Beginning Of The End: Emirates Wraps Up Its First Retrofit Of A Two-Class Airbus A380

On May 20th, 2026, Emirates announced that it had quote “reached a defining milestone in its ambitious multi-billion dollar retrofit programme with the successful reconfiguration of its first two-class A380 aircraft.” The two-class A380s are also known as the airline’s 615-seaters – the highest capacity commercial aircraft in the world.