Video: Emirates A380s Fly to 9 New Cities in 2015
China Aviation Daily | Dec. 29, 2015
Emirates, the world's largest international airline, has taken delivery of 15 Airbus A380s in 2015, with 21 more pending delivery in next year.
At the Dubai Airshow in November, Emirates introduced the world's first two class configured A380 with the capacity to carry 615 passengers. The aircraft drew in over 18,000 visitors in five days, and currently serves passengers flying to Copenhagen and Bangkok.
In 2015, Emirates brought A380 services to Perth, Dusseldorf, Madrid and Copenhagen, and layered on more A380 services to the schedules of nine other existing points spanning east to west, to highly positive customer feedback. During the year, Emirates also led one-off A380 services to seven destinations: Prague, Taipei, Brussels, Sao Paulo, Cologne, Manama and Doha.
Flying the world's largest fleet of A380 aircraft at 71, Emirates continues to set the pace for A380 deployment. The airline will deploy its highly-popular A380 to even more destinations across its network in 2016 - flying A380 daily to Birmingham (BHX), Prague (PRG) and Taipei (TPE), making Emirates the first and only airline to operate a scheduled A380 service from each of these destinations.
Since Emirates launched is first A380 flight in 2008, the aircraft has flown over 42 million passengers, covering more than 630 million kilometres.
There are currently 36 A380 destinations on the Emirates network, setting the industry benchmark for both A380 connectivity and customer experience.
Watch Emirates Airbus A380s land in new places in 2015 - Perth, Prague, Madrid, Dusseldorf, Orlando, Brussels, Sao Paulo, Taipei and Copenhagen. The Emirates A380 will fly to over 40 destinations next year.