Industry Emirates welcomes the 100th A380 aircraft to its fleet

Emirates introduced the first A380 in 2008. In the last 10 years, over 85 million passengers have flown on the Emirates A380. Sheik Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum stated: “For Emirates, the A380 has been a success. We have been able to utilize it at slot-constrained airports, as well as at regional and secondary airports where we have grown passenger demand. Each time we deploy an A380 onto a route, it typically stimulates further traffic and demand travelers are attracted by our flagship A380 experience. We remain committed of the program and will work closely with Airbus and our partners to continually enhance our A380 product as we look ahead to receiving our remaining 42 aircraft on order.”

The 100^th A380 is configured in three cabin classes with 14 private suites in First Class, 76 seats in Business Class and 426 seats in Economy class. It comes with a total of 526 seats for passengers. The flagship is powered by Rolls-Royce engines and is featured with a new Onboard Lounge. The airline connects Dubai with 48 cities on six continents on scheduled service.

Emirates is the flag carrier of Dubai and the largest airline in the Middle East. It operates with a total of 260 wide-body aircraft out of its hub Dubai to over 140 destinations. The company was founded in 1985 and is part of The Emirates Group. The carrier is in negotiations with Airbus about further A380 aircraft. During Paris Air Show 2017, Airbus presented a new A380 version called A380plus. The new version should lead to 13% lower costs per seat due to 80 additional seats and split scimitar winglets.

Airbus delivered its first A380 to Singapore Airlines in 2007. Due to a lack of demand Airbus confirmed it will reduce the production to eight aircraft per year in 2019.