You Will Have to Wait a Little Longer to Fly the World’s Most Crowded A380
Photo Credit: Emirates President Tim Clark stands in front of one of his airlines' Airbus A380s in 2013, during happier times. PR photo.
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Certain routes just demand more crowded seating to be viable, and not every passenger market seems to mind as much, but that's still a lot of people on a single plane.
While some airlines are trying to offload their A380s, and others can’t pay for them, those airlines which love the aircraft are trying to fit more people onboard.
When Emirates announced that it will increase the density of its A380 flying between Dubai and Copenhagen earlier this year, up to 615 passengers, there was a bit of an uproar. In fact, the airline added capacity by converting this aircraft from a three class to a two-class configuration, which spreads the space out a bit more evenly and means that passengers at the back will still get legroom similar to what they currently experience. The airline eliminated the First class cabin, which had low demand in this
