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The Dubai Airshow (Arabic: معرض دبي للطيران) is a biennial air show held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in cooperation with Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Dubai Airports, Dubai World Central and the UAE Armed Forces. [2]
Emirates operates the world's largest fleet of Airbus A380s. On 28 July 2008, Emirates received its first Airbus A380-800, registered A6-EDA, [38] and in August 2008, it became the second airline to fly the A380-800 after Singapore Airlines. [39] The airline uses its A380-800s for service to over 40 destinations.
Emirates is the world's largest Airbus A380 operator. Singapore Airlines was the first operator of the Airbus A380. All Nippon Airways was the last airline to begin ordering A380s. The following is a list of current and former operators of the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft.
In February 2019, Emirates signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for 40 A330-900s and 30 A350-900s, while reducing its total A380 order to eight [103] (with the last one to be delivered in 2022) [104] after which Airbus planned to permanently cease production of the A380. Emirates received the final A380 (registration A6-EVS) built ...
The A380 is offered with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 (A380-841/-842) or the Engine Alliance GP7000 (A380-861) turbofan engines. [153] The Trent 900 is a combination of the 3 m (118 in) fan and scaled IP compressor of the 777-200X/300X Trent 8104 technology demonstrator derived from the Boeing 777's Trent 800 , and the Airbus A340-500/600's Trent ...
The engine was ground run for the first time on an A380 on August 14, 2006, in Toulouse. [5] On August 25, 2006, the same aircraft, A380-861 test aircraft (MSN 009), made the first flight of an Engine Alliance powered A380. The flight began and ended at Toulouse and lasted about four hours. Tests were performed on the engines' flight envelope ...
As of February 2025, Emirates operates flights to 133 [1] destinations in 85 countries across six continents from its hub in Dubai. [2] It has a particularly strong presence in the South and Southeast Asian region, which together connect Dubai with more international destinations in the region than any other Middle Eastern airline. The ...
|section|date=February 2019 Alpha Flight Services is a leading onboard catering operator and has been supplying all Emirates airline flights departing Australia since 2008. Emirates Group has a 49 per cent interest in the company, which provides in-flight catering at nine airports in Australia, including all major international gateways ...