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Expo 2020 now on 40 Emirates planes
DUBAI: Vibrant Expo 2020 Dubai
liveries are now carried on the sky on
40 aircraft of Emirates with the final
A380 plane emblazoned in the
distinctive orange “opportunity”
decal rolled out in April.
The first decal was unveiled in 2017
on an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER.
EXPO 2020 Dubai will be held
between 20 October 2020 and 10
April 2021. The city is the first in the
Middle East and North Africa to host
the world expo.
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin
Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and
Chief Executive, Emirates Airline &
Group, commented on completion of
the unique Expo 2020 liveries: “As we
begin to gear up for Expo 2020 Dubai,
we are proactively tapping into the
power of Emirates' network to spread
awareness and capture the world's
attention around the themes of this
global event with our mobility,
opportunity and sustainability
liveries.”
“Connectivity is the lynchpin that
brings together new ideas, fosters
global dialogue, and helps us
navigate through change. Emirates
will play a key role in opening up
o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r v i s i t o r s t o
experience this truly global event, as it
offers non-stop flights to Dubai from
many of the Expo participating
countries, and 70% of the 25 million
people targeted to visit Expo 2020 are
expected to utilise air transport,” he
added.
The aircraft decals—based on a
4,000 year-old ring excavated at an
archaeological site in Dubai—are
made up of circles and hoops
encircling a ring, in three distinct
colors reflecting the sub-themes of
Expo 2020 Dubai – amber tinged
orange for 'opportunity', emerald
green for 'sustainability' and cerulean
blue for 'mobility'. The Expo 2020
Dubai decals will remain on the 40
aircraft until April 2021.
Emirates says it will continue to
grow passenger and cargo links to
Dubai in the lead up to Expo 2020
Dubai. The airline currently has a
state-of-the-art fleet of 270 aircraft,
covering a network of over 150
destinations in 86 countries.
Turkish Airlines
concludes
'The Great
Move' to new
Istanbul Airport
ISTANBUL: Turkish
Airlines concluded in April
its relocation from the
Ataturk Airport, its home
for 86 years, to the new
Istanbul Airport dubbed as
“The Great Move.”
Touted as currently the
world's biggest airport, the
US$12 billion Istanbul
Airport officially opened on
October 29, 2018, Turkey's
95th Republic Day.
Turkish Airlines Chairman
of the Board and Executive
Committee M. İlkerAycı said
Istanbul Airport also known
as the “Monument of
Victory” ushers in a new era
in the country's aviation
history.
“Currently the biggest
airport project of the world,
this enormous facility will
be the home of the
resounding local and global
growth of Turkish Airlines
in future while becoming
the most important driving
force behind our growth
with its state of the art
physical capabilities and
capacity,” he said.
The chairman said the
new airport will allow the
airline to continue with its
global growth plans, open
up new opportunities for its
subsidiaries and thereby
promote economic reforms
in the country.
He credited Turkish
President Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan for supporting the
national carrier and other
reforms he initiated.