Emirates at Auckland
Jul 24, 2016, 10:55 am
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Emirates at Auckland
On July 20, 2016, I arrived on a QF flight into Auckland and I noticed three EK A380's and one EK 777 parked at gates. Is that normal for early afternoon?
Jul 24, 2016, 11:50 am
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Jul 24, 2016, 12:07 pm
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Yes, EK has flights from AKL to MEL/SYD/BNE/DXB and CHC-SYD.
Last edited by Yoshi212; Jul 25, 2016 at 12:01 am Reason: Correct AUK to AKL
Jul 24, 2016, 2:04 pm
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From October the daily AKL-DXB non-stop service will also become an A380, so there will be 4x EK A380 in AKL at once. Has happen before when they subbed the 77L for an A380 in the past.
Probably making AKL only of the only airports outside of EK to have 4x EK A380 on the ground at once.
Credit: Auckland Airport
Probably making AKL only of the only airports outside of EK to have 4x EK A380 on the ground at once.
Credit: Auckland Airport
Jul 24, 2016, 7:51 pm
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In the summer SQ also ups it's AKL-SIN service to an A380, so things getting pretty tight.
Jul 24, 2016, 11:40 pm
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Thank you guys for your responses. So glad to know I didn't have an optical delusion. My first trip to NZ. Coming back in September. Beautiful place. Beautiful people.
Jul 25, 2016, 6:14 am
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It was announced in June that the service will be changed to an A380 from 30 October 2016.
Jul 29, 2016, 12:44 am
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From October the daily AKL-DXB non-stop service will also become an A380, so there will be 4x EK A380 in AKL at once. Has happen before when they subbed the 77L for an A380 in the past.
Probably making AKL only of the only airports outside of EK to have 4x EK A380 on the ground at once.
Probably making AKL only of the only airports outside of EK to have 4x EK A380 on the ground at once.
Aug 1, 2016, 4:07 pm
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