Emirates Airline Flight EK2019 Set GUINNESS Record For Most Nationalities On-Board

29th Nov 2019 - Emirates Airline operated a one off historic A380 flight, marking the 48th UAE National Day and the UAE Year of Tolerance . 145 nationalities, over  500 passengers and a kaleidoscope of cultures came together to make history on Emirates flight EK2019.

The "  Year of Tolerance " special livery A380 was operated on the EK2019 flight; registration of the aircraft was A6-EVB, a 2 class A380 with a 615 passenger capacity.

The flight welcomed passengers from different backgrounds, ethnicities, religion and cultures; it included employees, families and children, as well as people of determination. Passengers were encouraged to come in their national dress and, throughout the flight, their colorful costumes became a vibrant collage honoring their different heritages and traditions.

 The 22 cabin crew on flight EK2019 came from 18 different countries, the team was led by flight purser Jafar Hamad.

The great thing with 145 nationalities on-board was that you got to mix and mingle with different backgrounds.

Just before descending, an official adjudicator from the Guinness World Records, who was on-board verifying nationality counts, officially announced that the flight was a new Guinness World Record title for most nationalities on an aircraft (145 nationalities) Flight certificates were handed out to all the passengers on Flight EK2019.