Emirates salutes aircraft of the future
Maurice Flanagan, Emirates executive vice chairman, says airline passengers are now convinced that the Airbus A380 is “the passenger aircraft of the futureâ€.
He was speaking in Manchester, which this week became the latest city to be served by the superjumbo.
Emirates is the world’s largest operator of the A380 with 12 in the fleet. A further order for 32 A380s, announced during the Berlin Air Show in June, has prompted enquiries from airports around the world.
“As a result of our announcement in Berlin, we have had enquiries from more than 20 airports, asking whether Emirates would fly the A380 to their airports.
“These aircraft are a dream to travel in and a dream to have at your disposal for expansion. They are extremely popular with our passengers and where we deploy them, they fill up almost immediately – running at over 90 percent load factor,” Flanagan said.
Emirates operates A380s to London Heathrow, Manchester, Paris, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto, Bangkok, Seoul, Jeddah and Beijing.
Hong Kong will be added to that list from October 1 and, on October 31, the A380 will return to New York.
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