On August 1, at 4:34 p.m. local time, Emirates Airline’s first Airbus A380 touched down at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York City, completing the first A380 service to the United States. The aircraft operated the service just four days after Emirates took delivery of it on July 28.

Carrying 489 passengers, 2 infants and 24 crew members, the A380 arrived 11 minutes earlier than scheduled after a 13-hour 43-minute maiden commercial flight from Dubai. Upon exiting the runway, the A380 taxied through the traditional water-cannon salute from an airport fire tender to celebrate the first service of a new aircraft type, and docked at JFK’s Terminal 4.

Also noteworthy is that flight EK 3801 was the first airline commercial service by an aircraft on which passengers could take showers. Emirates is fitting all of its long-haul A380s with two stand-up showers for first class passengers, one on each side at the forward end of the aircraft’s upper deck. Each A380 will carry up to 500 kilograms of extra water for the first class shower service.