Emirates Airlines is considering ordering 120 Airbus A380 aircraft when it has sufficient space at its home base in Dubai.

Emirates president Tim Clark said the airline, passenger rates of which are growing 20% annually, expects to maintain this level for the next five years and to fulfil all its 90 orders for the A380 superjumbo.

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Under the plan, Emirates will order 30 Airbus A380, worth $10bn, according to Reuters.

If the airline goes ahead with its current growth plan it will have an A380 fleet worth over $40bn.

Emirates ordered 32 superjumbos worth $11bn at the Berlin Air Show in June and 30 Boeing 777-300ER wide-body planes, worth $9bn, at Farnborough Air Show in July.

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