Giant double-decker airplane to land in Warsaw

The world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus a380, will land at Warsaw’s Okęcie Airport on February 10, as one of Emirates Airlines’ jumbo jets is scheduled to fly from Dubai to the Polish capital, the airline said in a press release over the weekend. The one-time flight has been planned as a way of commemorating the fourth anniversary of regularly-scheduled passenger service by the airline between Poland and the United Arab Emirates. “The arrival of Airbus A380 from Dubai in Poland, to the Frederic Chopin Airport [also known as Okęcie] will undoubtedly be a great celebration,” Maciej Pyrka, a spokesperson for Emirates in Poland said in the release on Sunday. The event is also an opportunity for fans of aircraft design to see the unique plane, which can carry up to 600 passengers. Since 2013, Pyrka said, Emirates has transported over 700,000 passengers between Poland and the UAE. It presently accommodates passengers on the route in its Boeing 777-300ER, aircraft, which can hold up to 428 passengers.