Emirates launched its A380 services in Bengaluru, with the world’s largest passenger aircraft making a 3.40 pm touchdown on the new runway at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Friday.
The special Dubai-Bengaluru flight EK562, which signaled the opening of the services, carried 224 passengers. The scheduled A380 services will commence on October 30.
Adnan Kazim, Chief Commercial Officer, Emirates, said the daily services would connect Bengaluru with over 130 destinations via Dubai.
Hari Marar, MD and CEO of Bengaluru International Airport Ltd, which operates KIA, said A380’s entry to KIA was befitting the “discerning travellers” of Bengaluru.
