Emirates to Refurbish 71 More A380 and B777 Aircraft

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(10/05/24)
 Emirates has confirmed that it will completely
refurbish another 43 A380s and 28 Boeing 777 aircraft, expanding
its retrofit programme to 191 aircraft.

The original plan called for 120 aircraft – 67
A380s and 53 B777s – to undergo full refurbishment.

Emirates has retrofitted 22 A380 aircraft so far,
and in July of this year, the first Boeing 777 will undergo an
interior refresh.

Each Boeing 777 aircraft will take approximately
two weeks to refurbish before entering service.

The
refurbishment will include the First-Class cabin, all new Business
Class seats making a debut on the aircraft in an updated 1-2-1
seating configuration, in addition to 24 of the latest Premium
Economy seats.

Along with the addition of the Premium Economy
cabin, the Emirates Boeing 777 will be configured with 332 seats
in four classes, featuring eight First Class suites, 40 Business
Class seats, and 260 Economy Class seats.

To make room for the new
Premium Economy cabin, 50 Economy seats will be removed.

Refurbishment work for the Emirates fleet is
completely being managed and executed in-house at the airline’s
Engineering Centre, with over 250 project personnel currently
working round the clock, supported by 31 major partners and
suppliers who have set up workshops both in the facility and
offsite to deliver the refreshed cabins.

Once the last aircraft rolls out of the retrofit
programme and the project is fully complete, the airline will have
installed 8,104 next-generation Premium Economy seats, 1,894
refreshed First Class suites, 11,182 upgraded Business Class seats
and 21,814 Economy Class seats.

Emirates currently operates its refurbished A380
aircraft fitted with Premium Economy to Auckland, Bangalore,
Christchurch, Dubai, Houston, London Heathrow, Los Angeles,
Melbourne, Mumbai, New York JFK, San Francisco, Sao Paulo,
Singapore and Sydney.

The airline will boost services with the new
cabin to Osaka in early June.

Emirates will serve 42 cities with Premium
Economy by February 2025 with the A350 entering its fleet in
September of this year, in addition to the newly refurbished
Boeing 777s also slated to begin serving more cities with the
popular cabin choice later this summer.

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