Footage shows moment the world's largest airliner touches down in Glasgow for first time since 2019

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The world's largest airliner returned to Glasgow on Sunday for the first time since September 2019. Middle Eastern carrier Emirates said its reintroduction of an Airbus A380 for flights between the Scottish city and Dubai is due to "sustained demand".The double-decker four-engine jets can carry 517 passengers.

Emirates has previously operated Glasgow-Dubai flights using Boeing 777s, which have 302 seats for passengers.The airline's UK divisional vice president, Richard Jewsbury, told the PA news agency: "The return of the A380 is purely demand driven.

We've seen sustained demand from the Scottish market."Dubai is the number one destination but we're seeing really good flows down to Australia, Thailand, the Indian subcontinent - which is very popular particularly for VFR (visiting friends and relatives) traffic - and the Indian Ocean."It's about growing the capacity back."As we go into the summer period we're expecting more visitors and inbound traffic from around the network."Glasgow Airport operations director Ronald Leitch said the airline's Glasgow-Dubai route "continues to be a tremendous success story for Scotland", and the reintroduction of an A380 is "a huge vote of confidence for Glasgow and the wider region".The flight on Sunday landed at the airport at 12.45pm.

The vast majority of A380s around the world were put into storage at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, fuelling speculation they would never return due to the existence of more fuel-efficient aircraft.But their ability to carry more passengers than all other commercial planes means the model is making a recovery.Mr Jewsbury claimed the suggestion that A380s could be permanently grounded was "always ridiculous".He said: "I think the A380 always has