3 March 2016, early kiwi skies carry the famous Emirates A380 touches down on Auckland Tarmac from Dubai; Direct! The flight was expected for the world's longest flight in duration- 17hrs 15mins, but with a late departure pilots decreased the time to 16hrs 24mins. The scheduled B777 flight had a last-minute A380 change to make it a 'special' inauguration; but will change back to an B777. The pictures at Auckland Airport with 4 beautiful A380's is magical.