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
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May 3, 2019, 11:15 am
#466
Join Date: Jul 2016
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Depends on the amount of cycles, and how much life is left in them, and also on how long the lease is for the 3-class frames.
11 out of the remaining 15 A6-EBx aircraft are leased from GECAS.
Seeing as how EK is expecting deliveries of 777-9s next year, and A330-900neos to start in 2021, they might start retiring the older 3-class 77Ws around the same time.
11 out of the remaining 15 A6-EBx aircraft are leased from GECAS.
Seeing as how EK is expecting deliveries of 777-9s next year, and A330-900neos to start in 2021, they might start retiring the older 3-class 77Ws around the same time.
May 4, 2019, 1:02 am
#467
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Actually, 10 of the remaining 15 A6-EBx are leased from GECAS. A6-ECB is leased from Aercap and not GECAS. This plane will be retired in the end of May before flying with Royal Flight this summer. All 2 class airframes will only be the one made from 2010 and onwards.
There are 15 EBx aircraft remaining, 11 are GECAS leased, and they're all 3-class, retirement will most probably start for them next year.
May 5, 2019, 5:33 pm
#471
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
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May 5, 2019, 5:43 pm
#472
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 490
right, but the newer version has a slightly upgraded seat and upgraded IFE. Wasn’t sure if I could look up the tail number for my plane in the app or online and figure out whether it had the newer product.
May 5, 2019, 5:46 pm
#473
Moderator: Emirates Skywards and Qatar Airways Privilege Club
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Location: 12R/30L
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May 5, 2019, 7:07 pm
#474
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Not in advance, planes are rotated pretty much at random beyond broader trends (e.g. old planes.to CPT)
May 5, 2019, 9:11 pm
#475
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Boston, MA
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SEA is tricky as it usually gets the older seat with some new ones sprinkled in. The last few weeks have consistently been the new(ish) lie flat seat so there is more hope than I would have had a couple months back but there's always the chance you'll get the old seat as it's easy to make a aircraft swap. Earliest you will know is when the aircraft leaves DXB on the day of travel. So as the previous poster said, expect the old and hope for the new.
May 6, 2019, 12:37 am
#476
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: ISB
Posts: 747
May 6, 2019, 6:24 pm
#477
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Around 3 years ago, they only had 5 planes on the books. The rest was leased but I don't know the developments since, don't see why the model would have changed.
May 8, 2019, 2:54 am
#478
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Dubai
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A6-ECB have not flown for the last few days ago. So I think ECB is come to an end of era. All the 2 class planes with no touchscreen and older screens has been withdrawn.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/a6-ecb
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/a6-ecb
May 10, 2019, 1:17 am
#479
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Dubai
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Plus, A6-EPL is the one that have EXPO 2020 earlier this year before the last, not EPG. The link below is false.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...B04/edit#gid=0
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...B04/edit#gid=0