In mid-March, I reported that Emirates would return the Airbus A380 to its Dubai-Riyadh route on April 1, which it did. It became the world's shortest scheduled passenger service for the Airbus A380. However, this was short-lived. As a reminder of how quickly things can and do change, things have developed since then, with an even shorter service, albeit with extremely few flights.
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