No posts here on FT or elsewhere seem to have gathered information about the best seats on Emirates flights. Therefore my vision is that we in this thread can share our experiences concerning the seats to get on Emirates flights. I will keep this first post updated with the latest contributions, hereby making it available for easy reference.
Updated 17. march 2005
Seating advice
B777-200 [18 First, 49 Business & 236 Economy seats]
F:
J:
Recommended: Row 9,10,11
Y:
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B777-200 [49 Business & 304 Economy Class seats]
J:
Reccommended: Row 2,3,4,5
Y:
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B777-300, [18 first, 42 Business & 320 Economy class seats]
F:
J:
Recommended: Row 9,10
Y:
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B777-300, [42/49?? Business & 385 Economy class seats]
J:
Recommended: Row 2,3,4,5,6.
Be Aware:
To be avoided:
Y:
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A340-300 [12 First, 42 Business & 213 Economy seats]
F:
J:
Reccommended: 7 A,B,D,F,J,K. 10 A,B,D,F,J,K. (all seats have a nice big seat pitch.
Be aware:
To be avoided: all E seats: 6,7,8,9,10,11, (middle seats in a row of 3 seats).
Y:
Recommended: Bulkhead row 16: 16A/16B - 16D/16E/16F/16G - 16J/16K
Recommended: Bulkhead row: 27D/27E/27F/27G
Recommended: Emergency exit row 27: 27A/27B - 27J/27K
Be aware: There is an equipment box for the IFE under every window seat (A/K) and every aisle seat in the middle row (D/G), which limits the foot room under seats in front of you.
To be avoided:
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A340-500 [12 First suites, 42 Business & 204 Economy seats]
F:
J:
Y:
Recommended: bulkhead: 15D/15E/15F and 16A/16B 16J/16K
Recommended: bulkhead: 23D/23E/23F
Recommended: Emergency exit seats: 24A/24B - 24J/24K.
Be aware: all window seats A/J and the middle seats E/F have an equipment box under the seat in front, which limits the foot room by 50%!
Be aware: seat 18A and 18J: instead of two windows there is only one. You can only look out, when the seat is fully reclined.
To be avoided: The rows behind bulkhead because of large equipment box under the seats in front: 16 E,F (16 D,G are better, you can stretch the feets out a little, because there are only 3 seats in front) and 17 A,B,D,G,J,K.
To be avoided: Same bad seats in the second cabin: 24 E,F and 25 A,B,D,G,J,K.
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Links:
Fleet information and seatmaps:
http://www.emirates.com/miniSites/Ab...Home/index.asp
Good generel overview of Emirates:
http://airreview.members.beeb.net/Emirates/index.htm
Notes:
According to emirates.com the b772 aircrafts are currently being updated to provide greater comfort and a new 500 channel (ICE) entertainment system.