Emirates Airlines is putting the full force of its A380 fleet behind Dubai’s bid to land the 2020 World Expo.

The airline is attaching giant stickers to its A380 fleet, promoting the UAE’s bid to hold the event in Dubai in seven years’ time.

The first aircraft to be dressed with the words ‘Expo 2020, Dubai UAE, Candidate City’ was EK 306, which left for Beijing.

In the coming weeks, the airline’s entire A380 fleet, which currently stands at 31, will carry the Expo 2020 message.

World Expo, staged every five years and last held in Shanghai, attracts millions of visitors. If Dubai is successful, it would be the first time the event is held in the Middle East.

Dubai is competing against four other candidate cities: Ayutthaya in Thailand, Ekaterinburg in Russia, Izmir in Turkey and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The winning city will be announced in November following a vote by the 161 member nations of the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions (BIE).

Emirates operates flights on a daily schedule from Malta to Dubai via Larnaca, Cyprus.

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