Emirates orders 32 more A380s, largest single order for type

Wow!!! I can't imagine having so many of that behemoth of an aircraft. With full loads, these could take about 40 minutes to board and deplane. I sure an international arrivals building will be swaring in lines of arriving flights!

Hat's off to Emirates! They ARE OUTSTANDING in the sky.

Kudos to Emirates, but an order as large as this one for this overhyped fat beastie is going to backfire on the big E '. I've a bad gut feeling, alas....

Now where is Ikramerica aka "The laughing stock of Airliners.net" to cry us a river?
He is already gone apoplectic over there and his appearance here is all that is missing from a great day for Airbus!

This is a well done for EK and hope they have financing in place.

To add to the boarding and deplaning of this aircraft. After 25 years in airline customer service I would NOT ever want to be an agent working on a 380 that goes into a delay or forbid a cancellation, all I can say is the boarding area/gate would not be a pretty site to see. Best of luck to EK employees...I prey for you.

Hmm, do ya think there just might be a bubble in the Middle East? Okay, Dubai the city is bankrupt. Had to be bailed-out by Abu Dhabi. The UAE gov't writes the checks for Emirates Airlines. This is a spending orgy bearing no relation to market conditions or the the grim fiscal reality of the UAE and especially Dubai at present. Very bad idea.

Right, they can park them in the desert! I suspect they got these for A SONG because Airbus hasn't signed up a big order for a while. It would not be surprising if this is a way of striking fear into the 'hearts' of the competition. Even Singapore Airlines has not bought any A380s for years, nor will it have a similar size fleet.
Perhaps they are buying these for an airline they will take over soon?

"...how can you compare Dubai to the United States airlines? It's city-state, just like Singapore, we're comparing apples and oranges."
Thanks Phil for the reality check.
Maybe Obahma can buy the US airlines a stack of Boeings since he wants us to be like the Middle East so much. Emirates does it like the US airlines did before deregulation & the low cost cattle car invasion. Emirates doesn't have to deal with profits or peanut throwing SWA.

The American owned international carriers can merge all the way down to one airline but eventualy they will have to compete with the state run airlines. It can't be done. United, Delta & American have to deal with something called a "bottom line," oh, and low cost carriers, like stated above.

am astonished what happens to the airline industry will they change the field to be a leasing company if not then what is the source of traffic in the middle east which needs all those aircrafts,may be they will buy the 24 arab carriers and work on behalf of them. hope this never happen

Sour grapes anyone?
Sounds like it is a thorn in YOUR back...

Yet another anti airbus comment

The momen most of their 90 A380 of Emirates are operating they are flying from all Europe hubs and non hubs 5x daily to DUB to connect with the rest of the world . Euorpe will have no choice but to fly them because their airlines are only Germanwings Easyjet and Ryanair for local flights

It is for a time laughable, but eventually tiresome to read anti-Airbus fans continually saying things like "nobody wants to fly to Dubai".

Why don't they understand that Emirates at Dubai is positioned as a hub between Europe and Asia, and it is about flying people from Mumbai or Tokyo to places like Dusseldorf and Rome? And more economically than non-stop to boot?

Dream on, people wanting the A380 and Emirates to fail. Economic reality still exists.

1 jet fuel is more expensive in the Gulf they have to import it
2look at a globe the gulf is the best point to tranfers for the most of the world.
3 they serve destinations that 1st world airlines ignored, but are now relatively well off India has greater number of middleclass people than the usa and they are increasing exponentially.look at how few us citizens have passports!
4do people use SIN as end destination?

comment for other A380 buyer which is to Malaysia Airlines. Malaysia Airlines only bought 6 A380s which is not enough to replace its all aging 747-400 and under purchased . Malaysia Airlines should bought another 4 or 6 more A380s. People will fly on that particular airline because of the service offering and type of fleet. Buying A380 is a good investment but not over purchased like Emirates that will end up with bankruptcy.

The bad gut feeling you have, is probably, the
next generation aircraft from BOEING, the
787 Dreamliner...