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Emirates receives 10th A380
June 7 - Emirates Airline received its 10th Airbus A380, worth $346 million on Sunday, making this the seventh plane delivered by the Airbus so far this year. Airbus plans to deliver at least 20 A380s this year.
Emirates has placed orders worth $55 billion in orders with Airbus and Boeing and announced in May that it would take delivery of seven A380s and one Boeing 777 in 2010 to 2011.
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