Emirates takes milestone delivery of 50th A380 Aircraft ********************************************************************* Emirates has received its 50th aircraft, strengthening its position as the world’s largest international airline. The latest delivery takes Emirates all wide-body fleet to 224 aircraft, representing the world’s largest fleet of A380’s and also the world’s largest fleet of Boeing 777s. After the entry of its 50th A380 aircraft into service by early August, Emirates will offer on a weekly basis a total of 5.7 billion available seat kilometres (ASKMs) to 145 destinations which span the globe from Los Angeles to Auckland. Since April 2010, Emirates has received 96 aircraft (all A380s and Boeing 777s), increasing its overall capacity by 64% in ATKMs, while consistently maintaining seat load factors of close to 80%. During this period, Emirates also added 48 cities to its global destination network. Emirates has the biggest A380 route network of any commercial airline, currently serving 27 airports on 5 continents. Its Dubai-Los Angeles route is the world’s longest A380 flight in operation. By the end of this year, the number of destinations served by an Emirates A380 will increase to 33, with the addition of Kuwait on 16th July, Mumbai on 21st July, Frankfurt from 1st September, Dallas from 1st October, San Francisco from 1st December and Houston from 3rd December. emirates/uk/english/flying/our_fleet/emirates_a380/emirates_a380.aspx?intcid=carousel_offers-637518-1507819
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:49:38 +0000
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