Emirates airlines has built a reputation for luxury. Now it's also set a record: for most seats in the largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380-800.
By doing away with first class, instead having just two classes on the new airliners -- business and economy -- Emirates has seats for 615 passengers. That's 98 more than the A380 can accommodate with a first class.
Removing first class as well as 18 business class seats allowed for 13 additional rows of 10 economy seats each.
Emirates unveiled the new A380s at the Dubai Airshow.
Emirates joins several other airlines in the effort to add even more seats -- and therefore even more revenue -- to its airplanes. However, because Emirates removed first and business seats, there is no decrease in legroom for the economy seats.
The gigantic passenger plane will begin service between Dubai, UAE, and Copenhagen, Denmark, next month.
