Emirates will be using the aircraft on its Dubai service at Birmingham Airport from Easter Sunday
BY ENDA MULLEN – The Coventry Telegraph has had a look inside the Airbus A380 – the world’s largest passenger aircraft – days before it comes into service at Birmingham Airport.
The huge aircraft, which has two levels and is 40 per cent bigger than a Boeing 747 – will start flying from Easter Sunday as part of the airline Emirates’ expanded Dubai service.
Emirates’ Birmingham-based A380 arrived with just 300 miles on the clock fresh from rolling off the world’s biggest production line in Hamburg.
The A380 has nearly 6,000 sq ft of usable floor space and has seating for 557 people in economy class and 58 in business class.
It has 11 seats across in its downstairs economy cabin – each with an entertainment system boasting 2,200 channels.
The giant aircraft, which takes an hour-and-a-half to refuel, has a range of 8,500 nautical miles, sufficient to fly non-stop from Dallas to Sydney and has a cruising speed of 560mph.
Upstairs has a distinctly upmarket feel with a business lounge featuring sofas, a big screen TV and a bar.
Also on the upper level are the business class seats, each with their own tablet and bar.
The aeroplane’s first class compartment offers even higher levels of luxury – with its own shower, bar, slippers, eye shades and pyjamas.
The Airbus A380 will become a regular sight in the skies above Coventry and Warwickshireas the new Birmingham service replaces Emirates’ Boeing 777 lunchtime EK39/40 service and increases daily capacity to and from the region by 15 per cent.
An Emirates spokesman said: “The introduction of the A380 means more people than ever before will be able to fly direct from Birmingham to Dubai and onto an ever-expanding network of Eastern destinations including Auckland, Islamabad, Bangkok, Mumbai and Hong Kong.
“As well as this, passengers can experience new routes to Myanmar and Vietnam, two routes which are set to commence in August.”
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