Airbus CEO Tom Enders, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum, chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airlines Group, and Louis Gallois, CEO of European Aeronautic Defence and Space company (EADS), disembark from an A380 aircraft during a hand-over ceremony in Hamburg, July 28, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
By November 2007, Emirates had placed firm orders for 58 A380 planes.
This first superjumbo will be deployed on the Dubai-New York route, marking the first commercial A380 service to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and United States.
Emirates Airline is due to receive five superjumbos in the current financial year, which ends on 31 March, 2009, and receive the remaining 53 by June 2013.
In addition, Sheikh Ahmed signed a letter of intent with Airbus' president and CEO Tom Enders for 60 new Airbus aircraft, including 30 Airbus A350XWB and another 30 A330-300s.
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