Emirates Airline places mammoth A380 order
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Emirates Airline has placed an order with Airbus for an additional 32 A380 aircraft taking the carrier’s total order for the iconic superjumbo to 90. The order for the additional aircraft, , has a list price of $US 11.5 billion. “This latest order, adding to 58 A380s previously ordered, affirms Emirates’ strategy to become a world leading carrier and to further establish Dubai as a central gateway to worldwide air travel,” said His Highness (H.H.) Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group, who signed the deal at this week’s Berlin Air Show.”The A380 is our flagship in terms of passenger comfort, innovation, operating and environmental efficiency and revenue generation.”Emirates, which is the second largest airline in the world in available seat kilometres, is on track to become one of the largest airlines in the world. In addition to the recent A380 order, Emirates has 70 Airbus 350s, 18 Boeing 777-300s and 7 Boeing air freighters on order totalling 143 wide-body aircraft worth more than $US 48 billion.In a year where the aviation industry was rocked by the economic downturn, Emirates Airline recently reported its 22nd year of profit, up 416% to close at $964 million over its 2008-09 profits of $187 million. From the delivery of its first A380 in July 2008, to receiving it 10th A380 on 7 June, 2010 from the Airbus plant in Hamburg, Emirates is now serving eight international destinations with the super-jumbo aircraft including London Heathrow, Toronto, Paris, Jeddah, Bangkok, Seoul, Sydney and Auckland.
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