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Emirates' 100th A380 was delivered in October 2017. [40] [41] Furthermore, the airline had 42 more A380s on order, which would have increased the number of A380s in service to 142. It considered buying an additional 100 to 200 Airbus A380s if the four-engined superjumbo had been revamped with more fuel-efficient engines by 2020.
The following is a list of current and former operators of the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft. Emirates, one of the two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates, is the largest operator as of December 2024, with 116 aircraft in their fleet.
Emirates Airline was established in 1985 with one Boeing 727 and one Airbus A300. The Emirates fleet is now 10 Boeing 777-200LR, 125 Boeing 777-300ER, and 117 Airbus A380 aircraft. [2] In the financial year 2008–09 passenger numbers reached 22.7 million, representing an increase of 7.1% over the previous year. [43]
Emirates has had no narrow-body aircraft in its mainline fleet since 1995. In July 2014, Emirates finalized an order for 150 Boeing 777X aircraft (this number was later reduced, see below), consisting of 35 777-8s and 115 777-9s, [98] and was expected to become the launch operator for the 777X in mid-2020. [99]
Long-haul carrier Emirates opened the Dubai Air Show on Monday with a $52 billion purchase of Boeing Co. aircraft, showing how aviation has bounced back after the groundings of the coronavirus ...
This is a list of airlines that have an air operator's certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States. Note: Destinations in bold indicate primary hubs, those in italic indicate secondary hubs, and those with regular font indicate focus cities. For legacy carriers American, Delta, and United, the most strategic ...
There were 628 A350 aircraft in service with 44 operators as of December 17, 2024. The largest operators are Singapore Airlines (65), Qatar Airways (58), Cathay Pacific (48), Air France (35), Delta Air Lines (33), Air China (30), Lufthansa (27), and Thai Airways International (23).
The most successful variant is the 777-300ER with 799 aircraft delivered and over 844 orders to date. [7] Emirates operates the largest 777 fleet with 148 aircraft. [7] FedEx Express operates the largest fleet of the 777F cargo aircraft. As of April 2024, 2,268 Boeing 777s, of all variants, have been ordered and 1,729 have been delivered. [8]