Originally Posted by murtaza12

He might be on to something.

ExpertFlyer and EK website both show PE availability for EK 8 today which is supposed to be operated by EOI. I didn't expect EK to start retrofit on older frames without completing the EUx series first.

For most of the other retrofits, EK has typically arranged C-Checks to be carried out simultaneously with the retrofits, hence the long periods of inactivity (~50 days per aircraft).

EOI has been out of service since 22nd May and it performed a test flight on 16th August, making it inactive for almost 90 days.

Seatmap also shows 14F/76J/56W/338Y which is the ULR config, quite odd considering EOI is not a ULR configured A380 and does not have any crew rest area, similar to EUM which has 341Y seats instead.

I'll wait for further confirmation before adding it to the list.