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Emirates is now in the final few months of serving Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH) in Denmark from its main hub at Dubai International Airport (DXB) in the United Arab Emirates with its flagship double-decker widebody quadjet, the Airbus A380. However, the withdrawal of the superjumbo does not mean that its Danish capacity will be reduced. In fact, more seats will be available following this change.
This is because the Dubai-based UAE flag carrier will replace its single daily Airbus A380 rotation on this corridor with two flights a day using smaller single-decker widebody twinjet aircraft from elsewhere in its fleet. This may hint at a desire to serve more connecting passengers in Dubai, given that having guests arrive from Copenhagen twice a day will open up a great deal more transit options.
The Airbus A380 Had Only Returned To Copenhagen Just Over A Year Ago
Emirates has only been flying the Airbus A380 from Dubai International Airport to Copenhagen Kastrup on a regular basis for just over a year. As Simple Flying’s James Pearson reported at the time, the UAE flag carrier’s flights with the superjumbo to the capital city of Denmark resumed in January of 2025, marking the first time in almost half a decade that its double-deckers had visited Copenhagen.
Indeed, prior to that momentous relaunch, Emirates had last served Copenhagen with the A380 in March of 2020, with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic having paused the superjumbo’s presence on the route. With the restart, Copenhagen became Emirates’ 21st European destination with A380 flights, and its 51st overall. The carrier favored its highest-density layout for this route, and explained that:
“The Emirates A380 serving Copenhagen [operated] in a two-class configuration, offering customers 58 lie-flat seats in Business Class and 557 spacious seats in Economy Class.”
The End Of An Era
Now, however, Emirates’ superjumbo era in Copenhagen is coming to an end. According to present scheduling data made available by Cirium, an aviation analytics company, its daily flights from Dubai to the Danish capital with the Airbus A380 will come to an end on May 31, 2026. All of its Danish A380 flights this year have continued to use the two-class 615-seat layout, as will all those that are left.
In terms of the timings of these services, Emirates favors a morning departure for its Denmark-bound operations, with flight EK151 timed to leave from Dubai International Airport at 7:30 am local time. This makes it ideal for connecting passengers who have arrived in the early hours of the morning on overnight flights. With a block time of eight hours, its scheduled arrival in Copenhagen is 12:30 pm local time.
From a visitor’s perspective, this gives arriving guests an afternoon to enjoy the city, while those returning home to Denmark get the peace of mind of a daytime arrival. After just over two hours on the ground, Emirates flight EK152 is scheduled to depart from Copenhagen at 2:45 pm. With a block time of seven hours and ten minutes, it arrives in Dubai at 12:55 am the next day, enabling overnight transits.
Emirates’ 1st Flight On The Massive 569-Seat Airbus A380 Starts Next Month
The first passenger-carrying service on the new 569-seater will take place next month, marking a significant shift in Emirates’ fleet.
The Airbus A350 & Boeing 777 Will Take Over From The A380 On This Route
A key driver behind Emirates’ withdrawal of the A380 from Copenhagen is its shift from one round trip a day on the route to two. It would likely be unable to fill two A380s a day on this route, but, by switching to two smaller jets, it can still offer more seats overall. For this reason, from June 1 onwards, the UAE flag carrier will operate a daily rotation with both the Airbus A350 and the Boeing 777 on the route.
For the most part, the Triple-Sevens will be 421-seat examples of the larger 777-300ER model, meaning that, alongside the 298-seat A350-900, Emirates will offer 719 seats a day in each direction. Compared to the 615 seats on its high-density A380s, this represents a proportional increase of 16.91%. In December, however, it will switch from the 777-300ER to the 777-200LR, which only has 302 seats.
