Plane upgrades
Jan 20, 2006 | 2:47 pm
#1
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Plane upgrades
Looking at flying Emirates First or Business class. But it appears they have very wide inconsistant standards when it comes to fleet upgrades. For example the A340-500 has the new Business class sleeper seats and First suites - but it appears the rest of the other fleet dont - and there is no indication of any upgrade programme on the site. Is Emirates attitude "to stand still". I have flown before but in the old B/C seats and while good both me and times have moved on - specially given the prices charged.
Any ideas of upgrade plans????
I can go a direct flight (A340-5) but also for an airline they charge a premium for a one stop to Europe and a cheaper two stop (on old plane via Singapore) whereas all other airlines for the same price are one stop already- hardly an appearance to trying to compete.
Any ideas of upgrade plans????
I can go a direct flight (A340-5) but also for an airline they charge a premium for a one stop to Europe and a cheaper two stop (on old plane via Singapore) whereas all other airlines for the same price are one stop already- hardly an appearance to trying to compete.
Jan 20, 2006 | 3:19 pm
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Originally Posted by 6andy6
Looking at flying Emirates First or Business class. But it appears they have very wide inconsistant standards when it comes to fleet upgrades. For example the A340-500 has the new Business class sleeper seats and First suites - but it appears the rest of the other fleet dont - and there is no indication of any upgrade programme on the site. Is Emirates attitude "to stand still". I have flown before but in the old B/C seats and while good both me and times have moved on - specially given the prices charged.
The B777-200's have flat bed seats in First and so will the B777-300's too. For J, the A340 J is not much better than the 777-200 J class with the exception of the privacy shell thing.
By the end of the year, the A340-500/B777-300/B777-200 ( a good chunk of their fleet) will have the "better" product and the A330-200/A340-300 will have an inferior product (although the A330s were recently refurbished, and the A340-300's were delivered with the A330 upgrades)
Originally Posted by 6andy6
I can go a direct flight (A340-5) but also for an airline they charge a premium for a one stop to Europe and a cheaper two stop (on old plane via Singapore) whereas all other airlines for the same price are one stop already- hardly an appearance to trying to compete.
Cheers
Jan 21, 2006 | 4:19 pm
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Originally Posted by sadiqhassan
EK are in the midst of upgrading their fleet right now...
The B777-200's have flat bed seats in First and so will the B777-300's too. For J, the A340 J is not much better than the 777-200 J class with the exception of the privacy shell thing.
By the end of the year, the A340-500/B777-300/B777-200 ( a good chunk of their fleet) will have the "better" product and the A330-200/A340-300 will have an inferior product (although the A330s were recently refurbished, and the A340-300's were delivered with the A330 upgrades)
This is why / how / where Emirates is excellent - they don't seem to appear competitive - I agree. Yet somehow they are... they want 84 flights to AUS/NZ and they are agressively expanding in to Europe (5x daily to from LHR alone!!) Ex AUS/NZ GF seems to be the cheapest / most competitive but EK seems to be doing better mainly because of its frequencies and routes.
Cheers
The B777-200's have flat bed seats in First and so will the B777-300's too. For J, the A340 J is not much better than the 777-200 J class with the exception of the privacy shell thing.
By the end of the year, the A340-500/B777-300/B777-200 ( a good chunk of their fleet) will have the "better" product and the A330-200/A340-300 will have an inferior product (although the A330s were recently refurbished, and the A340-300's were delivered with the A330 upgrades)
This is why / how / where Emirates is excellent - they don't seem to appear competitive - I agree. Yet somehow they are... they want 84 flights to AUS/NZ and they are agressively expanding in to Europe (5x daily to from LHR alone!!) Ex AUS/NZ GF seems to be the cheapest / most competitive but EK seems to be doing better mainly because of its frequencies and routes.
Cheers
Are there any plans to put the F suites in the 777 when they start flying to New York in the fall on the JFK-DXB route?
Jan 21, 2006 | 4:47 pm
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Originally Posted by John D
Are there any plans to put the F suites in the 777 when they start flying to New York in the fall on the JFK-DXB route?
Cheers