Emirates Airline Airbus A380-861 A6-EDJ (54623)
This is not the usual sight in Frankfurt! What a BIG surprise! Right now there is no scheduled Emirates A380 service to Frankfurt.
Emirates Airline Airbus A380-861 A6-EDJ has finished pushback from Terminal 2.
MSN 009 has had its first flight on 25.08.06 with the test registration F-WWEA and was the first A380 to carry the Engine Alliance GP7270 turbofans. It was used for testing until 2008. Originally intended for Etihad Airways, this jet was delivered to Emirates on 04.06.10 with GP7270. If Etihad was the customer, the engines would have been replaced by Rolls-Royce Trent 900 - we all know them since the Qantas incident. With RR engines the type is A380-841 instead of -861.
This is flight EK17 from Dubai (DXB) to Manchester (MAN). It was diverted to Frankfurt due to a medical emergency and is now continuing the flight to Manchester where it has arrived on 15:03 GMT - with a delay of 2 1/2h. Thanks for this information, Paul!.
In case you are interested: Manchester (MAN) is the 5th airport in Europe (and the first regional airport in the world) to see regular scheduled A380 services after LHR, CDG, ZRH and FRA. Flights EK17 (DXB-MAN) & EK18 (MAN-DXB) are operated since Sept. 1, 2010. The turnaround time in Manchester is just 1:40h - seems quite tough! Emirates is flying to Manchester since 1990. With EK17/18 they have replaced a Boeing 777-300(ER) and boosted capacity on this route by 75 seats a day.
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Emirates Airline Airbus A380-861 A6-EDJ (54623)
This is not the usual sight in Frankfurt! What a BIG surprise! Right now there is no scheduled Emirates A380 service to Frankfurt.
Emirates Airline Airbus A380-861 A6-EDJ has finished pushback from Terminal 2.
MSN 009 has had its first flight on 25.08.06 with the test registration F-WWEA and was the first A380 to carry the Engine Alliance GP7270 turbofans. It was used for testing until 2008. Originally intended for Etihad Airways, this jet was delivered to Emirates on 04.06.10 with GP7270. If Etihad was the customer, the engines would have been replaced by Rolls-Royce Trent 900 - we all know them since the Qantas incident. With RR engines the type is A380-841 instead of -861.
This is flight EK17 from Dubai (DXB) to Manchester (MAN). It was diverted to Frankfurt due to a medical emergency and is now continuing the flight to Manchester where it has arrived on 15:03 GMT - with a delay of 2 1/2h. Thanks for this information, Paul!.
In case you are interested: Manchester (MAN) is the 5th airport in Europe (and the first regional airport in the world) to see regular scheduled A380 services after LHR, CDG, ZRH and FRA. Flights EK17 (DXB-MAN) & EK18 (MAN-DXB) are operated since Sept. 1, 2010. The turnaround time in Manchester is just 1:40h - seems quite tough! Emirates is flying to Manchester since 1990. With EK17/18 they have replaced a Boeing 777-300(ER) and boosted capacity on this route by 75 seats a day.
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