With Riyadh flight, Emirates to offer Premium Economy on GCC routes for first time

Dubai: Emirates airline will fly its retrofitted Boeing 777s to Zurich and Riyadh from October 1, as more of these aircraft return to the network. It adds to the Geneva and Brussels operations that the aircraft - put through an extensive nose-to-toe makeover - will fly to. 

The airline aims to offer 'more of its highly acclaimed Premium Economy product and newly configured Business Class cabin on the Boeing 777 in the coming weeks and months'.

Schedule for the Boeing 777s

The airline plans to serve 28 cities with its Premium Economy by the end of this year. So far, 25 aircraft have been retrofitted, with 17 more aircraft to undergo a facelift by December 2024. (It was in 2021 that Emirates introduced the Premium Economy option.)

The four-class Boeing 777 is configured with six- or eight First Class suites, 38 Business class seats in a four-abreast arrangement, 24 seats in Premium Economy in a 2-4-2 layout, and 260 Economy class seats.