mridley2

i have a couple friends flying EK 206 JFK-MXP next week.

Emirates shows an A380-8 on this flight daily but fight aware shows they have been substituting a B777 aircraft on most days.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...220Z/KJFK/LIMC

Can anyone offer insight as to why the swap is made? Is this common?

Emirates still shows A380 for tonight's flight sept 8 departure 10:20pm but Flightaware shows B777. Who do you believe?

I tend to believe flight aware but I'm a regular delta flyer and delta's web site notoriously sucks. Maybe emirates is a lot better I have no experience with their site.

UAworldwide

Check out:

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek205/

It's an A380 everyday.

Incidentally A6-EEX is stuck in Milan for some days now, after operating EK205 on 4th Sept to Milan but never continuing on to NYC. Any one know why?

DYKWIA

See the following :-

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/emira...some-days.html

mridley2

Thanks everyone. Crisis averted. Fingers crossed.

In re: EK 205 on sept 4th. I bet they subbed a B777 on the MXP-JFK portion and kept that plane in rotation until the issue is resolved with A6-EEX. Or until that B777 gets back to MXP and is replaced with the A380 A6-EEX.

So a B777 might have flown that route for a couple days though flightradar24 doesn't show that.

And yes. Between Delta (A330-3) and Alitalia (A330 as well) operating daily JFK-MXP and the daily Emirates A380. That's a lot of volume going to Milan in not peak season. Though the Expo is going on... Still. Lots of seats to be sold and at a bargain price too. Sub $600 rt ai on many days in September/October.

ft101

No.

According to the eksource, A6-EDL (A380) flew a positioning flight on the morning of the 5th to continue the EK205 delayed by A6-EEX going tech.

TGGDEL

Quick question on this flight, or EK A380 in general, how can I know if we'll get the updated J or not and does it make much difference?

Stephenk82

You mostly can't tell, unless you are on a route that requires one of the newer A380's that can travel a bit further, or are 2 class. So I think LAX and SFO require the newer ones? Then selected flights at MAN, LGW, BKK, KUL etc are on the 2 class, which are all pretty new. Other than that - it is luck of the draw, and I don't think any particular pattern.

There is a slightly bigger screen, more responsive tablet, better handheld controller, a more accessible table and a few other seat changes. All the changes are useful and a positive addition, but my personal opinion is that your experience isn't massively diminished in their absence. Service is identical.

So overall I'd say, good if you get it, not a major concern if you don't.

m3red

I'm in j on Friday to man and am hoping its a newer a380 - the old ones are looking a bit shabby and I think the changes are a big improvement.

kuroko

no DP loaded that you are in J?

It's tomorrow so should be possible to get what aircraft type is being used (EK17/19 or 21?)

YuropFlyer

If you think the "old" A380 are a bit shabby I would strongly suggest never to fly with the roughly 90% of other airlines (and the other birds from EK offering an older product, too ) that don't offer such an experience. Might limit you quite a lot.. maybe QR and EY could still be acceptable

m3red

ek 17. Still hoping for 1 F seat to come our way. Not looking good.

kuroko

it's an EDG, December 09

m3red

Crappy old grey screens

DYKWIA

Bender in the bar then?

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