Emirates to serve Beijing using A380

Emirates will deploy its A380 aircraft into Beijing from August 1st.

Up until now, the carrier has operated a twice-daily rotation using a mix of wide-body A340 and B777 aircraft.

Emirates faces competition on the route from Air China (four-times weekly), China Southern (three-times weekly) and Hainan Airlines (five-times weekly)

In the twelve month period between Nov 08-09, over 123,000 passengers flew between the city pairs directly - with Emirates having a 42% market share.