Emirates has announced a series of aircraft deployments and product upgrades across its network, extending the reach of Premium Economy and delivering a more consistent experience for customers.
As part of its ongoing
retrofit programme, the airline is set to complete the upgrade of its first
high-density, two-class A380 by mid-April.
The aircraft will be
reconfigured into a three-class layout featuring 76 Business Class seats, 56
Premium Economy seats, and 437 Economy Class seats.
The first upgraded
aircraft will operate flights EK903/904 between Dubai and Amman from April 14
to May 31, before moving to Prague on EK139/140 from June 1.
By November, Emirates
expects to have retrofitted all 15 of its two-class A380s into the new three
class configuration.
The following
additional aircraft deployments are set to take place from March:
Europe and North
America
- New York JFK: From April
1, flights EK201/202 will be served by a
four-class retrofitted A380 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays,
increasing to a daily service from 1 June.
- Zurich: From March 1, Emirates will operate a four-class A380 featuring Premium Economy on
flights EK085/086. With this upgrade, the airline will offer more than 1500 weekly
seats in Premium Economy to and from Zurich.
- Milan: Emirates will
operate flights EK101/102 with a retrofitted, three-class Boeing 777-200LR
fitted with Premium Economy from May 10.
- Dublin: Emirates will
operate flights EK165/166 with a three-class retrofitted Boeing 777-200LR from October
25. Once deployed, all 21 weekly flights
to Dublin will offer Premium Economy.
Asia
- Ho Chi Minh City: From
1 May, flights EK392/393 will be operated with a three-class retrofitted Boeing
777-200LR. With this upgrade, the airline will offer more than 600 weekly seats
in Premium Economy to and from Ho Chi Minh City on double daily flights.
- Hong Kong: Emirates
will upgrade flights EK382/383 from a Boeing 777-300ER to an A380 from October
1, transitioning to a retrofitted A380
fitted with Premium Economy from 1 December.
Africa
- Entebbe: Emirates will
operate flights EK729/730 with the new A350 from March 29.
Middle East
- Basra: Emirates
flights EK945/946 will be operated with a retrofitted four-class Boeing 777-300ER
starting from May 1, offering
Premium Economy across all five weekly flights to Basra.Basra.
Indian Ocean
- Mauritius: Emirates
will operate a retrofitted three-class Boeing 777-200LR on flights EK709/710
from March 29.
Emirates will further deploy a three class A380 on flights EK362/363 between Dubai and Guangzhou from October 1, offering seats in First, Business and Economy Class. -TradeArabia News Service