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The Airbus A380 was supposed to be the plane of the future.<\/p>\n
With a price tag of $445.6 million and room for as many as 800 passengers, the A380 was designed to be a game-changer for the aviation industry in the same way the Boeing 747 was in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
But not a lot of Airbus' ambitions have panned out. For most of the A380\u2019s decade in service, Airbus has struggled to find airlines willing to put the A380 into service.<\/p>\n
Except for Emirates, an airline ranked as the Middle East\u2019s largest, the world\u2019s fourth largest, and rated the fourth best in the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n Emirates operates 101 A380s, the most of any airline. In January, the airline ordered an additional 20 A380s, with an option for 16 additional jets. The deal, which single-handedly kept Airbus\u2019 A380 program afloat<\/a>, is worth $16 billion.<\/p>\n Read More<\/strong>: I flew 16 hours nonstop in economy class on one of United Airlines' busiest international routes. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n As a travel nut, I\u2019ve always wanted to fly on an A380 and on Emirates Airlines. I\u2019d heard excellent things about both, with many likening the experience to a throwback to the "golden age" of air travel.<\/p>\n When I was booking my trip to Dubai, I decided to splurge on the 13-hour nonstop economy-class ticket for a cool $1,145. Surprisingly, it was the same price for a round trip as a one-way.<\/p>\n Read on to see what I thought of my flight on Emirates Airlines, departing from New York\u2019s John F. Kennedy International Airport for Dubai International Airport, operated on an Airbus A380.<\/p>\n SEE ALSO: The incredible history of the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet, which went from airline status symbol to reject in just 10 years<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n DON'T MISS: One of the best airlines in the world is one you've probably never heard of \u2014 here's what it's like to fly Air Astana<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Airbus A380 superjumbo is the largest and most expensive commercial airliner in history. The Airbus A380 was supposed to be the plane of the future.<\/p>\n With a price tag of $445.6 million and room for as many as 800 passengers, the A380 was designed to be a game-changer for the aviation industry in the same way the Boeing 747 was in the 1970s.<\/p>\n But not a lot of Airbus' ambitions have panned out. For most of the A380\u2019s decade in service, Airbus has struggled to find airlines willing to put the A380 into service.<\/p>\n Except for Emirat..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Good morning! After a hellish commute to the airport, I arrived at the gate a bit after 10:00 a.m. Luckily, they hadn't even started boarding.<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/p>\nThat meant I had time to run and grab some pork buns from a nearby food kiosk \u2014 $4.50 apiece is no joke!<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/p>\nI had checked in online and had a mobile boarding pass, but an Emirates staffer informed everyone that those without printed passes had to get one printed at the desk. So much for saving time.<\/h3>\n
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See the rest of the story at Business Insider<\/a>Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nIt once promised to revolutionize air travel with unprecedented luxury, but it turned out to be mostly a bust for Airbus.
\nThe biggest A380 customer is Emirates Airlines, which operates 101 A380s and ordered an additional $16 billion worth of A380s in January.
\nI'd never flown on an Airbus A380 or on Emirates Airlines. On a recent trip to Dubai, I decided to try them both out with an economy-class ticket for the 13-hour flight from New York to Dubai.<\/p>\n