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Emirates readies five A380s for Heathrow  
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A recent news published in the Telegraph observes that Emirates Airlines has decided to operate five Airbus A380 superjumbos into London Heathrow Airport on a daily basis.
 
According to a statement made by the Dubai-based carrier, the airline has decided to use the largest passenger airliner on the globe on all its slots into the global hub. The airline has further insisted that it will have little difficulty in filling the extra 550 seats.

Most notably, Emirates took the delivery of its first A380 from Hamburg during this week. The delivery followed a delay of 18 months. There are also outstanding orders for a further 57 numbers of the giant aircraft.

Featuring a multiple-class configuration, the A380 is well capable of transporting not less than 525 passengers. The capacity of the aircraft means that about 2,600 travellers can fly out of Heathrow with the services of the carrier on every single day of the week.

When he was questioned whether the roll-out of its new fleet would result in the lowering of the number of daily flights, Tim Clark, the Emirates president said, "We would not reduce the frequency of our services at Heathrow."

The said commitment by the airline comes in spite of the highly worsening conditions in the global aviation industry. According to The Telegraph, this confidence by the airline amounts to the belief of the airline that it can certainly "defy the gloom."

During this week, the airline also confirmed that it has signed a $17 billion (£8.6 billion) deal for purchasing about 60 wide-body passenger jets from Airbus.