One of the big issues here (in my opinion) is how EK are going to roll this out. The way they have initiated new products in the past (think new F) has been very gradual, just as new aircraft have come into service. But of course with a new class of service the strategy would have to be a bit different: once you offer PE on a route, I would think you would have to offer it consistently at least on a flight number pair. Substitution of aircraft becomes more of a problem. So they either would have to start on relatively short routes where they can use a single aircraft for a flight number pair (like they did with new F / BRU), or they would have to start retrofitting (which I think they have done with the 772’s with the new 2-2-2 J configuration). One can only speculate at this stage but the fact that they are going to wait until the new A380’s arrive does not suggest an all-out retrofit.

Either way, skywardhunter, you may have to wait a looooong time before PE equipped 773’s appear on the CPT route and hopefully you’ll be able to afford 6- weekly J tickets by then . Plat here we come.....