(TAN): Emirates’ flagship A380 landed at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport late last week, marking the first commercial flight to the South Indian city’s airport of the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the airline said in a news release.
The special service from Dubai to Bengaluru, operating as EK562 and greeted with a procession of follow-me vehicles, arrived ahead of the launch of scheduled A380 services which will commence on October 30.
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Starting on October 30, Emirates’ A380 flights between Dubai and Bengaluru will operate as EK568 and EK569. The daily flight leaves the airline’s hub at 2125 hours, arriving in Bengaluru at 0230 hours local time the next day. The return flight departs Kempegowda International Airport at 0430 hours, arriving in Dubai at 0710 hours (local time). Emirates also operates two additional daily flights using its other widebody aircraft, the Boeing 777.
Emirates currently operates the A380 to over 30 destinations across the globe and plans to deploy the popular aircraft to over 40 destinations by March 2023.
