ʻAʻole hiki i nā Emirates Airlines ma Dubai ke loaʻa i nā mokulele superjumbo. I kēia lā ua hoʻolaha ka mea lawe mokulele UAE i kahi US $ 16 biliona kuʻikahi no 36 mau mokulele Airbus A380 hou, me 20 mau kauoha paʻa a me 16 mau koho. E hoʻohana ana nā ʻauwaʻa ʻo Emirates 'A380 i nā ʻenekini GE a me Rolls-Royce, a ke loiloi nei ka mokulele i nā koho ʻenekini no kāna kauoha A380 hou loa.
E hāʻawi ʻia nā Airbus A380 hou i Emirates mai 2020 a ma luna. Me nā ʻauwaʻa A101 380-ikaika o ka mokulele a me kāna kauoha i kēia manawa no nā mokulele 41, lawe kēia kauoha hou i ka hoʻokō ʻana o Emirates i ka papahana A380 i nā mokulele 178, ʻoi aku ka nui o US $ 60 biliona.
ʻO kāna Kiʻekiʻe Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Hope Pelekikena a me Kuhina Nui o ka UAE a me Ruler o Dubai, i ʻōlelo ʻia: "E hōʻike maoli ʻo Emirates i ka ʻuhane o Dubai o ka ulu ʻana, ka hana hou a me ke kūpaʻa. Hōʻike pū ia i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka honua ma ke ʻano o nā kānaka, kapikala a me nā kahe ʻike. Hōʻike kēia kuʻikahi i ka hilinaʻi o Emirates i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana, a me kāna kūpaʻa i ka holomua ʻana i ka hihiʻo o Dubai e ulu hou aʻe ma ke ʻano he pae honua a me ka hub mokulele.
ʻO kāna mea kiʻekiʻe Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, ka Luna Hoʻokele a me ka Luna Nui, Emirates Airline a me ka hui pūlima i ka memorandum of understanding (MOU) i kēia lā me John Leahy, Luna Nui o nā mea kūʻai aku, Airbus Commercial Aircraft ma ke keʻena nui o ka mokulele ma Dubai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheikh Ahmed: "ʻAʻole mākou i hūnā i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua kūleʻa ka A380 no Emirates. Aloha mākou i nā mea kūʻai aku, a ua hiki iā mākou ke kau iā ia ma nā misionari like ʻole ma kā mākou pūnaewele, e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka maʻalahi e pili ana i ka laulā a me ka hui ʻana o nā kaʻa.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "ʻO kekahi o nā A380s hou a mākou i kauoha ai e hoʻohana ʻia e like me nā pani pani. E hāʻawi kēia kauoha i ka paʻa i ka laina hana A380. E hoʻomau mākou e hana pū me Airbus e hoʻonui hou i ka mokulele a me ka huahana ma luna, i mea e hāʻawi ai i kā mākou poʻe kaʻa i ka ʻike maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka nani o kēia mokulele ʻo ia ka ʻenehana a me ka waiwai paʻa ma luna o ka moku e hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi lumi nui e hana ai i kahi mea ʻē aʻe me nā mea o loko.
"Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā Emirates, Sheikh Ahmed, Tim Clark a me Adel Al-Redha no kā lākou kākoʻo mau ʻana i ka A380," wahi a John Leahy, Luna Nui o nā mea kūʻai aku, Airbus Commercial Aircraft. "Ua hāʻawi nui kēia mokulele i ka ulu a me ka kūleʻa o Emirates mai 2008 a hauʻoli mākou e hoʻomau ia e hana pēlā. Hōʻike kēia kauoha hou i ka manaʻo o Airbus e hana i ka A380 ma ka liʻiliʻi no nā makahiki he ʻumi. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au i nā kauoha hou aʻe e hahai i ka hiʻohiʻona o Emirates a e kūkulu maikaʻi ʻia kēia mokulele nui i ka 2030s.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o Emirates me Airbus he mau makahiki. ʻO Emirates ma kahi mamao ka mea hoʻohana Airbus A380 nui loa ma ka honua me 101 A380s i ka lawelawe i kēia lā.
