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How many people can an airplane carry? Depends on the aircraft. Some planes such as the 787 and 320 can carry up too 250 passengers, While an Embraer 145 can only hold about 25-45.
Emirates is the largest A380 operator, with 20-plus in the air and over 60 still to be delivered. In 2011-2012, Emirates-which has over 15,000 cabin crew of more than 135 nationalities who speak over 55 different languages-carried 34 million passengers, an increase of 2.6 million on the previous year.