Largest passenger aircraft lands at Islamabad airport

First A380 flight landed in Pakistan at 12:30am on Sunday

ISLAMABAD: The largest passenger jet in the world touched down at the new Islamabad International Airport on Sunday.

Airbus A380 landed at the new airport after Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) gave permission to Middle Eastern conglomerate Emirates to bring the airplane to Pakistan.

The first flight of A380 in Pakistan arrived with 650 passengers on board from Dubai.

Largest passenger airplane of the world, Emirates Airbus A380 ✈️, landed for the first time at the new Islamabad International Airport today. It arrived from #Dubai with six hundred fifty passengers on board. #Pakistan🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/cmyM7qoRnY

— Government of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) July 8, 2018

Weighing 577 tons, the aircraft is 240 feet long, while its wingspan is 260 feet. The double-decker plane stands 80-foot high from the ground and flies at the speed of 945 kilo meters per hour with its four powerful turbo engines.



The first A380 test flight was conducted in 2005, but commercial flights began in 2007, courtesy  Singapore Airlines. Emirates, Qantas, Lufthansa, Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines, British Airways, Asiana Airlines, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways all have fleets of this airplane.