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Solomon Quainoo is a Ghanaian pilot. On 2 October 2018, he was the first Ghanaian to fly the world's biggest passenger aircraft, Emirates' Airbus A380 from Dubai to Accra. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
The A380-800 layout with 519 seats displayed (16 First, 92 Business and 411 Economy) The Airbus A380 features two full-length decks, each measuring 49.9 metres (164 ft). The upper deck has a slightly shorter usable length of 44.93 metres (147.4 ft) due to the front fuselage curvature and the staircase. The widths of the main deck and upper deck ...
The Airbus A380 is a very large wide-body airliner, developed and produced by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and the only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long-haul market.
Emirates has agreed to a firm order for 20 Airbus A380 airliners along with an option for 16 additional superjumbos. Airbus just landed the $16 billion Emirates deal it needs to save the iconic ...
Emirates operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and is one of the few airlines to operate an all-wide-body aircraft fleet (excluding Emirates Executive). [9] As of August 2024, Emirates is the world's largest Airbus A380 operator with 123 aircraft in service.
Emirates' Airbus A300B4-200 fleet was retired from service by the end of 1987. Emirates' Airbus A300-600Rs were retired in 2002 and replaced by Airbus A330-200s. The Boeing 727-200/Advs remained in service with the airline for nine years, and were sold in 1995. The Boeing 737-300 remained in service for two years from 1985 to 1987.
Emirates: 2008 2021 116 7 World's largest operator of the A380. Etihad Airways: 2014 2017 6 4 Korean Air: 2011 2014 9 1 To be retired by 2026. [3] Lufthansa: 2010 2015 8 6 To be retired after 2030. [4] Qantas: 2008 2011 10 2 To be replaced with the Airbus A350-1000 from 2032. [5] Qatar Airways: 2014 2018 8 2 To be replaced with the Airbus A350 ...
As of April 2008, Airbus had paid as much as $110 million in compensation for the late delivery of the A380-800 to Emirates. [43] During the same year, on 1 August, Emirates flew its first A380-800 flight, from Dubai to New York City-JFK. [44] [45] In February 2009, Emirates raised many issues concerning its A380s.