Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Emirates Airbus team up to search for A380 fan


(MENAFN- Arab News) Emirates and Airbus teamed up to search for the ultimate A380 fan in the UAE ahead of the Dubai Airshow in November.
A Facebook competition jointly organized by Emirates and Airbus garnered over 1000 entries in less than three days.
To enter participants had to express why they were ardent fans of the Emirates A380 in less than 380 words.
The winner Yves Heye became the envy of aviation enthusiasts when he was treated to a special VIP tour of the Emirates' first two-class configured A380 which was unveiled at the Dubai Airshow.
Yves Heye's winning streak did not end there. His tour concluded with the Surprise of the Year when he was invited to visit Toulouse France for an exclusive tour of the A380 manufacturing facility.
The Ultimate A380 Fan flew to France in December on an Emirates A380 where he witnessed the A380 final assembly line with an Emirates A380 currently under production.
He also visited the A380 mockup cabin center and other Airbus facilities. His dream trip concluded with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly an A380 from Toulouse to Marseille under the command of an Airbus test pilot in a true-to-life flight simulator.
The Emirates A380 has flown over 47 million passengers covering over 700 million km.
There are currently thirty-six A380 destinations on the Emirates network and the airline continues to be at the forefront of A380 deployment with seventy-two A380 aircraft in operation and sixty-eight more A380 aircraft to be delivered.
Birmingham (from March 27 March) and Prague and Taipei (both from May 1) will soon join the growing list of Emirates A380 destinations making Emirates the first and only airline to operate a scheduled A380 service from each of these destinations.

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