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EMIRATES CELEBRATES ITS 1 MILLIONTH A380 PASSENGER FROM BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT

Milestone reached following launch of iconic Airbus A380 daily service in March 2016.

Emirates has recently celebrated its one millionth A380 passenger at Birmingham Airport. The milestone has been achieved just over two years after the inaugural flight of the iconic Airbus A380 in March 2016, and less than a year since the second daily A380 service launched in October 2017.

From Birmingham, passengers connecting through Dubai have travelled around the world with Emirates. Popular destinations on Emirates’ ever-expanding global network include Dubai, Bali, Mauritius, Hong Kong, Delhi and Sydney.

Richard Jewsbury, Vice President UK & Ireland, Emirates said:

“Emirates has been operating at Birmingham Airport for over 17 years and we’re delighted that, two years after the launch of the iconic A380 service in 2016, we’ve reached the one millionth passenger milestone.”

Tom Screen, Aviation Director, Birmingham Airport added:

“The partnership between Emirates and Birmingham Airport is one of the success stories of regional aviation in this country. The faith that Emirates have shown in the region over the almost 18 years is phenomenal and with two 615 seat A380’s per day flying from Birmingham, there is more opportunity than ever to travel to some of the incredible destinations on their network, such as Australia, China, Thailand, India and the Indian Ocean. We look forward to welcoming the next million passengers as the route continues to flourish.”

Emirates first launched its route to Birmingham Airport on 18 December 2000 as a daily service to Dubai, operated by a 278-seat Airbus A330. As passenger numbers have increased, Emirates has added more aircraft to the route, including the introduction of the daily double-decker A380 service on 28 March 2016 followed by the launch of the second daily service on 29th October 2017.

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I million in two years. Not bad. Congrats to them and big thank you. Now 3 a day......

 

[Brum X]

Awesome Emirates, you are a pleasure to have on board at BHX.

If only other airlines made this commitment at BHX

 

[Ray Finkle]

Hi long time lurker does anyone know why 37 was delayed for about 10 hours in Dubai a couple of days ago? I think it finally got in about 05:00 the next day.

If the aircraft went tech, you would think that being in Dubai, they'd have a spare!

Hi RichL and welcome to the forum

I'm not sure what the issue what a couple of days ago, hopefully someone will be along to help soon.

 

[nbdm]

Hi long time lurker does anyone know why 37 was delayed for about 10 hours in Dubai a couple of days ago? I think it finally got in about 05:00 the next day.

If the aircraft went tech, you would think that being in Dubai, they'd have a spare!

I noticed EK40 was really delayed today as well, it left BHX just before 6pm, 3 and a half hour delay!

 

[IanFarquharson]

Damage to engine cowling today so I was told

 

[Deleted member 8277]

Damage to engine cowling today so I was told

Someone is for the high jump in DXB

 

[Bibin91]

View attachment 9755 I am currently in Dubai (flying to India) and I did a search for flights to Birmingham on one of their fancy tablets by the charging point. On the results which I got it shows EK41/42 as operational on a B777-300ER. Is that just a case of an outdated system or is there more to it?

 

[BHXsupporter]

Thanks, interesting. Have a safe journey.

 

[RichL]

I think its out of date or just wrong, 8th September there are only two flights today.

 

[Brum X]

I think its out of date or just wrong, 8th September there are only two flights today.

Or the 3rd daily (Temp or Perm) is being slowly loaded onto the system ?

 

[Purebeef]

,he should have checked if Stansted was on there, that would have told you how up to date the system was?

 

[IanFarquharson]

Current loads are really good.
But mY contact says no plans for reinstating 41/42 soon for various reasons including the runway repairs next April when our existing service is cut slightly.
My guess would be it will come back hopefully within 12m

 

[Ray Finkle]

My guess would be it will come back hopefully within 12m

I wouldn't be surprised to see it for peak summer season next year.

It was supposed to have come back this year but appeared to be scuppered by the issues that they had.

 

[Ray Finkle]

May have to dust off my B777 approval for the winter

So you may have been right after all?

 

[GliderPilot]

Just seen that too Ray, opposite news to what i was anticipating

 

[CL44]

At last some good news! Yes the downgrade from A388 to B773 is a drop in capacity (Passenger wise) but for Cargo, well that is a different story. An uplift from less than 9000 Kgs to a figure of about 18000 Kgs (and that could be quite conservative). Yes I know it is a feather in the cap for BHX to have 2 x scheduled A388 flights per day, BUT, (and this is a big but), will EK make more money from cargo being loaded on what is basically a flying warehouse for one of those flights instead of having the 380 going out part full with passengers? Yes for some people cargo does not enter the equation but for us Freight Agents the aircraft type in use on any particular route can be the difference in how we actually serve our Clients.

 

[Ray Finkle]

At last some good news! Yes the downgrade from A388 to B773 is a drop in capacity (Passenger wise) but for Cargo, well that is a different story. An uplift from less than 9000 Kgs to a figure of about 18000 Kgs (and that could be quite conservative). Yes I know it is a feather in the cap for BHX to have 2 x scheduled A388 flights per day, BUT, (and this is a big but), will EK make more money from cargo being loaded on what is basically a flying warehouse for one of those flights instead of having the 380 going out part full with passengers? Yes for some people cargo does not enter the equation but for us Freight Agents the aircraft type in use on any particular route can be the difference in how we actually serve our Clients.

Every cloud eh?

We'll have to see what (if anything) it leads to long term.

 

[CL44]

Ray, I always look for the silver lining! Might have to tiptoe around a few dog t*rds to get there but thankfully that is not normally an issue.

 

[jfy1999]

Which flight is downgraded?

 

[hay677]

EMIRATES CELEBRATES ITS 1 MILLIONTH A380 PASSENGER FROM BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT

Milestone reached following launch of iconic Airbus A380 daily service in March 2016.

Current loads are really good.

the downgrade from A388 to B773 is a drop in capacity

logic????

Also some forum members seem a little coy over their info sources???