Emirates to fly A380 to Beijing

Emirates Airline has announced that it will deploy the A380 on its Beijing-Dubai service from August 1, the carrier said on Monday. The new service marks the first time that the superjumbo will be used to fly to China and represents the carrier's fourth inaugural flight to a country using the double-decker aircraft. The superjumbo will be deployed on the existing EK306 service that departs Dubai daily at 04:10 hrs, returning from Beijing Capital International Airport at 23:55 hrs.