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Old May 28, 2014, 9:11 am
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Awesome!. Long awaited. Only fly in the ointment is that EK500 was operating at 70-80% capacity in Y (rarely oversold) so its gonna get worse with the 380. 501 always goes out full (connecting to the morning bank of departures), so that would benefit.
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Old May 29, 2014, 2:23 am
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Originally Posted by techie
Going from B777-300ER to an A380 from July for the Mumbai service:

http://www.emirates.com/uk/english/a...rticle=1672725
A380 is nice, but the time of the flight is awful. DXB-BOM arrives at 2am. BOM-DXB leaves at 4:30am.

Something tells me there will be a lot of empty seats on that A380.

I am not going to be on that flight due to the horrendous arrival time.
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Old May 29, 2014, 5:17 am
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Couldn't agree more that 501/500 has horrible timings. Though 501 is the most busy flight of all BOM departures since it connects to the morning bank of EK departures, so that flight will pretty much go out full. 500 was never more than 70% full and will continue to operate below capacity.

I used to take 501/500 earlier when connecting on EK201 and returning back on 202 when 203/204 was being operated by a 777. After the upguage of 203/204 to A380, I've switched completely to 203/204. Helps handle the jetlag much better.
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Old May 29, 2014, 8:49 pm
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The new EK237/238 Boston flights already upgauge from B77L to B77W from 01AUG.
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Old May 30, 2014, 12:37 am
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Originally Posted by HB-IWC
The new EK237/238 Boston flights already upgauge from B77L to B77W from 01AUG.
Much needed as Y was consistently oversold looking at the long queue for pax waiting for a seat confirmation next to check-in.
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Old May 30, 2014, 2:48 am
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The BOS upgauge will be funded by the DXB GIG EZE route which, from 01AUG onwards, will operate with the freed up B77L. So no need to speculate about the imminent opening of MIA with this aircraft. It has been accounted for.
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Old May 30, 2014, 4:04 am
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Originally Posted by HB-IWC
The BOS upgauge will be funded by the DXB GIG EZE route which, from 01AUG onwards, will operate with the freed up B77L. So no need to speculate about the imminent opening of MIA with this aircraft. It has been accounted for.
Lol. This.

DXB-MIA is probably not going to happen anytime soon. So many open opportunities, and still no service.
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Old May 31, 2014, 10:49 pm
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Originally Posted by travels2light
Ref 77W replacing A343 on EK770/771 DXB-CPT from Dec 2014, not such good news, because the previously planned replacement was 21 Jul and now we have to wait almost a full year before it happens!
Will this replacement be permanent?
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Old Jun 3, 2014, 3:41 am
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From September onwards EK045/046 FRA DXB FRA will see the A388 deployed instead of the B77W.
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Old Jun 3, 2014, 5:41 am
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from 21st July, a source of mine is showing EK791/2 DXB-LAD-DXB as a second daily flight to Luanda operated with A332. Dep. DXB 0410am. Not sure if it's confirmed yet. HB-IWC maybe you have more info?
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Old Jun 3, 2014, 7:36 am
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6. daily flight to KHI from 01.08.14 with A330 (two classes)

EK 610 DXB 22:35
KHI: 01:40

EK 611 KHI: 03:10
DXB: 04:30
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Old Jun 3, 2014, 10:45 pm
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Originally Posted by euroxx
from 21st July, a source of mine is showing EK791/2 DXB-LAD-DXB as a second daily flight to Luanda operated with A332. Dep. DXB 0410am. Not sure if it's confirmed yet. HB-IWC maybe you have more info?
They desperately need a Gaborone route ......... They already serve Luanda, Lusaka, Harare, JNB, Cape Town and Durban.
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Old Jun 5, 2014, 12:05 am
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Originally Posted by uclacolumbiaunc
A380 is nice, but the time of the flight is awful. DXB-BOM arrives at 2am. BOM-DXB leaves at 4:30am.

Something tells me there will be a lot of empty seats on that A380.

I am not going to be on that flight due to the horrendous arrival time.
I can't agree with you. It won't be necessary to fly at night. 2am morning is so horrible. This is not good timings. I think they have adjusted the schedule.

Originally Posted by HB-IWC
The new EK237/238 Boston flights already upgauge from B77L to B77W from 01AUG.
Wow! Great news! Thanks! Is this route has done extremely very well? It was so successful route. Hopefully, they will bring A380 into BOS sometime in the future.
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Old Jun 5, 2014, 8:49 am
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Hopefully, they will bring A380 into BOS sometime in the future.
Apparently, the runway is too short for that.
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Old Jun 5, 2014, 10:50 am
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Originally Posted by dieuwer2
Apparently, the runway is too short for that.
Interesting statement given the fact that BOS is the diversion airport for most A380 operations into JFK (EK and LH have diverted with A380 due to weather and medical emergencies before). The first A380 landed at BOS way back in Feb 2010 for compatibility checks...

It is Terminal E that needs to be upgraded, Massport seems to be working on that!
http://www.thenational.ae/business/i...r-boston-route

http://www.necn.com/03/04/14/Interna...blockID=863505
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