The carrier operated the demonstration flight from DXB with the fuel powering one of its four engines
This is the first scheduled A380 service to the country
Starting April 15, the airline will replace the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft currently used between Dubai and Casablanca with the A380
The new service will increase the airline’s operations in the Asian market to 14 weekly flights
The return of A380s will be supported by the addition of five A320 aircraft
Emirates currently serves the UK with 119 weekly flights across seven hubs
The Dubai-based airline has been flying to New Zealand for 19 years
The carrier has reported a spike in bookings for flights to Narita and Osaka, following the Japanese government’s recent announcement to ease entry restrictions
The airline carried over 330,000 passengers in and out of Australia between March 2020 and December 2021 via commercial flights and special chartered services
The carrier increased flights to 33 cities on routes across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East
Bengaluru will be the second city in India to be served by the Emirates A380 aircraft
The carrier is currently in its 20th year of operations to Mauritius
The carrier’s Australian operations will increase to 42 weekly flights
The aircraft will fly over Sheikh Zayed Road and the Expo 2020 Dubai site
The new livery will appear on three A380 aircraft to spread the message of the Expo which begins later this week
Over the next six weeks, the airline will re-instate its A380 services to destinations such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Johannesburg and Madrid, among others
The carrier is the world’s largest operator of A380s, with 118 currently in its fleet
The airline will also restore its strategic South African Airways partnership from the end of September
The deliveries will bring Emirates’ total fleet of A380s to 118 units
The assembly line in Toulouse should be operational by the end of 2022
Terminal 1 at King Abdulaziz International Airport has the capacity of handling 30 million passengers a year
The flight between the two cities will operate as EK003/004
Emirates has flown to Bahrain for the last 20 years and has since then carried over 6 million passengers between the two countries
The aircraft was partially powered by sustainable aviation fuel
Emirates is expanding its services to the UK following the establishment of UK-UAE air corridor
The airline will launch a daily flight connecting Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv from March 28, 2021
Customers can fly the Emirates A380 from Dubai to Amman thrice a week
The carrier resumes A380 flights to London and Paris, and announces A380 services to Amsterdam
The airline said that it’s seeing a positive trend of traffic building up across its network
Airline chairman refuses to disclose details