Dhaka, Dec. 18 -- Dubai continues to push the limits of architectural ambition, with its latest project marking another striking achievement in the city's development."

Plans for an ambitious new hotel project in the city have surfaced, with developers proposing a 580-metre-tall structure topped by a full-scale Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft as a permanent feature.

The concept, referred to as the 'Emirates Air Hotel', would comprise 125 floors and is estimated to cost around US$3 billion (AU$4.5 billion).

The most striking element of the design is an Airbus A380 plane, already the world's largest passenger aircraft, which would be mounted and secured on top of the tower as part of the complex rather than as an operational plane.

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