Originally Posted by Keller281 (Post 33047773)

I hope that I am posting at the right forum... Please help move it to the appropriate thread.
I have 4 flights booked this Sept 2021. IAH DBX HKG return in C When I checked the seat maps, all 4 flights feature the old 2-3-2 seat configurations.
I have read/seen C cabin in the 777-300ERs with the 1-2-1. Is it a route thing that they send old planes to ? to think that both IAH DBX , DBX HKG are pretty long haul.
Help. Many thanks in advance.
Keller281

Originally Posted by LXA350 (Post 33051857)

Is there any retirment plan for the older frames of the B77W? As I understand most of the A6-EB series have been retired / had their seats removed and are used as freighters. I recently flew on A6-ECC and the cabin was very much worn.

Originally Posted by Pandor (Post 33831104)

Which aircraft reg onwards on the 77W's have the new F and J? A6-EQ...

Originally Posted by thijsseh (Post 33831165)

There is an excellent resource here, produced and maintained by our forum member murtaza12. It will give all the information so often asked for in this form.
It is very up to date, even the final A380 delivery (A6-EVS on 16 December) is on there.

Spoiler: the answer to your question is A6-EQH to EQP.

Originally Posted by Pandor (Post 33831260)

Thanks, yep that was exactly what I was looking for and normally use that for reference but it appears to have been deleted from the Emirates Fleer Guide sticky.

Originally Posted by Pandor (Post 34122945)

Just noticed that today’s DXB-NCE is being operated by A6-ECA instead of the usual A6-EQH onwards yet on expert flyer, the seat map for today’s NCE-DXB is showing only 6 F suites. Is it possible that some of the older 77W’s have been retrofitted with the new F?

Originally Posted by murtaza12 (Post 34732421)

Press Release - First Emirates A380 rolls in for full cabin refresh and refit

EK's Premium Economy retrofit programme has started as of 1st Nov 2022.

The first frame to get the new PE cabin as well as general refurbishments and updates to other cabins is A6-EVM, which will be followed by A6-EUW on the 1st of December.

67 Airbus A380s will be upgraded and refurbished by May 2024, and 53 Boeing 777s will be upgraded starting May 2024 and ending March 2025.

As always, fleet updates will be tracked on the Google Sheets document below. Big thanks to [MENTION=260930]ZRHMD11[/MENTION] for keeping an eye on it and catching things that I have missed.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...aJsL6h_SKCB04/

Originally Posted by murtaza12 (Post 34732421)

As always, fleet updates will be tracked on the Google Sheets document below. Big thanks to [MENTION=260930]ZRHMD11[/MENTION] for keeping an eye on it and catching things that I have missed.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...aJsL6h_SKCB04/

Originally Posted by murtaza12 (Post 35157517)

There are only 12 A380s with PE right now. None flying to US yet. They only fly to LHR, SYD, AKL, CHC and MEL as of right now.
EK mentioned several destinations to get PE in this article, however many of them still don't have PE. Not sure why EK is selling PE on JFK flights when they haven't started deploying it yet on any of the 3 daily flights. In fact, the article says EK204 will get PE in December, yet it's available for sale in May.

Originally Posted by Davvidd (Post 35167460)

Are there plans for them to introduce PE on the 777s?

Originally Posted by murtaza12 (Post 35901641)

For sub-fleets, like A380s with PE, B77Ls and GameChanger 77Ws, I have the destinations listed in the 'Config - A380' and 'Config - B777' sheets.

For any other routes, you can use FlightRadar24 to check.

Originally Posted by airsurfer (Post 35924367)

Where are the 350s and 787s which they ordered in 2019 ?

Originally Posted by ZRHMD11 (Post 35928197)

That`s true, only 5 flying at moment, EOP, EOX, EUQ, EUY and EVB....mainly to MAN, BHX, DUS, MRU and DPS.
The situation of the remaining 10 frames:
EUO: MX in TLS
EUX: MX in CAN
EUZ: Stored in DWC
EOQ, EOR, EOS, EOY, EUN, EUP and EVA: MX in DXB

Originally Posted by murtaza12 (Post 36062766)

I believed EK was only retrofitting PE to ULR frames (14F/76J/426Y), but [MENTION=260930]ZRHMD11[/MENTION] had a theory that EUM (inactive since 19th Jan) was also getting the retrofit. Well, he was right.

EUM is the only 'LR' configured A380 in the entire RR-powered subfleet, and it was originally configured in 14F/76J/429Y. It does not have a crew rest area, hence the 3 extra Y class seats.

EUM returned to service this morning, operating DXB-SIN (EK354), which is a PE route. I checked the seat map on EF, and it shows 14F/76J/56W/341Y, which is a new layout with 3 extra Y seats (52A, 52B, 52C) that EK will presumably use going forward on non-ULR A380s that are to be retrofitted with PE.

I hadn't listed EUM on the retrofit sheet because I wasn't sure of it, until now, but the doc has been updated to reflect this new information. EUI, which is also in for retrofit should also return to service in the next few days. Bringing the total number of PE fitted frames to 28.

Originally Posted by murtaza12 (Post 36062766)

I believed EK was only retrofitting PE to ULR frames (14F/76J/426Y), but [MENTION=260930]ZRHMD11[/MENTION] had a theory that EUM (inactive since 19th Jan) was also getting the retrofit. Well, he was right.

EUM is the only 'LR' configured A380 in the entire RR-powered subfleet, and it was originally configured in 14F/76J/429Y. It does not have a crew rest area, hence the 3 extra Y class seats.

EUM returned to service this morning, operating DXB-SIN (EK354), which is a PE route. I checked the seat map on EF, and it shows 14F/76J/56W/341Y, which is a new layout with 3 extra Y seats (52A, 52B, 52C) that EK will presumably use going forward on non-ULR A380s that are to be retrofitted with PE.

I hadn't listed EUM on the retrofit sheet because I wasn't sure of it, until now, but the doc has been updated to reflect this new information. EUI, which is also in for retrofit should also return to service in the next few days. Bringing the total number of PE fitted frames to 28.

Originally Posted by Sant (Post 36078091)

Is there a best equipment to worst equipment listing? I have seen folks use the word “upgrade” when a route switches to the A380. Since Airbus is not making any more A380s, is the A380 still EK’s flagship plane? Is it due to the F shower availability?

Originally Posted by tusho (Post 36095539)

Hi all,

does anyone know what the interior of EK417 looks like (how old the seats are)?

I had the choice between EK413 and EK417 between SYD and DXB. 413 has premium economy, 417 doesn’t. I decided to fly 417 as I preferred the time but afraid it’s an older aircraft.

No big deal if it is, just curious to find out and couldn’t find it in spreadsheets kindly offered here. I’ll be flying business.

Thanks everyone

Originally Posted by The Emir (Post 36116295)

A6-EDM ... Parked in Moscow (EDM in DME).

Waiting for parts, sorry, repairs... ah,no ,that's it ... fake news to be manufactured regarding how those nasty Ukrainians must be behind the incompetence! :p

Originally Posted by Jet777Boy (Post 36171359)

Hello,

Sorry if that was answered or mentioned previously (in the 2010s!) but I could not find a bulletproof answer.

I see that A6-EBU and EBW had the following J seats at some point:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5ff235167d.jpg


While A6-EGC, ECE, ECU, ECQ had the following:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...c0a36eeae7.jpg

(1) Are they still featuring the same seats today? (2) Or were they replaced or refreshed (IFE upgraded, or re-trim) in the last 20 years?

If (2), do we know when?

I looked at the eksource website (website down), many youtube trip reports, and I can't find those exact seats anymore.

Thanks!