I am told it will be operating, one of my colleagues has booked to fly on it. Aircraft is only showing 773 on the airline web site so they checked with the airline, the reason being that if the A380 is tech (does happen regularly on the EK002 to LHR, which is where the aircraft will be nicked from, according to some crew I have spoken to) it will be replaced by a 773 so no unhappy punters left behind. Can the A380 lift a full load to DXB, I am told it can. Will it be a regular at BHX, doubt it as it will seriously reduce the available cargo volume.