The world's largest airliner returned to Glasgow Airport on Sunday for the first time since September 2019.
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates said its reintroduction of an Airbus A380 for flights between the Paisley-based hub and Dubai is due to "sustained demand."
The double-decker four-engine jets can carry 517 passengers.
Emirates has previously operated Glasgow to Dubai flights using Boeing 777s, which have 302 seats for passengers.
Richard Jewsbury, the airline's UK divisional vice-president, said: "The return of the A380 is purely demand driven.
"Dubai is the number one destination but we're seeing really good flows down to Australia, Thailand, the Indian subcontinent – which is very popular particularly for VFR (visiting friends and relatives) traffic – and the Indian Ocean.
"It's about growing the capacity back.
"As we go into the summer period we're expecting more visitors and inbound traffic from around the network."
Sunday's flight landed at Glasgow Airport at 12.38pm.
The vast majority of A380s around the world were put into storage at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, fuelling speculation they would never return due to the existence of more fuel-efficient aircraft.
But their ability to carry more passengers than all other commercial planes means the model is making a recovery.
Mr Jewsbury claimed the suggestion that A380s could be permanently grounded was "always ridiculous."
He said: "I think the A380 always has been and will continue to be in high demand.
"It's a really superb product. Very spacious, very comfortable, very quiet. It's one that customers go out of their way to fly on.
"We're seeing demand running hot across the network at the moment, so we need the capacity the A380 provides."
Emirates has 80 of its A380s in service, out of a fleet of 116.
In the UK, the airline is already operating the jets at Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester, with Birmingham flights resuming in July.
Figures from aviation analytics company Cirium show A380s are expected to be used for 5,857 commercial passenger flights across all airlines this month.
That remains 40% below the total for March 2019, before the virus crisis began, but represents an 80% increase from a year ago.
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