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Emirates A380 visit         |         Fly-past of the A380 prototype         |         "Retro Day" movements     Video 1 - Emirates A380 by Jon Simmons     |     Video 2 - Emirates A380 by Matthew Carr As a celebration of Birmingham International Airport's 70th Anniversary and for the official opening of the new International Pier, two Airbus A380's visited the airport during September 2009 with proto-type (F-WWOW) making a fly-past on Saturday 5th and the first ever landing of the type with Emirates (A6-EDE) on Wednesday 9th. The airport also made this day "Retro day" which attracted many vintage aircraft visitors along with two retro jets from both KLM and Lufthansa. All the photos from the event can be viewed below. A massive thank you to Birmingham International Airport for making this day possible! Emirates flight EK039 (A6-EDE) arrives on Runway 33 from Dubai at around 12:10 with 339 passengers onboard, the first ever landing of the type at Birmingham. This also being the first commercial flight of an A380 outside of London Heathrow in the UK. Thousands of spectators were at the airfield to mark her arrival. The weather could not of been any better than it was with glorious sunshine... View on finals... An amazing photo! Just a second away from touchdown onto Runway 33... Touchdown! The first ever landing of an Airbus A380 at Birmingham... Passing the airport fire station... Turning off Runway 33 after landing... Just pulling onto Stand 54C, with 339 passengers onboard... Apron view... Posing at the end of the new International Pier... Parked on Stand 54C in the glorious sunshine... Showing its size... Pushing back for departure with 316 passengers onboard... Head on and cleared for taxi... Surrounded by 1000's of spectators, EK040 is cleared for take-off on Runway 15... About to rotate... Lifting off Runway 15... Passing the new pier as it rotates... Climbing out bound for Dubai... Under-carriage up... 2 interesting views of the aircraft...