Summary Emirates has 15 615-seat Airbus A380s. They will be flown to 12 destinations from Dubai this winter. Yet, three destinations will account for more than half of the flights.
In less than two months, on October 27, Emirates and other northern airlines will switch to winter schedules based on IATA slot seasons. While Emirates' 615-seat Airbus A380 network has been explored for this summer, winter analysis has not yet been conducted. Consider this a snapshot of its plans as of August 30 .
But first, a summary. Its 615-seat A380s Emirates' double-decker quadjets have a staggering seven configurations, perhaps the greatest number for any type with any airline worldwide. It would be easy to say it might be challenging to manage and allocate them, but the difference in seats for most layouts is mainly in economy.
Emirates' A380 seats vary from 'just' 484 in the airline's relatively new and lowest-capacity four-class layout to 615 in its two-class config. The latter has no first class and 58 business seats—far fewer than other layouts—counterbalanced by packing in many more economy seats. According to ch-aviation , it has 15 615-seat aircraft, which entered revenue service in 2015.
There are 557 seats in bog-standard economy. For context, that's more than the total seats on its other six configurations and more than any other airline's A380 capacity. Which airports do you think made the cut? Where they'll be flown this winter Unsurprisingly, Emirates' 615-seaters are used .