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Emirates A380 arrives in New York!
Gadling was on hand to capture some sweet photos in and around the aircraft, as well as through a press conference detailing the coming Emirates events.
The airline plans to augment the current service (now on a Boeing 773) between JFK and Dubai with this aircraft in order to carry higher volumes to the booming Middle Eastern country. Eventually, they also plan on integrating A380 service to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Emirates is the second customer of the A380, following nearly two years of manufacturing delays and an initial round of deliveries to Singapore Airlines.
In a series of test flights out on the West Coast, the airline will be trumpeting their new expanded service over the next few days, so if you're in California keep your eyes peeled for the behemoth overhead. While Gadling wont be able to make it out for the test flights, check in with The Cranky Flier at some point next week for the full scoop on in flight performance.
Meantime, check out Gadling's photos of the aircraft and of the inaugural event and start saving your change for a ticket!
Gallery: Emirates A380
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kent Wien Aug 4th 2008 12:15AM
Videos from the top of the vertical stabilizer for the passengers! SO cool!
And the seats. Oh, man. I'm stunned.
Nice shots Grant. Thanks for taking us along.
DJ Aug 4th 2008 1:05AM
Convert their prices into dollars...you can fly a lot cheaper to
Dubai on an American carrier.....but then again, why would you want
to. No matter what they say, Dubai is still too restrictive and it's
very easy to get thrown into jail. You can't even take Melatonin into
the country to help with jet lag, without risk of jail time. Thanks,
but no thanks. There are too many beautiful places in this world to
visit, without going to a middle eastern country.