Nov 16, 2012, 2:07 am
Last edit by: murtaza12
Full EK Fleet details link https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...jaJsL6h_SKCB04 (with thanks to murtaza12)
Current fleet numbers:
A380 - 119 total
- 28 equipped with Premium Economy. Retrofit to other frames in progress.
- Typically, between 85 and 90 aircraft are in service at any given time.
- Premium Economy retrofit programme expected to start in Q2-Q3 2024.
- 9 aircraft in service. 1 stored at DWC due to lease/ownership issue.
A380 Retirements (2024):
None
B77W Retirements (2024):
None
The Emirates Fleet Guide
Oct 8, 2018, 4:23 am
#361
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Dubai
Programs: Emirates Skywards Gold
Posts: 108
Will be flying BKK-DXB on October 10th on a 777-200LR. Seat selection in Manage My Booking shows Economy starting from row 14, so I guess this is a reconfigured frame. I know that there is one row in the 777-200LR that has no windows. According to SeatGuru this is row 18 in the three class version of the 772L. Does anyone happen to know what row this is in the new configuration? Having switched to a window seat, I'm certainly not looking forward to having picked the row without window.
Oct 11, 2018, 11:34 am
#365
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 37
I indeed was! The load was very light so I get why they swapped the 77W/A380 for a 77L. Glad I switched seats too as my original seat (21H) was in a row without window. Additionally it seemed that row 15 doesn't feature windows either.
Oct 16, 2018, 10:15 am
#366
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Dubai
Programs: Emirates Skywards Gold
Posts: 108
I flew on A6-EBV in July, and it really needed to go. Looks very worn out, seats were in desperate need of some thorough cleaning, the reclining feature didn't work on some, and was very slow on others. IFEs were malfunctioning, and the screens all had this strange yellow/green shade on them.
Also I noticed that EK seems to be phasing out the 2-class frames only, understandable since they probably have way more cycles than the 3-class ones, but no new 2-class frames have been delivered since A6-EPT, which was in 2016.
Also I noticed that EK seems to be phasing out the 2-class frames only, understandable since they probably have way more cycles than the 3-class ones, but no new 2-class frames have been delivered since A6-EPT, which was in 2016.
Oct 18, 2018, 4:06 am
#367
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: ISB
Posts: 747
Murtaza12, I think I found a video that mention that it's possibly you are onboard EBV last July that I found in Youtube. The video is that you are capturing the landing into ISB last July and the User's name is Murtaza Saeed. Is that you capturing this video on EBV last July?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JdTL84PyBo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JdTL84PyBo
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B777-300 (A6-EMX) seems to have ended it's 15 year long career with EK, it hasn't flown for the past 4 days and will retire at the end of this month alongside A6-EMV.
Oct 21, 2018, 8:35 am
#368
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Bombay
Programs: EC Blue, EB Silver, FB Gold
Posts: 551
Just because an aircraft gets older doesn’t mean it needs to be retired. Any quality airline will refurbish the cabins and ensure it’s of the same standard as their newest aircraft. The usable life of a modern aircraft is at least 20 years if properly maintained. A tired cabin doesn’t mean the aircraft is ready for the wreckers, it just means the airline hasn’t done their job properly.
Oct 21, 2018, 10:11 am
#369
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: ISB
Posts: 747
Just because an aircraft gets older doesn’t mean it needs to be retired. Any quality airline will refurbish the cabins and ensure it’s of the same standard as their newest aircraft. The usable life of a modern aircraft is at least 20 years if properly maintained. A tired cabin doesn’t mean the aircraft is ready for the wreckers, it just means the airline hasn’t done their job properly.
EK does fit new cabins on it's older frames, and the recent 2-class reconfiguration of their 777-200LRs proves this.
Oct 21, 2018, 6:54 pm
#370
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Dubai
Programs: Emirates Skywards Gold
Posts: 108
EMX is about to end it's career with Emirates during this weak. But your Youtube channel is that I think I found all your videos and the registration you've captured must be all a 2 class 77W such as A6-END or A6-EPR something like that?
Oct 21, 2018, 11:03 pm
#371
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: ISB
Posts: 747
The older videos on my channel mostly also include 2-class 77W, except a flight from ISB-DXB which was operated by A6-ENM which is a 3-class frame.
Oct 23, 2018, 9:04 am
#373
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Dubai
Programs: Emirates Skywards Gold
Posts: 108
I was on A6-EWB (a similar 77L to EWC) before on the way to INC few months ago, sadly never know what happen but I receive a DM from it's Twitter that this route will be suspended next month. One thing is the 77L new Business Class is now much comfortable but not the greatest as the A380. The other thing is the 77L goes into full flat seat rather than lie flat seat especially the 2-2-2 against 2-3-2 configuration. Flying the 77L is now getting better than the older 77W in Business Class. Another thing is a sad to see the First Class on 77L go away as the new First Class on the new 77W (1-2-1) are replacing these on the 77L, but the new Business Class still nice product anyway.
Oct 25, 2018, 10:09 am
#375
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: ISB
Posts: 747
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In other news, B777-200LR (A6-EWD) seems to be the next 77L in for cabin reconfiguration.