Dubai's Emirates confirms 8 more cities for upgraded A380s, Boeing 777s, including Bangkok
In December, Dubai airline will also have its first A350 for flights to Australia
Dubai: The Emirates airline will bring out its upgraded Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s to eight more destinations from Dubai over the next few months.
That means the ‘refreshed’ will be pressed into service to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Nice and Perth, while the upgraded 777s are meant for Madrid, Kuala Lumpur, Phuket and Frankfurt. There will also be a refitted Boeing 777 service to Dublin.
The Dubai airline will also receive its first long-range A350 later this year, for a debut flight to Australia through a service to Adelaide from December.
“The redoubling of our refurbishment programme efforts means that by the end of this year, Emirates will have established itself as one of the preeminent industry leaders offering Premium Economy seats,” said Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer.
“In the next two years, we will definitively cement our position as the industry leader in Premium Economy deployment.”
The total number of cities served by the refitted Boeing 777s and Airbus A380s and newly delivered A350s will total over 70 cities. (The Emirates Engineering Centre teams are completing the full nose-to-tail makeovers at an average rate of one wide-body aircraft every three weeks.)
Schedule of new Emirates’ services
Emirates flights to Bangkok will operate with the refreshed A380 from July 1.
Hong Kong will receive its first A380 fitted with four classes from 1 October. This will be in addition to the airline’s newly introduced retrofitted Boeing 777 operations set to start this summer.
Emirates will debut the latest Premium Economy cabins to Nice from October 15.
Perth will become the fourth Australian city to receive the upgraded A380 starting October 26.
Customers travelling to and from Madrid will have the ‘enhanced’ Boeing 777 onboard experience from October 15. Madrid becomes the first destination in Spain to operate with the airline’s next-gen interiors.
Kuala Lumpur flights EK346/347 will operate with a retrofitted Boeing 777 from October 15.
Emirates will introduce its latest generation cabins to Germany for the first time with Frankfurt set to receive the Emirates Boeing 777 on its daily EK043/044 from December 15.
Emirates’ upgraded Boeing 777 will operate to Phuket starting 1 December on the daily EK EK396/397.
Dublin will receive its second refitted Boeing 777 on December 1.
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