Emirates has taken delivery of its 123rd Airbus A380 order, the last A380 to be ever produced as Airbus pulls the plug off the double-decker jet program, also the final ever double-decker plane in the world.
Airbus has finally delivered its final A380 to Emirates, its 123rd unit of the world’s largest commercial passenger plane, bringing the entire double-decker jet program to a close. The Airbus A380 was the only surviving double decker program, even though the announcement to kill the production was announced in 2019. Post the announcement, Airbus was only assembling the last few orders, the final one being from the Dubai-based airline, who owns the largest fleet of A380. With this, Emirates has become the airline to get both the first and the final unit of Airbus A380. We take a look at some of Airbus A380 images from the Emirates fleet.
Last Airbus A380 draws goodbye message
Final Airbus A380 delivered to Emirates
Emirates’ Airbus A380
However, end of production doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the Airbus A380 program by a long way. Emirates will continue to operate the A380 for at least a decade, while other airlines who owns A380 and put them at rest have committed to fly them again once the situation improves.
Emirates’ Airbus A380
The Dubai-based airline was the first to place an order for the A380, then called the A3XX, way back at the 2000 Farnborough Airshow, and has since grown to be the A380’s largest customer with 123 aircrafts inducted in the fleet.
Emirates’ Airbus A380
The Airbus A380 first joined the Emirates fleet in 2008 and has been used for more than 380,000 flights. With two of the airline’s A380s already retired, Emirates now has a fleet of 121 A380s. Earlier this year the airline revealed that one of those retired, its first-ever A380, has been dismantled.
First-ever Airbus A380 delivery
The first ever Airbus was deliverd to Emirates but the lack of demand for the A380 forced Airbus, the French plane maker to rethink its decision on the production of this giant bird and in February 2019, they decided to kill the A380 program.
