A6-EKK served Emirates from new in November 1992 until April 2002. It is departing from Ringway on EK036 via Zurich to Dubai.

Arriving in SFO after a long flight over the North Pole. Emirates has since upgraded its daily flight from Dubai to an A380.

First flown on 10 August 2012 and delivered on 19 December 2012.

The largest aircraft type to serve Barcelona, before Emirates replaced it with the A380.

Lining up on runway 27L

It's a long way to the Polderbaan, Rwy 36L.

The first commercial A380 take-off from Schiphol.

This is a view of the main cabin of the A380 as seen at the 2005 Dubai Airshow. The aircraft was mainly fitted with test equipment and small sections of the proper interior. The red-topped grey containers were water storage containers and these could be filled or emptied to act as ballast and to simulate a passenger load.