Originally Posted by
murtaza12
Depends on the amount of cycles, and how much life is left in them, and also on how long the lease is for the 3-class frames.
11 out of the remaining 15 A6-EBx aircraft are leased from GECAS.
Seeing as how EK is expecting deliveries of 777-9s next year, and A330-900neos to start in 2021, they might start retiring the older 3-class 77Ws around the same time.
Actually, 10 of the remaining 15 A6-EBx are leased from GECAS. A6-ECB is leased from Aercap and not GECAS. This plane will be retired in the end of May before flying with Royal Flight this summer. All 2 class airframes will only be the one made from 2010 and onwards.