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Emirates' Airbus A380 receives warm welcome in New Delhi

• A senior delegation of Emirates officials led by Richard Vaughan, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations and Majid Al Mualla, Emirates’ Senior Vice President, West Asia and Indian Ocean, arrived on this special flight of the Emirates A380

New Delhi: Emirates became the first airline to land a commercially operated Airbus A380 on Indian soil in a special flight to celebrate the opening of a new terminal at New Delhi’s Indira Ghandi airport.

EK 516, a special, one-off flight of the 517-seat A380 arrived at the IGI Airport to a water cannon salute at 2.50pm.

A senior delegation of Emirates officials led by Richard Vaughan, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations and Majid Al Mualla, Emirates’ Senior Vice President, West Asia and Indian Ocean, arrived on this special flight of the Emirates A380.

“This is a proud moment for Emirates as we celebrate 25 years of successful operations in India, one of our most important destinations, not just in Southern Asia, but across our global network,” Mr Vaughan told a 200-strong audience comprising media, travel agents and VIPs, hosted by Emirates and GMR.

“We started our operations to India in 1985 with 10 flights a week and have, today, achieved a feat that no other international airline has".

Mr Vaughan said that with 11 A380s already part of the carrier’s fleet and 79 more to come, Emirates saw a “significant opportunity” to start regular services to India, subject to government approvals.

“We do see India as one of the key markets where this product will be able to do full justice,” he said, pointing out that the connectivity that Emirates offers through its Dubai hub is second to none.

“Introducing it on the Indian routes is only expected to fuel further growth in the Indian economy and strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. We are upbeat about our plans and hopeful of being able to offer the product as a regular service to the Indian travellers in the near future.”

Emirates' Airbus A380 receives warm welcome in New Delhi

• A senior delegation of Emirates officials led by Richard Vaughan, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations and Majid Al Mualla, Emirates’ Senior Vice President, West Asia and Indian Ocean, arrived on this special flight of the Emirates A380

New Delhi: Emirates became the first airline to land a commercially operated Airbus A380 on Indian soil in a special flight to celebrate the opening of a new terminal at New Delhi’s Indira Ghandi airport.

EK 516, a special, one-off flight of the 517-seat A380 arrived at the IGI Airport to a water cannon salute at 2.50pm.

A senior delegation of Emirates officials led by Richard Vaughan, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations and Majid Al Mualla, Emirates’ Senior Vice President, West Asia and Indian Ocean, arrived on this special flight of the Emirates A380.

“This is a proud moment for Emirates as we celebrate 25 years of successful operations in India, one of our most important destinations, not just in Southern Asia, but across our global network,” Mr Vaughan told a 200-strong audience comprising media, travel agents and VIPs, hosted by Emirates and GMR.

“We started our operations to India in 1985 with 10 flights a week and have, today, achieved a feat that no other international airline has".

Mr Vaughan said that with 11 A380s already part of the carrier’s fleet and 79 more to come, Emirates saw a “significant opportunity” to start regular services to India, subject to government approvals.

“We do see India as one of the key markets where this product will be able to do full justice,” he said, pointing out that the connectivity that Emirates offers through its Dubai hub is second to none.

“Introducing it on the Indian routes is only expected to fuel further growth in the Indian economy and strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. We are upbeat about our plans and hopeful of being able to offer the product as a regular service to the Indian travellers in the near future.”

Boeing: Airlines to need $3.6 trillion in planes

SEATTLE — The global airline industry is making a robust economic recovery and will need $3.6 trillion in new aircraft over the next 20 years, Boeing Co. said Thursday in its annual long-range forecast.

In all, airlines will need 30,900 new jets between now and 2029, with more than two-thirds of the demand for smaller single-aisle jets such as Boeing's 737 and Airbus' A320, the company said in its 2010 Current Market Outlook.

Airlines have seen a rebound in passenger and freight traffic this year and should return to profitability in 2011, Boeing officials say.

"For passenger traffic in 2010 we're expecting to see a 5-6 percent improvement over where we were last year; in terms of cargo, somewhere around 14 percent or more," Randy Tinseth, Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president for marketing, said in a recent briefing in advance of next week's Farnborough International Airshow in Britain.

Airlines have been able to manage their way through the economic downturn fairly well by keeping costs down, he said.

"We're starting to see more airlines returning to profitability — returning to profitability really before we expected it," Tinseth said.

That's one reason Boeing is increasing its aircraft production rate in 2012, he said. Boeing is boosting its 737 rate to 35 planes, up from 31.5 currently, and will increase production of its 777 and 747 widebody aircraft earlier than planned. It also is building a temporary "surge" production line at its Everett, Washington, assembly plant for its new and long-delayed 787 jetliner. That's in addition to its existing 787 line at Everett and a 787 plant being built in Charleston, South Carolina.

Tinseth said financing for new aircraft is improving and high fuel prices have airlines looking to retire some older planes and consider new and more efficient ones. Airlines also are preparing for an upswing by investing more in passenger amenities, especially first and business class upgrades.

World air travel has grown about 5 percent a year since 1977 and Boeing expects that will continue, he said.

Boeing is being more conservative than the International Air Transport Association, which said last month that global industry profits should reach $2.5 billion this year. Just three months earlier, the industry group forecast a loss of $2.8 billion. The industry lost about $9.4 billion in 2009.

The IATA forecast passenger growth of 7 percent to a total of 2.4 billion passengers in 2010 and cargo growth at 18.5 percent.

Both IATA and Boeing say Asia and North America are leading the recovery, with Europe lagging behind. IATA says strikes at some airlines, the debt crisis and the volcanic ash cloud that caused major disruptions this spring are hurting Europe's recovery.

Boeing's 20-year forecast is slightly brighter than last year's, when it predicted demand for 29,000 aircraft worth $3.2 trillion for 2009-2028.

This year's report says 21,160 single-aisle jets worth $1.7 trillion will be needed, along with 7,100 twin-aisle planes such as the 777, 787 and Airbus' A330-340 family, worth $1.6 trillion. The world will need 720 large aircraft such as Boeing's 747 and Airbus' superjumbo A380, worth $220 billion, and just 1,1920 regional jets — those under 90 seats — worth $60 billion.

In its long-range forecast issued last September, Airbus predicted about 25,000 new planes worth $3.1 trillion will be delivered from 2009 to 2028. Those figures omit smaller regional jets.

Airbus, which has banked heavily on its 525-passenger A380, differs sharply from Boeing in predicting more than 1,700 large planes will be needed.

Manchester Airport to host UAEaeroplan

Visitors to Manchester hotels could be transported to the city on the world’s biggest aeroplane later this year.

From September, Emirates Airlines’ A380 ’superjumbo’ will fly daily into Manchester Airport, making it the first regional airport in the world to accommodate the giant aircraft.

The two-deck plane can seat more than 500 passengers and will connect the north-west city with Dubai.

Eight A380 aircraft are currently being operated by Emirates, visiting cities as diverse as Bangkok, Seoul, Sydney, Paris and Toronto.

Manchester Airport’s managing director Andrew Cornish said almost £10 million has been invested in upgrades to bring the A380 to the hub.

"Emirates’ decision to operate daily A380 services between Manchester and Dubai represents a historic moment for this airport and the region that we serve," he commented.

The move from Emirates is a major boost for Manchester Airport, which prides itself on being the north of England’s gateway to the rest of the world and offers flights to 210 destinations.