XXTSGR

Here’s the official announcement:

“Due to the ongoing fuel shortage in Johannesburg, EK762 schedule has been adjusted from09 May – 31 May to allow for a technical stopover in Durban for fuelling.

EK762 09May22-31May22 Johannesburg Durban 10:45 12:00

EK762 09May22-31May22
Durban Dubai 13:30 23:45”

mitellic

Also interested to know this! Flying EK353 SIN-DXB in early July, still showing 77W (old First) on the EK site and expert flyer.

nnn

Big announcement for World Cup shuttles to/from old Doha airport by various airlines including flyDubai. I think it's hand baggage only, for short trips to watch games. Don't see Emirates mentioned, but that's not a surprise given the apparent goal of the program -- which seems to be catching games while staying/living in GCC countries.

safari_7

Any chance they stick to this schedule for June?

XXTSGR

I’ve not seen any announcement yet.

CaptainEKAirbus

Not sure what took so long for the schedules to be updated, but EK354 confirmed as an A380 upgrade from June 27th. Bookable now.

mitellic

Ah damn, EK353 is still the 777, as it is the inbound flight of EK352, rather than EK354 which has upgraded to the A380 as you say. Fingers crossed they will go double daily A380 DXB-SIN by July, but I won't hold my breath.

Milliemoo

Hi,
Is there any changes to EK449 AKL-DXB that Ive missed? I’ve been routinely checking our flights in July to see how busy they are, and EK449 isn’t even coming up in searches.

Danstar

But it once again shows that this will be the Gamechanger First so maybe they really going to reintroduce it on the SIN-Route

CaptainEKAirbus

I've put together a summary of most of the network changes happening this summer:

A380 changes:

EK009 LGW upgraded to the 380, effective Jul 1
EK049 MUC downgraded to the 77W, effective Jul 1
EK051 MUC downgraded to the 77W, effective Jul 1
EK045 FRA downgraded to the 77W, effective Jul 1
EK071 CDG upgraded to the 380, effective Aug 1
EK097 FCO upgraded to the 380, effective Jul 1
EK125 VIE downgraded to the 77W, effective Jul 1
EK127 VIE downgraded to the 77W, effective Aug 1
EK141 MAD downgraded to the 77W, effective Aug 1
EK354 SIN upgraded to the 380, effective Jun 27
EK372 BKK upgraded to the 380, effective Jul 1
EK703 MRU upgraded to the 380, effective Jul 1
EK761 JNB upgraded to the 380, effective Jul 1
EK905 AMM upgraded to the 380, effective Jul 1

Frequency changes:

EK051 MUC increases to five weekly, effective Jul 1 (MUC operating 12 weekly)
EK077 NCE increases to daily, effective Jul 1
EK081 LYS increases to five weekly, effective Jun 23
EK149 AMS increases to daily, effective Jul 1 (AMS operating 2 daily)
EK185 BCN increases to daily, effective Jul 1 (BCN operating 2 daily)
EK213 MIA increases to daily, effective Jul 1
EK255 BCN/MEX increases to daily, effective Jun 23
EK346 KUL increases to daily, effective Jun 23
EK352 SIN increases to daily, effective Jun 23
EK392 SGN increases to 6 weekly, effective Jul 1
EK394 HAN increases to daily, effective Jul 1
EK807/809 MED operating two daily from Jun 23 to Jul 3
EK28** JED additional flights from Jun 25 to Jul 3 (JED operating 5 daily during this period)

Resumptions/new:

EK043 FRA resumes on the 77W, effective Jul 1 operating daily (FRA operating 3 daily)
EK065 STN resumes on the 77W, effective Aug 1 operating 5 weekly
EK083 GVA resumes on the 77W, effective Jul 1 operating daily (GVA operating 2 daily)
EK103 ATH resumes on the 77W, effective Jul 1 operating daily (ATH operating 2 daily)
EK143 MAD resumes on the 77W, effective Aug 1 operating 5 weekly (MAD operating 12 weekly)
EK193 LIS resumes on the 77W, effective Aug 1 operating 4 weekly (LIS operating 11 weekly)
EK781 LOS resumes on the 77W, effective Jun 27 operating 4 weekly (LOS operating 11 weekly)
EK823 DMM resumes on the 77W, effective Jul 1 operating daily (DMM operating 3 daily)
EK855 KWI resumes on the 77W, effective Aug 1 operating daily (KWI operating 4 daily)
EK931 TLV commences on the 77W, effective Jun 23 operating daily

IntrepidAfrican2

Thanks for this comprehensive update.

disappointed not to see higher frequency to JNB. They’re really doing us dirty lol: no lounge, no CD, two flights a day, and ripping our eyeballs out on fares. Wonderful.

bl5965

Dang, I had booked PER-DXB-VIE in First Class on the A380 and now both legs will be a 777 in September.

Will08

I cannot believe BKK has only increased to one a380 and also not increased from 3 daily flights.

Flights are £1600-1800 return ex U.K. for economy seats for the whole duration of July. Most DXB-BKK sectors are already oversold. Crazy times

thijsseh

Same disappointment for CPT. Still only 1 flight a day which last night was packed. No CD. But the lounge is open.

CaptainEKAirbus

Agree with all of the above. I'd guess that CPT, JNB, BKK, and AKL are likely contenders for receiving some more capacity in the next wave of schedules changes for September and beyond. Available capacity is the limiting factor at the moment.