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[+] A380 jet to land in the United States at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The A380 is the world's largest airliner with 49 percent more floor space and 35 percent more seating than the previous largest aircraft.
STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images Why did I spend sixty Euro on an aluminum luggage tag, my wife asked? “I’m entitled to my toy,” I said. To myself, I muttered, “It’s not just a luggage tag, it’s made from the skin of the very first Emirates Airbus A380.” But to tell the truth, I’m not entirely sure why I bought it.
My A380 aircraft skin tag is a memento, memorializing a golden era of super jumbo travel I have never gotten to enjoy. While the phrase “skin tag” sounds like something out of BLADERUNNER or plastic surgery shows BOTCHED or NIP/TUCK, it is actually a “Limited Edition Original Aircraft Skin Tag.” The aluminum tag, which you could put on your luggage or use as a key ring, measures 8.
5 cm by 4.5 cm. It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, by which “Emirates hereby confirms the above referenced item is genuine and was created from the skin of aircraft A6-EDA during her disassembly at DWC (Dubai World Central) airport in 2021.
” The skin tag is from Aviationtag , which has produced tags from the aluminum skin of 707s, 747, the Airbus A3.