An Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft, the world’s largest passenger plane, touched down for its first scheduled flight to Istanbul Airport on Tuesday.
It launched the aviation giant’s daily scheduled flights between Dubai and Istanbul Airport using the iconic double-decker aircraft, featuring four different classes.
The carrier had earlier announced that it would start daily A380 flights to Istanbul from Oct. 1.
A VIP delegation, led by Majid al Mualla, divisional senior vice president, international affairs, and Adil al Ghaith, senior vice president, commercial operations (Gulf Middle East and Central Asia) was on board Tuesday’s flight.
Speaking on the recent developments, al Ghaith said “Emirates has been keen to bring the A380 to the fantastic new Istanbul Airport ever since it opened.”
“We are delighted to finally see our flagship in this beautiful city as it joins many other top destinations we currently serve with the A380,” he said.
Al Ghaith also noted that Turkey is a crucially important market for Emirates and Istanbul was one of the very first destinations they flew to in their early years.
