The airline Emirates has announced a major retrofitting of its fleet, said to be the aviation industry’s most ambitious retrofit undertaking yet.
It says that it will introduce Boeing 777s with upgraded cabins to eight more destinations on its route network, as the airline’s retrofit programme continues with an aircraft receiving its nose-to-tail facelift and rolling out into service every three weeks.
The airline aims to serve 44 cities with its fleet of refurbished Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 aircraft by September and is enhancing its Boeing 777 services with an elevated onboard experience across several destinations including flights to Lisbon, Dublin and Hong Kong.
A company spokesman told this website that customers travelling to the Maldives will also enjoy an enhanced onboard experience with refreshed interiors on EK 658/659 from 1 June; as well as EK 656/657 and EK 660/661 from 15 July.
Emirates’ upgraded Boeing 777 will operate to Kolkata starting 10 August on EK 572/573 with four weekly flights (Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday).
Colombo is set to receive the Boeing 777 with refreshed interiors from 10 August on its daily EK 650/651 flights. The operation will complement the airline’s newly introduced A350 operations to Sri Lanka’s capital.
Reaffirming South Africa’s strategic importance as a major gateway in its African operations, Emirates will be introducing Premium Economy and refreshed Business Class cabins for the first time to Johannesburg and Cape Town. Johannesburg is set to receive the Emirates Boeing 777 on its daily EK 765/766 from 1 September and EK 761/762 services from 25 September. Cape Town will be served with the airline’s latest interiors on its daily EK 770/771 from 20 September.
Additionally, London Stansted will receive its second daily service with refreshed Boeing 777 interiors on EK 067/068 from 1 June.
Emirates has expanded its Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 fleet refurbishment programme to cover more than 220 aircraft, representing what is the aviation industry’s most ambitious retrofit undertaking, a US$5 billion investment dedicated to delivering the best products and exceptional customer experiences across its global network.
