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The UAE's national airline, Emirates, continues to leverage its fleet of Airbus A380s across several routes in the United States. As the largest operator of this aircraft model globally, Emirates maintains a significant presence in the US market. The airline first introduced the A380 on a scheduled service between Dubai International Airport and New York John F. Kennedy Airport in 2008.
Over the years, these superjumbos have become central to Emirates' long-haul operations, servicing major intercontinental routes from Dubai. The A380 is deployed on high-demand routes such as Dubai–London Heathrow and Dubai–New York JFK.
Emirates has operated flights to Houston since 2007 but introduced the A380 to this route in December 2014. The service has seen interruptions with changes back to smaller aircraft like the Boeing 777-300ER during certain periods.
