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World's largest passenger aircraft landed in Bengaluru : Watch

The airport authorities have also informed that the aircraft landed on the new runway at KIA that was recently launched.

Published on: Oct 15, 2022, 12:43:38 IST
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The world’s largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, finally landed at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport on Friday afternoon.The management of Bengaluru airport shared the visuals of aircraft landing in the city. A post on the official handle of Bengaluru airport read, “Now that’s how you make an entrance! @emirates A380, the largest passenger airliner in the world has just touched down at #BLRAirport (Sic)”

The airport authorities have also informed that the aircraft landed on the new runway at KIA that was recently launched.
The airport authorities have also informed that the aircraft landed on the new runway at KIA that was recently launched.

This is the first time for A380 aircraft to land in Bengaluru while the Emirates is running A380 services from Mumbai and Delhi already. The airport authorities have also informed that the aircraft landed on the new runway at KIA that was recently launched.

A Twitter user who claimed to be travelled in an A380 wrote, “That flight was so good I didn’t want to get off after 13 hours from Dxb-JFK. I wonder how people will feel for this 4-hour flight.”

Another user wrote, “Bangalore becomes India’s 3rd airport to handle A380s. The new runway is 4km in length and 45m in width, can’t wait to use Terminal 2 in a few weeks from now!”

 
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Pathi Venkata Thadhagath

Pathi Thadhagath is a multimedia journalist with Hindustan Times, Bengaluru. He tracks and writes news of Karnataka state.

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