west German business city becomes the third in the country to welcome a regular Emirates A380, alongside Munich and Frankfurt, and the double-decker’s capacity will raise competition for international and through-traffic with Lufthansa and Etihad-backed Air Berlin. If Prague follows the ‘one off’ form book, it may well become a regular A380 service in time.
Emirates’ upcoming A380 destinations in Europe including Madrid on August 1 and Copenhagen on December 1, with the latter earmarked to be the first superjumbo in a two-class configuration (58 business class seats, 557 economy seats).
Emirates currently operates a scheduled A380 service to London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester, Paris, Amsterdam, Rome, Milan, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich, Barcelona and Zurich.