Dubai's Emirates Airlines began operations Wednesday from a $3 billion new concourse dedicated to Airbus' A380 superjumbos at the Gulf city-state's rapidly-expanding airport.
Concourse A, which cost $3 billion (2.3 billion euros) to build, gives Emirates -- one of the fastest-growing carriers -- an additional airport capacity of 15 million passengers a year, the company said.
The expansion takes place as the CAPA Centre for Aviation said Emirates could become this year the world's second-biggest carrier in terms of capacity, right after United Airlines, and way ahead of legacy European carriers.
Flight EK003 took off to London Heathrow from Concourse A, which will become "home of the Emirates A380," and add a capacity to handle 15 million passengers a year, said a statement by Emirates -- one of the world's fastest-growing carriers.
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