Emirates temporarily withdraws A380 after engineering delay

Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has withdrawn its Airbus A380 from
service for the time being after engineering work on the aircraft overran.

Emirates took delivery of the jet, the first of 58 for the Dubai-based
operator, at the end of July and has been using it on services to New
York JFK.

"Our A380 was scheduled for training use in between commercial flights,"
says an Emirates spokesperson. "There is also planned engineering work
which is taking longer to complete than expected.

Emirates A380

"Our teams are working hard to minimise any inconvenience caused to our
passengers. Our A380 will be deployed on commercial service again as
soon as possible."

The carrier has not specified the nature of the engineering work, nor
given an indication as to how long it expects the 489-seat aircraft to
be unavailable.

It is to use Boeing 777-300ERs in place of the double-deck aircraft
while the work is being completed.