Emirates' first Airbus A380

Vamerica · **on:** April 05, 2008, 07:00:37 pm

full story... http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/04/03/222712/picture-emirates-first-airbus-a380-breaks-cover-in-hamburg.html

SATA · **Reply #1 on:** April 05, 2008, 07:14:01 pm

the first of 40 odd

iranair777 · **Reply #2 on:** April 05, 2008, 08:48:49 pm

Quote from: "SATA"

the first of 40 odd

first of 58

SATA · **Reply #3 on:** April 05, 2008, 08:57:06 pm

thats what i ment 50 odd

nwadeltaboy · **Reply #4 on:** April 07, 2008, 08:02:49 am

and one guy ordered one as a private jet :shock:

iranair777 · **Reply #5 on:** April 07, 2008, 09:48:42 am

Quote from: "SATA"

thats what i ment 50 odd

you said 40 odd

Dan380 · **Reply #6 on:** April 07, 2008, 12:03:22 pm

Since Emirates has such a large number of aircraft on order (over 200 i believe). Does anyone here think they can pull of their plans to conquer the long-haul market with no short haul connections to back it up? I think it will be interesting to see, but if they continue to link places via Dubai it's not going to work. However if they begin opening up a bit (for instance, taking advantage of open skies and placing a A380 LHR-JFK, which should mean lower prices than BA, AA etc. due to higher capacity) then there is a good chance it could work.

SATA · **Reply #7 on:** April 07, 2008, 01:48:48 pm

Quote from: "iranair777"

Quote from: "SATA"
thats what i ment 50 odd

you said 40 odd

i was joking

beirut785 · **Reply #8 on:** April 07, 2008, 02:31:48 pm

Quote from: "Dan380"

Since Emirates has such a large number of aircraft on order (over 200 i believe). Does anyone here think they can pull of their plans to conquer the long-haul market with no short haul connections to back it up? I think it will be interesting to see, but if they continue to link places via Dubai it's not going to work. However if they begin opening up a bit (for instance, taking advantage of open skies and placing a A380 LHR-JFK, which should mean lower prices than BA, AA etc. due to higher capacity) then there is a good chance it could work.

believe me they can make it work !!

they serve Beirut which is like 2 hours and half from dubai twice daily with a B777 and a A330

they just need a better airport thats all

iranair777 · **Reply #9 on:** April 07, 2008, 07:23:31 pm

They serve Tehran (which is ~600nm away) with a daily A332.

They also plan to serve a small airport in the middle of Iran (of a city I've never heard of before) with a A380 and its only about 200nm away :shock:

dktc · **Reply #10 on:** April 07, 2008, 07:46:41 pm

Anything is possible when profitability isn't a concern and money is nothing (not to mention fuel price isn't even in the picture)

beirut785 · **Reply #11 on:** April 07, 2008, 08:12:10 pm

Quote from: "dktc"

Anything is possible when profitability isn't a concern and money is nothing (not to mention fuel price isn't even in the picture)

Totally disagree with u

ppl who think that emirates doesnt make any profit is wrong
1st of all in dubai there is not lot of petroleum around 60% of the petrol is in the abu dhabi emirate not dubai the rest is around the ein emirate in the south
dubai is a connecting airport basically connecting europe to india pakistan
2nd emirates is a profitable airline they serve huge airplanes to small cities to kill , dominate the market just like some players do in AM
3rd Emirates Airline "experience" is really working that many other airlines r just copying what they do hint : Qatar Airways , Etihad and also i think its Jet Airways who opened a hub in Brussels to connect passengers to India