Melburnian1
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EK rarely or never publicises that many of its planes have outdated seating in J.
In May 2024, Emirates announced that it would extend its retrofitting to another 191 aircraft including 28 B773s.
This means 81 of the 121 773s will be rejuvenated with 1-2-1 in J instead of the horrible J 2-3-2 layout.
The route with the cheapest business class fares to UK/Europe from Asia is from MNL, but I avoid EK (and QR) due to their use of these outmoded configuation B773s. I don't fancy climbing over another traveller if stuck in a middle seat, and nor do I like old-style business class when competitors such as WY offer a better configuration with direct aisle access from window seats.
What happens to the other 40 B773s (and the 10 B772s)? Will they eventually be scrapped?
Given EK claims each refurbishment for an A388 or a B773 takes two weeks, how many years will it be before the program is complete? How many aircraft are being concurrently worked on?
In May 2024, Emirates announced that it would extend its retrofitting to another 191 aircraft including 28 B773s.
This means 81 of the 121 773s will be rejuvenated with 1-2-1 in J instead of the horrible J 2-3-2 layout.
The route with the cheapest business class fares to UK/Europe from Asia is from MNL, but I avoid EK (and QR) due to their use of these outmoded configuation B773s. I don't fancy climbing over another traveller if stuck in a middle seat, and nor do I like old-style business class when competitors such as WY offer a better configuration with direct aisle access from window seats.
What happens to the other 40 B773s (and the 10 B772s)? Will they eventually be scrapped?
Given EK claims each refurbishment for an A388 or a B773 takes two weeks, how many years will it be before the program is complete? How many aircraft are being concurrently worked on?
