Emirates Airline, Dubai, UAE based airlines, has announced that it would launch a nonstop service between Dubai and New York on August 1st 2008 on an Airbus A380 superjumbo jet plane. It is the largest customer of Airbus A380 with 58 orders of which 4 will be delivered in 2008.
This is very exciting, since this would be the first Airbus A380 service to United States!
From BeritBart –
“The United States represent a key focus
area in Emirates’ route development plans, and we are delighted to be
the first airline to launch commercial A380 services to the continent,”
said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, chairman and chief executive of
the largest airline in the Middle East.
“We are confident that Emirates’ customers traveling to and from North
America will welcome the A380’s additional space and capacity, as well
as our luxurious onboard amenities which will provide a very high
quality travel experience previously associated only with private
jets.“”
