A6-EBB
 

I know that EBB has been back to DXB last month, but it has not returned to service yet, so it must have been withdrawn? I see at theeksouce.com site that EBB has been withdrawn after maintenance lease has expired.

A6-EBB is back to regular service.

EWI not EWJ according to previous reports and the EK Source.

Does anyone know what routes will the new reconfigured 77L be rotated on?
How about the new J class seats on the B77W? any specific routes which they operate on?

Cheers

AA

Definitely FLL, I've flown it there (77L). 77W I heard was frequently seen on BOS but am not sure and I think it's more random

The 77L with new business class most flight to FLL and GRU/SCL (four frames have been converted so far)

The 77W with new business seats normaly flight to ORD, BOS, EWR, ADL, DFW....sometimes to GIG/EZE or SEA.....(12 frames)

Cheers guys! Im trying to make my mind up as to book J class to FLL or MCO .... I need to go north of orlando but also want to choose the best product.
FLL seems to have the refurbished 77L. No idea about the MCO route as there doesn't seem to have any consistency?
The alternative would be to go to JFK on the A380 and take a connecting flight from there.

Was hoping that they would use the newer J class seats on the 77W to MCO as I hate the lie flat seats on the older 77W!

Thanks guys!

Hello. Thinking about the EWR-ATH route with the 77W in J, is that likely to be the older style cabin as opposed to the newer cabin that was released late in 2017?

Anyone knows if EK767 (DXB-JNB) on 20 September will get the new 77W with the new IFE? Thanks!

Retirement, Updates and deliveries fleet
 

Some info in EK's fleet in September 2018 are:
*777: EQO, EQP to join fleet soon.
*EMV, EMX will be withdrawn end of this month and flew for CX soon?
*EBS and EBT to be the last 77W's to Rossiya delivered scheduled for Sep/Oct 2018.
*Most of the 777/A380's that used the EXPO 2020 Decal are repainted to Expo 2020 CS (Orange, Blue and Green). EPB and ENG are the latest to have got the repaints.
*Per Planespotter source, EUW latest A380 joined fleet.

Per routesonline source, EMX will be retired likely next month and all 773 will go for 77L or 77W.
https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...late-oct-2018/

I got it, no matter what it is, 2 of them will be flying for CX soon likely next month or later. So I think once they are gone, there will be no more RR powered 777 anymore after the 772 got away as well last year. The only RR powered jet flown by EK is the A380-842 if not mistaken after the 773 is gone from it's fleet.

It's been already 20 days since EBV last flown? Any reason what happen to it now?

Sorry to be away for a while, Just heard that EK is subleasing another 3 777-300ER again, number 32707, 32708 and 32728 is heading to Azur Air soon.

I heard that Azur Air will be leasing this plane along with No 32707 and 32708 soon.

Hopefully Azur Air won't break this one.

Can anyone confirm the frames that the new A380 bar is on? A lot of news reports and posts have EUX as the first frame and thus EUY, EUZ and EVA should have it, but since the frames delivered out of "alphabetical order" I am not entirely sure if there are other frames that have the new bar.

Here's the delivery order starting at EUX according to airfleets:

(MSN- Delivery Date - Reg. No.)
241 27/07/2017 A6-EUX
242 29/08/2017 A6-EUY
244 29/09/2017 A6-EUZ
236 27/10/2017 A6-EUT
239 06/11/2017 A6-EUV
234 30/11/2017 A6-EUS
232 16/03/2018 A6-EUR
167 26/04/2018 A6-EVA
238 01/07/2018 A6-EUU
240 17/09/2018 A6-EUW

I've scoured the 'net for photographic proof (assuming it's tagged correctly) and surmise that UX, UY, UZ, UT, UV have the newest bar.

The rest, just don't have proof.

They are A6-EBH, A6-EBF and A6-EBV respectively

I would think so but there were a few frames "held back" at Airbus to slow down the delivery rate thus the out-of-order registrations. They might have already gone through the cabin fitting process before being stored at Airbus.

I also took A6-EBF to MNL and return on A6-EBH last May, there is another worn seat in the back of the cabin and controller looks broken. Yet the screen is still looking good and not really that strange at all compared to your flight on EBV. But EK is seem to phasing out 3 more 77W in 2 class and replace them with the 2 class A380. So EBV, EBF and EBH is about to leave fleet soon for Azur Air as I mention earlier. By 2019 seems the 2 class 77W is falling down to 20 if not mistaken. Hope there is a new 2 class A380 coming this year and a year after that so it can replace some older 777's and possibly it's routes!

I think every airframe you mention up has a new bar as I found by source.

What do you mean this one? You mean that 77W (VQ-BZY) or what?

Not really sure about the route where A6-EMX currently flown now, but before EMX along with EMV is gone by end of month. The most route I can see is DXB-MAA or DXB-BOM they currently flown at. Both will soon operated by 77W.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...88ecc4d353.png
Today EK is sending a 2 class 777 to Perth, WA instead of the usual 3 class, A6-EPQ is operating for flight EK424 today.

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.

Which flight are you on?

I'll be on EK377 (BKK-DXB).

Seems like today you are going to be on the retrofitted 77L.

Now one of the last remaining 77W that was bound for Rossiya (msn 32715) is heading to Russia today, next week should be MSN 32730, both aircraft is now seen as EI-GFA and EI-GFB.

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.

Saw A6-EQP make two approaches down to about 500 ft AGL at KIDA around 1700 local today. I assume she was down from KPAE for a spin before going in service.

Whats the difference between 388Q, 388U, and 388L . Thanks !

Any idea whether they are 3 or 2 class?
SSF

388Q and 388U used for ULR such as LAX, JFK, IAD etc while 388L used for LR such as ZRH, MXP, SIN etc. Note: for the 2 class A380 coded 388J or 388? was similar to 388L which is a LR jets.

All of it were 3 class, for 2 class it is 388J.