Emirates 100th A380 Eases Airbus Heartburn
SP's Airbuz|October-November 2017

What Emirates would really need as evidence is that the A380 has a tangible validity in the market of the future is at least a sale of another 50 aircraft to another carrier or two

Bikram Vohra
Emirates 100th A380 Eases Airbus Heartburn

IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL high at Hamburg as Emirates received its 100th A380 on November 3, 2017. The aircraft livery was the talking point as the motif of a smiling former UAE president, the much loved Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, beams at the world from the fore of the fuselage with the legend in gold: Year of Zayed. 2018 is the centenary of the founder of the UAE’s birth and is

being celebrated as such. The iconic features and the design on the aircraft have been perfected for the occasion by none other than His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai as a tribute to the leader and his legacy.

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