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Google Sheets ---> Link
Current fleet numbers:
Airbus A350-900: 21
Airbus A380-800: 116
- 49 equipped with Premium Economy. Retrofit to other frames in progress
- 43 equipped with Premium Economy and updated J cabin. Retrofit to other frames in progress
Total fleet size = 264
The Emirates Fleet Guide
#736




Join Date: May 2020
Location: DXB and JNB
Programs: EK Plat; (Happy) QR Exile
Posts: 939
I read Starlink is coming, not sure if the source is reliable.
Also, why does the retrofitting take so long? With the current figures of approximately 150 aircraft still to go and an average time of 37,5 days per aircraft which makes them roll out 20 updated cabins per year. It will take them another 8 years to complete the retrofit. With them upgrading newer aircraft before older ones it seems like these older aircraft would have been taken out of the fleet already anyway right?
Using the sheet as a source. Thanks for sharing btw.
Also, why does the retrofitting take so long? With the current figures of approximately 150 aircraft still to go and an average time of 37,5 days per aircraft which makes them roll out 20 updated cabins per year. It will take them another 8 years to complete the retrofit. With them upgrading newer aircraft before older ones it seems like these older aircraft would have been taken out of the fleet already anyway right?
Using the sheet as a source. Thanks for sharing btw.
The 77Ws are being retrofitted much faster (I think theres a small error in the average calculation thats skewing that number, if Im reading the formula right) than the 388s, so while they focus on 77Ws the rate will pick up, and as that winds down, the rate will slow down, all things being constant. Main constraints previously indicated are parts (supply chains are still clogged up) and shortage of staff, and I believe thats more severe for the 388s. But have also read that theyd like to get rid of the old J seat ASAP, although that sounds convenient.
Havent seen anyone say it definitively, but yes, it would appear that retrofitting the newer airframes they expect to keep longer in the hope that Boeing gets its act together is the plan, at least for the 77Ws.
#737
Join Date: Jan 2025
Posts: 11
Hi all,
Just saw the update below - the refitted 777 service from Hong Kong will start 6 days AFTER my flight! Typical!
https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...content=global
Just saw the update below - the refitted 777 service from Hong Kong will start 6 days AFTER my flight! Typical!

https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...content=global
Last edited by Xar18; Mar 27, 2025 at 7:52 am
#738




Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 853
Hi all,
Just saw the update below - the refitted 777 service from Hong Kong will start 6 days AFTER my flight! Typical!
https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...content=global
Just saw the update below - the refitted 777 service from Hong Kong will start 6 days AFTER my flight! Typical!

https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...content=global
#739
Join Date: Jan 2025
Posts: 11
#743

Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London, UK
Posts: 152
Is there any indication when Emirates could pull the last 6 A380s out of storage at DWC or are those gone for good? Surely the longer they sit idle in DWC, the more work theyll need doing before they come back into service youd have thought
#745


Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 73
Thanks murtaza12 for your updates. Looks like the EP* planes are getting retrofitted even without the crew rest. EPA, EPI, EPU. My parents are flying to India on Thanksgiving (TRV, mom is coming from MAA on EK547, my dad from DEL on EK515). By November or December all of these planes will have PEY. What happens to the EN* planes remain to be seen. But the EC* planes definitely need an overhaul
Looks like a slow end of the 3-class non-CRC EP* planes on most India routes. Since its not CCU, theyll probably be stuck with the older 777-300ER. I did like the EN* planes. But never say never? Premium Economy may come to MAA, TRV, BOM, BLR, etc based on the rate (or an A350)
Looks like a slow end of the 3-class non-CRC EP* planes on most India routes. Since its not CCU, theyll probably be stuck with the older 777-300ER. I did like the EN* planes. But never say never? Premium Economy may come to MAA, TRV, BOM, BLR, etc based on the rate (or an A350)
#748

Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London, UK
Posts: 152
Just seen this picture on Twitter of another Emirates A380 in the process of being scrapped at DWC. No idea as to which one it was, or how long ago the picture was taken, but a sad sight indeed. Could either be EDC, EDD or EDE?



