Mister Nice

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

murtaza12

EDIT: After some digging, it seems 388Q and 388U are both for ULR A380s, whereas 388L is used for LR A380s.

Silverswimmer

Any idea whether they are 3 or 2 class?
SSF

WilliamSudarpo

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.

WilliamSudarpo

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

WilliamSudarpo

Good Morning all, a man just handed a picture of A6-EBV which was now in Azur Air that I found in his IG today. This livery must be different compared to VQ-BZY.

ft101

Post 289 on this very thread may help.

murtaza12

Too bad his head is blocking the registration so we can't see it :P

Believe it or not, I was reading through this thread just yesterday to find an old picture, and I came across that exact post of yours which is why I edited mine shortly after posting.

WilliamSudarpo

What is Post 289?

WilliamSudarpo

Yeah me too, at least can see only the livery on this plane. One thing is that this 2 class 777 are one of the 9 77W due to returned once it's leasing from AerCap has expired. The history chart of EK's 77W's retirements/expiry are A6-EBD expired in May 2017. A6-EBA and EBL has expired last March, A6-EBP has expired last June, A6-EBS and EBT has expired last September and A6-EBV has expired earlier this month. So these 777 must have already ended it's 12-13 years life with Emirates and flies for another airline e.g Rossiya takes a former A6-EBA, EBL, EBP, EBS, EBT and Azur Air takes former A6-EBD, EBV. Another is EBF and EBH which will be retired around 2019 or so. But I don't know what's going to be the fate of EBX, EBZ and ECB (all 2007 made) even the 15 of the 3 class 77W's with ICE after these 9 were already completely retired but it seems it will see another year of flying until probably the 777X arrives.

WilliamSudarpo

Well today is the start of October 28, I see that A6-EOC is operating for Osaka Inaugural. EOC is the first A380 wearing the Blue EXPO 2020 livery.

murtaza12

Today is also the day that the last remaining 777-300 is supposed to be withdrawn from active service. A6-EMV was already withdrawn a month ago, and the last flight of A6-EMX was supposedly yesterday as EK904.

Also, B777-300ER (A6-ENX) went into storage at DWC in August, and still hasn't returned yet. It's the only 300ER that's still parked there.

WilliamSudarpo

And EMX might be in the maintenance now or position to DWC? According to CX's result it says that these 2 773 will be flying for them in 2019. Also, EGO is now in the maintenance and it may take 2 weeks there.

ft101

It's the post where there is an attempted explanation of the different A30 types.

murtaza12

I believe EMX just has to be painted white and have its registration changed to a temporary OE-xxx reg from AerCap, until CX takes over and applies their Hong Kong registration.

I wish EK didn't remove the 1000th 777 special livery from EGO.