The shortest scheduled flight on Emirates' A380? Dubai to Bahrain (but only on June 13 and 14)
Those who travel in Italy and Europe-except for a few rare cases-are used to flying almost [...]
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Who travels in Italy and Europe - except for a few rare cases - Is used to flying almost exclusively with 'narrow bodies', the narrow-body aircraft. In the rest of the world, however, there are many companies that even for short flights (even those that last only 60 minutes!) use true giants of the skies such as the A380.
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It goes without saying: for a one-hour (or two-hour) flight, a small A320 or Boeing 737 is more than fine, not least because in such a short time one cannot enjoy the magic and comfort that the super jumbo gives.
If, however, the desire to experience the world's largest passenger plane is great, then you can opt for a particular route: June 13 and 14 Emirates will fly from Dubai at Bahrain, using one of the A380s configured in only two classes (economy and business) and thus with the largest capacity (615 places); with a length of 263 nautical miles (about 488 km), the flight connecting Dubai and Bahrain is thus the world's shortest flight operated by an Airbus A380 (Even shorter than Asiana Airlines' Seoul-Osaka).
On June 13, flight EK833 will take off from Dubai at 8:50 p.m. (local time) and land in Bahrain at 9:05 p.m. (local time); on June 14, on the other hand, departure from DXB is scheduled at 1:30 a.m. while arrival is at 1:45 a.m. (local time). On the reverse leg, June 13 will take off from Bahrain International Airport at 10:50 p.m. and arrive in Dubai at 1:15 a.m. (local time); finally, June 14 will depart BAH at 3:30 a.m. and land in DXB at 6:00 a.m. (local time).
On this route, according to data provided by Flight Radar 24, is normally used one of the Boeing 777s of Emirates' fleet. On June 13 and 14, however, Emirates airline decided to deploy its super jumbos to meet the growing demand due to the religious festival of Eid.
